Independent of its budget, Alita: Battle Angel did well at the box office, but likely not well enough to guarantee a sequel.
It seems the thought process is to abandon or start over these franchises when the windfall is not immediate.
A franchise-starter has to hit and hit big and ideally, although not necessarily, succeed critically to have any hopes of getting a sequel.
Personally, it seems like outside of superhero movies, franchises don’t really get a chance to build nowadays.
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