The real deciding factor on a sequel to Ready Player One is probably, as it often is, money.
Domestically, Ready Player One did okay, making $137 million, but over three-quarters of its box office came from overseas where it racked up $445 million, for a worldwide total of over $582 million, good for sixth-best on the year.
Around the film’s release, we found out that on top of its lofty, but not unheard of, budget of around $175 million, Ready Player One also had a costly marketing campaign and the film would need to make $420 to $500 million just to break even.
That is over the $500 million reported it needed to break even, but whether it is enough to justify a sequel remains to be seen.