The underwhelming conclusion to a beloved franchise hits the target on streaming

Get the Full StoryThe elephant graveyard of box office bombs is littered with the bones of YA literary adaptations thrust into development in the wake of Harry Potter s record-breaking success, but only a select few managed to get a second installment, never mind launch an entire franchise.

The two most notable outliers were The Twilight Saga and The Hunger Games, both of which coincidentally took a leaf out of the Wizarding World s book by splitting their respective conclusions into two parts. It may have been a fairly cynical moneymaking exercise in practice, but it was nothing if not a successful one.

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