Franchises Dominated the Film Industry in 2013

The box office was a popular place this past year, rife with sequels, long-awaited releases of movies once-announced for 2012 and the ever prevalent dose of dystopia that keeps audiences entertained.

The Great Gatsby and World War Z, both originally scheduled to hit theaters in 2012, made their debuts in 2013, after rewrites and supposed production problemsThe Hunger Games sequel followed heroine Katniss throughout her victory tour, but per usual, the odds are rarely in her favor. In other sequel releases, Iron Man 3 topped the box offices, and Fast and The Furious 6 proved that given a strong fan-base, fast cars and cool stunts, the sixth movie in a franchise that started 12 years ago might end up being that franchise's biggest commercial success yet (Fast and the Furious 7 is currently on hold, per Read more...