by: keaton marcus

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This year, 2018 coming up there is an abundance of movie sequels, but how will they turn out in the Box Office or with the critics???

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, sequel to Jurassic World (70% sweet/sour)

Box Office wise, the original 'Jurassic World' was smashing grossing a mind-blobbing 652.270M domestically and a wonderfully massive 1.671B worldwide coming off of an 208.806M three-day opening, based off of the original 'Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom' will likely have similar success. Currently we are predicting an early 190M three-day total which happens to be a little less than the previous movie which is common for sequels.

Now with the critics it could have an entirely different story, and while the original 'Jurassic World' was a fun, visually dazzling thrill ride (scoring at 70% sweet/sour), the sequel will likely slow down more slipping to a prediction of 55-65%. (currently 60% sweet/sour) However that may or may not create 'huge' affect to the Box Office performance, but it will be much more of a disappointment to fans of the great 'Jurassic Park' scoring at 93% sweet.

Avengers: Infinity War, sequel to Avengers Franchise (average: 67% sweet/sour)

Bringing us back to the Box Office, this will likely be the strongest standpoint for 'Avengers: Infinity War' which happens to have two previous movies that have been Box Office smashes, however predicted on a downward trend, the original of the bunch 'Marvel's The Avengers' struck a 207.438M three-day opening finishing at a huge 623.357M domestically and 1.518B worldwide, then the sequel, 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' opened with a still successful despite smaller 191.271M finishing at an even smaller 459.005M domestically and 1.405B worldwide, this still means a decent deal of success for the third film. (predicting 165M three-day total)

Quality wise, this is the weakest two-film franchise in the inter-connected universe of Marvel, with the original film, 'Marvel's The Avengers' scoring a solid 75% sweet, we (Sweet and Sour Movies) described the film as a well-acted, despite CGI-fueled, thrilling superhero combo. However despite the first movie's decent success with the critics, the most-anticipated sequel did not do as great with us, scoring a Marvel-low of 59% sour, 'Age of Ultron' was described for it's amazing special effects, although too much CGI-extravaganzas, a crowded (talented cast) and a so-so acted script; For the third and hopefully not final movie of the 'Avengers' franchise, 'Infinity War' based on the well-put-together trailer is expected to do well with the critics predicting a 75% sweet final score. Putting together the trend of the franchise, 'The Avengers' did well in both the Box Office and with Sweet and Sour Movie Reviews, though like I explained 'Age of Ultron' was still entertaining enough to watch but hit a Marvel-low, so based on that we are tracking for another Marvel success for 'Infinity War'.

Mary Poppins Returns, sequel/reboot to Mary Poppins (95%)

Back to the Box Office numbers, this half sequel half reboot children's flick is likely to do solidly well; Starring Emily Blunt as the lead, this will be great at appeal to both children and adults with the particular decision. Although it may not be just right for the critics, Box Office wise 'Mary Poppins Returns' is predicted to gross a fun 40M+ which will be a rare-hit for Disney live-action movies most likely coming off of a reasonable budget. Other Disney live-action tales include many flops, 'A Wrinkle in Time' was not just a let-down for critics, it also failed to generate big numbers settling for a weak 33.123M three-day start heaving on a 110M+ production budget. Another example is Disney's 'Tomorrowland' which belly-flopped 33.028M on a massive 190M production budget.

Critics wise, it could be great, or it could be another Disney disaster; 'Mary Poppins Returns' is sadly only predicted a weak 60% sweet/sour based on it's slow, tired, and surprisingly dark trailer, despite some nostalgic scenes and a couple laughs from Emily Blunt. Based on our two comparisons from the Box Office it does not help with 'Tomorrowland' tanking on 20% D-sour (Sweet and Sour Movies) and 'A Wrinkle in Time' with 39% (RottenTomatoes). The only real reason we are predicting 'Mary Poppins Returns' to be a so-so reboot is because of it's cherished original 'Mary Poppins' which scored a great 95% sweet.

Wreck-It Ralph Breaks the Internet, sequel to Wreck-It Ralph (80%)

Focusing on the Box Office once again, the original did well, grossing a solid 49.038M three-day opening and finishing with an average 189.422M domestically and a smashing 471.222M worldwide, although coming off of a jumbo 165M budget. Basing off of this information, 'Wreck-It Ralph Breaks the Internet' will likely loose some valuable steam, but will conjure up similar success. Currently we are predicting a 35-40M three-day jolt, which may be a little low considering the Disney animated Box Office successes. Otherwise it will go the other way and proceed higher off of it's predecessor.

