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As we all know, the real sign that the Wachowskis had slipped came from The Matrix Revolutions. Many trilogy finales fail to reach the heights of previous entries in the series. Pirates of the Caribbean, Spider-Man 3 and Star Wars Episode III – Revenge of the Sith are but three recent examples of third films in a saga that failed to match the box office of either the first movie (Spider-Man and Star Wars) or the second (Pirates). Most movies are not like The Fellowship of the Ring: The Return of the King in this respect. But The Matrix Revolutions wasn't even close. It failed to make even half of its immediate predecessor, earning a pathetic $139.2 million compared to Reloaded's $281.6 million. In the eyes of most North American movie goers, the Wachowskis spit the bit in trying to tie up The Matrix. Any line of credit they may have earned with the first film was long gone. Since the disaster of The Matrix sequels, the Wachowskis had kept a relatively low profile. Part of that was because of the...let's say lifestyle changes of one of them. The rest was that they didn't want to do a movie that was anything less than revolutionary in scope. In the interim since 2003, the brothers kept busy by helping others. First up was V for Vendetta, a high quality comic book adaptation that was a solid performer for their friends at Warner Bros. Its director, James McTeigue, was first assistant director on all three Matrix movies. The Wachowskis produced V for Vendetta with him behind the lens, and the overall project was a $132.5 million worldwide performance against a modest budget of only $50 million. Even better for the team behind The Matrix is that V for Vendetta was universally hailed as a good movie, helping reduce the stink of failure Revolutions had left behind.
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