Popular franchises that haven't been milked yet.

[jess1581]

Even though I think part II ended in a relatively final way, I woulda liked one more Fright Night with the og Peter and Charlie. There was talks of a third, but of course thanks to the Menendez Brothers, it was unceremoniously killed off.

I like to think that maybe part III would involve the patriarch of the Dandridge family.

[wonderer99]

Originally Posted by jess1581

Even though I think part II ended in a relatively final way, I woulda liked one more Fright Night with the og Peter and Charlie. There was talks of a third, but of course thanks to the Menendez Brothers, it was unceremoniously killed off.

I like to think that maybe part III would involve the patriarch of the Dandridge family.

Yeah loved the first two. Were they box office successes though?

[jess1581]

Originally Posted by wonderer99

Yeah loved the first two. Were they box office successes though?

First one turned out to be Columbia's biggest hit that year(they thought Perfect was gonna be their big hit), but part 2 wasn't because of the severe lack of theater showings thanks to the sons of the head of VISTA Organization murdering him in cold blood(The Menendez Bros.) just before they were going to distribute the film to a wide audience. Everything just kinda fell thru and part 2 was treated with a shrug by whoever was left to mop up the now defunct Vista company.

Out of the few theaters it did go to, the ticket average per theater was astounding though at almosr $4,000 a theater. It still pulled 3 million from 148 theaters after like a week in running. Had it been given a proper wide release it would have done solid business. That's 1989 dollars mind you.

Fate just wasn't kind to it, having nothing to do with audiences not giving a crap. Just tragedy.