But surly making “darn near the same” would constitute underperforming as a sequel would have greater expectations placed on it. According to Wikipedia Golden Circle cost about $20 million more to make and thus would have generated less profit.
I knew as I was writing it that somebody would find some nit to pick on the post. I was betting it was going to be the “2 years of inflation” angle, but yeah, “sequels usually perform better” works too. On the other hand I also guessed the budget would be cited, so I get points for that.
The only point I was intending to make was that it probably performed well enough to not automatically kill a sequel.
That’s it.
Nothing more.
Didn’t you know if a film isn’t making double its predecessor its franchise is dead?
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Glad to hear this!!! One of my complaints about Golden Circle was that we did not see more of the Kingsman organization in action before Poppy’s attack.
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Kingsman 3 news…
Perched for these: the first 2 were pretty much perfect