Scoring a relatively high 80%, 'Wreck-It Ralph' proved itself to be another funny, entertaining, well-told and visually dazzling Walt-Disney hit, this may or may not carry on with the upcoming sequel, currently predicted to be a funny, but thin movie. 'Internet' is going for the average range off 55-65% sweet/sour which can affect the Box Office quite a lot in a usually harmful way. However critics tend to be very wrong sometimes, other Disney animated (hence live-action) films do have extremely high-quality, of course including last year's 'Coco' which scored a perfect 99% sweet coming off of a bad trailer and Pixar's first feature movie, 'Toy Story' which scored a stellar 95% sweet.

Mission: Impossible - Fallout, sequel to Mission: Impossible franchise (average: 81%)

The whole spy Tom Cruise starring franchise has been Box Office hits one after another, starting with 1996 released 'Mission: Impossible' which exploded 56.811M in three-days and 74.906M in four-days before ending with a solid bang of 180.981M domestically and an impressive 457.696M worldwide. The hit sequel, 'Mission: Impossible 2' exploded out of the gate grossing 57.845M in three-days and 78.848M in four-days before increasing on it's previous movie finishing with 215.409M domestically and 546.388M worldwide. Hitting theaters in 2006, 'Mission: Impossible 3' did lose a little gas on the franchise's third outing grossing a still solid debut of 47.743M in three-days before ending with a franchise low of 134.029M domestically and 397.850M worldwide. However never fear, in 2011, the fourth film in the franchise 'Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol' had a robust limited start in 425 theaters grossing 12.785M before expanding nationwide to 3,448 theaters opening with an additional 29.556M before finishing with a rock-hard 209.397M domestically and a franchise high of 694.713M worldwide. Closing the five-film franchise, in 2015, 'Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation' opened with a decent 55.520M before ending with a good 195.042M domestically and 682.714M worldwide. Seeing this, the five-film series is obviously a very successful franchise with fan-pleasing action and an appealing star (AWESOME TOM CRUISE), but how will this new sequel do in the Box Office, with Rebecca Ferguson reprising the role as the rogue agent Ilsa Faust. Currently we are predicting another hit, projecting a 50-65M three-day jump-start in over 4,000 theaters.

Adding to the successfulness of the massive franchise, the series also went well with quality (most of the time) with us averaging 81% sweet, the original was a little bit of a stutter, featuring stylish action, a fun cast and a incoherent plot and story. (scoring 60% sweet/sour) The sequel however was a smash with me rated a solid 80% sweet released in 2000 known for cool gadgets, decent directing, a well-told fun story, and more stunts from actor Tom Cruise. Debuting thirdly in 2006, 'Mission: Impossible 3' was both a miss and hit for me scoring a so-so 70% sweet/sour, positives include dazzling cars, eye candy and visuals, a solid performance by Tom Cruise, but flabby, senseless directing by J.J. Abrams working with a story that does not quite make enough sense. Stopping me there is the fourth outing of the franchise, 'Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol' which to me was a perfect action movie, great directing, wonderful stylish and funny acting and a thrilling plot scoring a robust 99% sweet. Finishing the group was 2015's 'Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation' which completed the franchise on a strong note averaging 96/100 sweet, in my opinion it was a fun thrill ride with amazing, dazzling and fun action sequences compelling me to interest. As for the sixth movie in the long-running franchise, 'Mission: Impossible - Fallout' we are tracking another fun hit scoring a predicted 90% sweet.

Yes, this article was very interesting, though the real astonishing thing about movies is the relationship between the Box Office numbers and the quality.

Taking in some random examples, 'Blade Runner 2049' scored an insane 90% sweet, but with the Box Office it was entirely different grossing a three-day total of 32.753M before finishing on a weak 92.054M domestically and 259.239M worldwide based on a 150M production budget. It does not stop there, on the opposing side of things there are loads of bad movies that were great in the Box Office, 'Ride Along' starring Kevin Hart and Ice Cube which scored a rote 19% on RottenTomatoes but surprisingly playing at just 2,663 locations grossed an impressive 41.516M three-day total.

Yes, I know what you are thinking, there is no relationship between the Box Office and movie quality, think again... That is the relationship between the two!! That it does not matter whether it has great reviews or terrible reviews, you will almost always have varied results.