Forget the DC Universe, perhaps the biggest overestimation of a franchise's popularity happened only a year or so ago, when Universal's M3GAN 2.0 drastically fell short of its predecessor's box-office benchmark. The sequel grossed around $40 million worldwide against a reported budget of approximately $20 million, only two years after the first M3GAN emerged as a box-office sensation with $181 million globally on a $12 million budget. The central creative team — director Gerard Johnstone, writer Akela Cooper, and producers Jason Blum and James Wan — was the same, but the movie made the curious decision to switch genres. This, among many other reasons, was why it failed at the box office. The trouble was that Universal had a third installment, a spin-off, ready to go. The film's release was canceled, and it was eventually released directly on the PVOD market a few weeks ago.
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