Given the sheer volume of major properties at their disposal, it hardly came as a surprise when Disney dominated the annual list of the year’s highest-grossing movies. Between the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Star Wars, Walt Disney Animation, Pixar and the production line of live-action remakes based on the studio’s back catalogue, billions upon billions of dollars were virtually guaranteed annually.
The Mouse House did try to branch out over the last decade and try and establish some new franchises, but the results were less than stellar. Both John Carter and The Lone Ranger went down in history as two of the biggest bombs ever, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time may have become the most successful video game adaptation ever but it still posted a loss, while Ava DuVernay’s lavish A Wrinkle in Time also sank without a trace.
Another one of Disney’s big hopes was The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, which re-teamed National Treasure duo Nicolas Cage and Jon Turteltaub for a $150 million fantasy blockbuster loosely based on a segment from Fantasia. Unfortunately, the movie never managed to deliver the undoubted potential that comes with having Cage play an eccentric immortal wizard, and it topped out at a little over $215 million globally.
Any plans for sequels were swiftly abandoned, and yet Nicolas Cage and Jon Turteltaub still haven’t gotten around to National Treasure 3 yet. Those who missed The Sorcerer’s Apprentice when it hit theaters a decade ago will be able to check it out this week when it gets added to the Disney Plus library, which continues to fill up with big budget projects that the studio had such high expectations for, but only served to disappoint in the end.
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