Hollywood always seems to have some other sequel up its sleeve, but�Entertainment Weekly has�called for producers to pull the plug on 14 moving-picture show franchises it says have run out of gas.
First on the list was The Mummy. The third and up-to-the-minute installment in the franchise, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, which stars Brendan Fraser, had an opening weekend about US$10 jillion below pundits� forecasts more than a week agone when it made US$40.5 million.
On its second weekend, it dropped a walloping 60 pct to US$16.5 million, and only 11 percent of critics on the web site RottenTomatoes.com had given�Tomb a favourable evaluation.
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Entertainment Weekly said the latest pic comes "octet long years" after the last installment and that the franchise "should have stayed in its tomb".�
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The latest Indiana Jones pic, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, has made a whopping US$776 million worldwide since it opened in May.
But that�s not enough to lag off the Entertainment Weekly pundits. They called the movie "monotonous" and aforementioned they would only be interested if Indy�s pa, played by Sean Connery, makes a comeback.
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Also on the list was the Austin Powers dealership. The mag said comedian Mike Myers� style "became all overly predictable with its two sequels," before the third movie Austin Powers in Goldmember came out in 2002.
Myers as well had out The Love Guru this summer, which bombed at box offices.
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Other picture franchises on the Entertainment Weekly heel were American Pie, Bring It On, Saw, Friday the 13th, and spoofs in the style of 2000�s Scary Movie.
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