A franchise that earned over $1.5 billion at the box office across three installments hardly sounds like a candidate to be given the boot and ended much earlier than planned, but the law of diminishing returns quickly set in when it came to The Chronicles of Narnia.
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe was a colossal hit in December of 2005, hauling in almost $750 million and drawing strong notices from critics, fans of the source material, and brand new converts. The trick wasn’t repeated when Prince Caspian arrived less than three years later, though, with earnings dropping by over $300 million, while reception was a lot more muted.
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