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* Speaking of ''[[The Black Cauldron]]'', that movie itself almost became the franchise killer of the ''entire'' [[Disney Animated Canon]]. It cost the studio so much money they could only barely manage to get back up. Understandably, it took ''Cauldron'' till 1998 to get released on home video.
** To a lesser extent, ''[[Home on the Range]]'' temporarily killed Disney's traditional animation department and made them move into CGI.. until they got back on their feet with ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]'' and ''[[Winnie the Pooh]]''.
* The failure of the ''[[DuckTales (1987)]]'' movie, ''[[DuckTales (1987) the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp|Duck Tales the Movie Treasure of The Lost Lamp]]'', prevented the making of movies based on ''[[Darkwing Duck (animation)|Darkwing Duck]]'' and ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (animation)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]''.
* The critical failure of ''[[Rugrats Go Wild]]'' (a crossover film between ''[[Rugrats]]'' and ''[[The Wild Thornberrys]]'') actually prevented the making of a fourth ''Rugrats'' film and a third ''Wild Thornberries'' film.
** Despite the success of ''[[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie]]'', the failure of ''[[Rugrats Go Wild]]'' and the ''The'' ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'' ''Movie'' was enough to kill off Nicktoon movies.
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** The franchise has been successfully rebooted, with the critically-acclaimed release of ''[[Rise of the Planet of the Apes]]'' in 2011.
* The negative critical reception and underwhelming (but still relatively successful) box office intake for ''[[Charlie's Angels|Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle]]'' (not to mention the deaths of Bosley #2 Bernie Mac and Charlie himself, John Forsythe) means that the prospects for a third movie in the foreseeable future are unlikely. And with the new TV series burned at the stake by critics and cancelled after four episodes were aired,<ref>possibly an instance of [[Screwed by the Network]], as [[ABC]] had to know it wasn't going to get much of anything by dumping the show against [[The X Factor]] and [[The Big Bang Theory]]</ref> it's not so much "Good morning, Angels" as "Goodbye, Angels."
* ''[[Licence to Kill]]'', the 16th official [[James Bond (film)|James Bond]] movie (and the second and last one to star [[Timothy Dalton]]) seemed to do this for a while. With inflation in account, it's the lowest grossing film in the franchise. The franchise was already entering uncertain territory as production had to be moved from England to Mexico in order to save money. Not only that, but the marketing for the movie was subpar at best (it's to date, the last Bond movie to be released during summer). Add that to ''LTK'' itself, being one of the most polarizing Bond movies of recent memory due to its decidedly [[Darker and Edgier]], ''[[Miami Vice]]''-influenced plot (especially considering the [[Lighter and Softer]] Roger Moore era was still fresh in the general public's mind). ''LTK'' felt like an end of an era (dating back to the [[Sean Connery]] era) as it was the last Bond movie to have any involvement from director John Glen, screenwriter Richard Maibaum, title designer Maurice Binder, cinematographer Alec Mills, and producer Albert "Cubby" Broccoli (not to mention the last Bond movie to take place during the [[Cold War]]). There wouldn't be a Bond movie [[Development Hell|released for six years]] (the longest such delay in franchise history) due to legal wrangling over control of the series. In the meantime, Dalton's contract expired, [[Pierce Brosnan]] was hired, and [[GoldenEye (film)
** While ''[[Die Another Day]]'' by no means performed badly (it was the best performing of the series until ''[[Casino Royale]]'') it was deemed ridiculous by many, and received at best mixed reviews. Soon after, Brosnan was dismissed and the franchise rebooted with a back-to-basics movie starring [[Daniel Craig]] as Bond.
* The [[Adaptation Decay|film of]] ''[[Eragon]]'' inexplicably altered so many plotlines and cut so much (even given it is based on a [[Doorstopper]]), including the ''entire Dwarf race'' that a sequel based on the plot of the second book would have been impossible, even if it wasn't an awful film.
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