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
   Pirates of the Caribbean

   One brilliant 2003 original followed by four increasingly tangled sequels.
   1000pts
2. 2
   The Hangover

   The same plot delivered three times in four years.
   960pts
3. 3
   Rocky

   Six films, then a spin-off franchise about someone else's son.
   752pts
4. 4
   Die Hard

   A perfect action film followed by sequels that moved McClane further from a building.
   752pts
5. 5
   Star Wars

   A trilogy, then prequels, then sequels, then spin-offs about the spin-offs.
   731pts
6. 6
   Jurassic Park

   A 1993 landmark still generating sequels three decades on.
   621pts
7. 7
   Alien

   Two masterpieces and then decades of prequels explaining the mystery away.
   555pts
8. 8
   Saw

   A tight low-budget thriller followed by an annual release schedule.
   555pts
9. 9
   Toy Story

   Three films ended on a perfect goodbye in 2010; two more have arrived since.
   481pts
10. 10
    The Hobbit

    A short children's book stretched across three long films.
    481pts
11. 11
    The Matrix

    One of cinema's great originals, plus three films arguing with it.
    397pts
12. 12
    Shrek

    A sharp fairy-tale satire that became a merchandising line.
    397pts
13. 13
    Cars

    Pixar's weakest films, kept alive by an enormous toy business.
    299pts
14. 14
    The Terminator

    Two landmark films and then three decades of attempted reboots.
    185pts
15. 15
    Despicable Me

    A family comedy that turned into a Minions supply chain.
    185pts
16. 16
    Indiana Jones

    A trilogy with a sunset ending, revisited twice more.
    185pts
17. 17
    Ice Age

    Five sequels past the point where the herd had anywhere left to go.
    51pts