Blumhouse have built a reputation as one of the most successful production companies in the industry by churning out a series of low-budget horror movies that do consistently big business at the box office. The low-risk, high-reward model has paid huge dividends so far and brought in billions as a result, and one of the key pillars for this success has been the Insidious franchise.
Few people were expecting The Witcher to become the cultural phenomenon that it became, given that the video games are arguably much more well-known than the book series, and both video game adaptations and dense fantasy shows alike have generally tended to be a tougher sell towards uninitiated audiences with no connection to the source material.
The makeup of the Star Wars franchise has been altered so drastically over the last couple of years that it seems hard to believe that Solo only hit theaters two summers ago, with the movie's disappointing performance causing it to end up as the lowest-grossing live-action entry in the franchise's history.
It would be one of the largest understatements possible to say that the Fantastic Four don't have a great track record on the big screen. The iconic superhero team have been the subject of four movies so far, the first of which was only made to keep hold of the rights and never released, the last of which is widely regarded as one of the worst entries in the history of the comic book genre, and then the two tedious Tim Story efforts.
Following the huge success of The Old Guard, which instantly rocketed to the top of Netflix's most-watched list on the very same day it was released, Charlize Theron has only further reinforced her credentials as one of the industry's premiere action stars, one that is just as capable of delivering an awards-worthy turn in a prestige drama as she is decimating armies of faceless goons while armed to the teeth.
Despite originally being canceled over half a decade ago, Hannibal is arguably more popular now than it's ever been since NBC first wielded the axe and yanked it from the airwaves in June 2015 following consistently disappointing ratings.
The entire Disney era of Star Wars on the big screen might have largely split opinion right down the middle, but it can't be a coincidence that the greater creative freedom afforded to the minds behind the franchise's small screen output has seen the most recent batch of adventures set in a galaxy far, far away enjoy a much warmer reception from those with a longtime affinity for the beloved sci-fi series.
When it first hit theaters in 1999, audiences had never seen anything like The Matrix before. A complete breath of fresh air for blockbuster cinema, the sci-fi action hit almost instantly became one of the most influential movies released at the turn of the millennium, spawning countless pale imitations and finding itself parodied on a regular basis.