What franchises are pretty much dead?
At least, dead in theaters. I'm talking franchises that at one point, they were so big and delivered hit after hit, only to simply die in a whimper. For example:
Die Hard: $1.44 billion across five films, but it has lost so much good will after the terrible A Good Day to Die Hard. And then there's Bruce Willis' retirement after his frontotemporal dementia diagnosis. I think we've seen the last of this franchise.
Terminator: After the disaster of Dark Fate, the franchise is at an all-time low. Arnie and Linda Hamilton have already said they're done with the franchise too. Even though James Cameron maintains there are still some new ideas coming, I think the franchise is dead.
National Lampoon: This is 50/50 as a franchise, given that most of these films are unrelated, but they're still branded with this name. They had films like Animal House, Van Wilder, the Vacation films, etc. Their last film was 2015's Vacation and nothing has ever been developed ever again.
What other franchises are dead?