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Originally Posted by Rizor
Disney made the first two with Walden Media. They were quite pleased with the first film's box office (released Winter 2005) so they increased the budget for Prince Caspian and tried to position it as a darker adventure film. They alienated the family and Christian fanbase that made the first film such a big hit and the movie ended up grossing $300 million less than the first one. Disney wasn't happy and wanted to cut the budget by of the third movie by about $125 million. Walden Media opted to take the film to Fox to co-produce the The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, which was made on a still reduced budget and tried to recapture the family audience they'd lost.
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Voyage of the Dawn Treader's budget was considerably less than $125 million, right? Wasn't it like... $50 million?
I loved Voyage of the Dawn Treader, personally. While I enjoyed the darker tone of Prince Caspian, I really did enjoy going back to the fantastical elements of the first film. Dawn Treader was very underrated.