Why Harry Potter's Future Won't Be Hurt By Fantastic Beasts' Failures
The Fantastic Beasts franchise began in 2016 as a spin-off of Harry Potter to unfortunately middling response since, yet the failures of the former won't affect the latter's future in the world of film and TV. The first film in the prequel series, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, is the best-performing film both commercially and critically. However, since then the franchise has encountered some turbulence, being met with more criticism and diminishing returns at the box office.
On the other hand, Harry Potter remains one of the more popular franchises in modern cinema. The wizarding world in film began in 2001 with the release of the Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone movie. This film spawned seven sequels, ending with the two-part Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. However, with the failures of its spin-off series, speculation began on whether the Harry Potter franchise would be negatively affected.
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It wouldn't be the first time that a wider franchise has been affected by the release of a spin-off/prequel series. For example, the release of the Star Wars prequel trilogy and its subsequent reception led to the sale of Lucasfilm to Disney in order to 'revive' the franchise. However, given the continued pull of the Star Wars franchise in recent years, it remains the case that Harry Potter shouldn't be affected by the failures of Fantastic Beasts.
It is worth exploring, when looking at the future of the wizarding world franchise, what went wrong with the Fantastic Beasts series. Despite the first film's positive response, its two sequels Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald and Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
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