Which movie franchise should have ended sooner?

Every one of these started with something people loved. The argument is about where the exit sign was.

1. 1
   The Hangover

   The same plot delivered three times in four years.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Pirates of the Caribbean

   One brilliant 2003 original followed by four increasingly tangled sequels.
   867pts
3. 3
   Rocky

   Six films, then a spin-off franchise about someone else's son.
   812pts
4. 4
   Die Hard

   A perfect action film followed by sequels that moved McClane further from a building.
   812pts
5. 5
   The Terminator

   Two landmark films and then three decades of attempted reboots.
   750pts

   DI
6. 6
   The Matrix

   One of cinema's great originals, plus three films arguing with it.
   670pts
7. 7
   Jurassic Park

   A 1993 landmark still generating sequels three decades on.
   600pts
8. 8
   Star Wars

   A trilogy, then prequels, then sequels, then spin-offs about the spin-offs.
   600pts
9. 9
   Alien

   Two masterpieces and then decades of prequels explaining the mystery away.
   600pts
10. 10
    Saw

    A tight low-budget thriller followed by an annual release schedule.
    600pts
11. 11
    The Hobbit

    A short children's book stretched across three long films.
    520pts
12. 12
    Shrek

    A sharp fairy-tale satire that became a merchandising line.
    428pts
13. 13
    Despicable Me

    A family comedy that turned into a Minions supply chain.
    323pts
14. 14
    Indiana Jones

    A trilogy with a sunset ending, revisited twice more.
    323pts
15. 15
    Toy Story

    Three films ended on a perfect goodbye in 2010; two more have arrived since.
    323pts
16. 16
    Cars

    Pixar's weakest films, kept alive by an enormous toy business.
    323pts
17. 17
    Ice Age

    Five sequels past the point where the herd had anywhere left to go.
    0pts

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