The early 2010s may have seen Dwayne Johnson resuscitate one major franchise, but he failed to do the same with another one: Journey to the center of the earth. In 2011, Johnson made his debut in the Fast & Furious Movies in Quick fivein which he played Hobbs. Quick five was considered one of the best films of the franchise to that point, and Johnson was hired for three sequel films, as well as the 2019 spinoff Fast and Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw. Quick five It was also the highest-grossing film in the franchise up to that pointmaking $621.1 million worldwide.
Quick fives gross was over double the highest gross of the previous high–Grossing Fast & Furious Film. The tides changed rapidly after that, as his follow-up (Fast and Furious 6), had an even higher gross with $788.6 million, peaking with Furious 7 Before these Fast & Furious Franchise box office began to decline. Given this huge upward trajectory, Johnson can be seen as a huge factor in helping save the Quick Franchise. As a result, another franchise tried to use Johnson in the same way. But in this case, it did not have nearly the same success.
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Journey 2: Mysterious Island was successful (but Journey 3 never happened)
Journey 3 is cancelled
in 2012, Dwayne Johnson played one of the main characters in Journey 2: Mysterious Island. It was a sequel to the 2008 film Journey to the center of the earthwhich starred Brendan Fraser in the lead role. Journey 2: Mysterious Island was a box office success, making $335.2 million worldwide. Made on a $79 million budget, Journey 2 Turned a decent profit at the box office. His grossness also surpassed that of the original 2008 film.
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In theory, Johnson could have launched another successful film franchise yet Journey 2However Journey to the center of the earth 3 Never got off the ground. Journey 3With the title Journey 3: From the Earth to the Moonwas originally announced after the success of Journey 2. Journey 3 Was later canceled though. It is important to note that the reasons for the cancellation of the film were not financial, but rather related to a creative decision, as Journey 3 Finally, it was too difficult to write.
Dwayne Johnson found himself a much more successful adventure franchise in 2017
Jumanji was a better sequel franchise
Although Johnson did not manage to revive them Journey to the center of the earth series, He managed to revive another franchise to great success. This was the adventure series JumanjiA reboot series of the 1995 Robin Williams film. Johnson starred in Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle In 2017. Unlike these journey franchise, the film’s success kicked off a new franchise, viz Welcome to the jungle is followed up with Jumanji: The Next Level in 2019. After the film, Jumanji 4 was announced, proving the studio has faith in the legs of the franchise.
Both Jumanji Sequels are available to watch on Hulu while Journey 2: The Mysterious Island is available to stream on Prime Video.
JumanjiDwayne Johnson’s success further shows the extent to which Dwayne Johnson’s involvement has a way of reinvigorating franchises, even if the opportunity was wasted with Journey to the center of the earth. Although his success in big-budget tentpole and franchise movies has been mixed, he seems to excel in roles where he’s allowed to take an old franchise and make it his own, relying on his knack for balancing action and humor to put a new twist on it. . An old IP. With so many upcoming projects on his plate, he’s bound to find another franchise to bring to a new generation soon.