Originally Posted by
Carabas
So, like I said, they made two FF films that made them a bunch of money. Not enough to warrant a third one, especially with Dark Knight and Iron Man just having put the bar a lot higher for what one can expect from a superhero film...
They still made money.
Something being overlooked: the Trank film was mostly just made so they could hang on to the FF rights. I doubt anybody was expecting it to do very well, given how multiple big set pieces were removed and its budget was decimated before shooting een started.