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Originally Posted by Andrew NDB
That's true of "we're starting a TRILOGY with this movie!" too. Plenty of examples of that flatlining at movie #1.
Eragon
Ender's Game
Terminator Salvation
Terminator Genisys
And so on, so on.
The idea is that they think if they sell audiences on the idea that they're not just watching a movie, but rather the BEGINNING OF SOMETHING YUUUUGE, then they'll be more likely to see it. I guess? It never seems to work, though, yet they keep doing it.
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With the first two examples, it's a bit weird because the book series are already pretty far along so of course most people who go to see it are going to expect sequels.
You gotta be really bad to not get a film sequel when you're a novel series adaptation. And it keeps happening, too.
I Am Number Four, Mortal Instruments, Vampire Academy, etc.