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Sequels exist purely to milk successful cinematic universes

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Instead of risking funds on original ideas, studios prefer dragging out a completed storyline for five extra installments. The narrative definitively ended, but the profitability certainly did not.

Sequels exist purely to milk successful cinematic universes
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