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Threequel is a word that can be used to describe any third part in a film franchise. However, a richer understanding of threequels would highlight that they are third parts that exist primarily because of financial rather than narrative considerations: they are made because there was more money to be milked, rather than a need for a closing chapter in a planned three-movie arc. Therefore The [Lord Of The Rings](Lord_Of_The_Rings): The Return Of The King isn't necessarily a threequel in the way that Rush Hour 3 definitively is.
The watershed year for threequels was undoubtedly 2007, in which the following films were released (in chronological order):
* Spider-Man 3
* [Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End](Pirates_Of_The_Caribbean:_At_World's_End)
* [Ocean's 13](Las_Vegas)
* Shrek The Third
* Rush Hour 3
* [The Bourne Ultimatum](Bourne_rule)
* Resident Evil: Extinction
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3/21/2025, 4:18:19 PM
Threequel is a word that can be used to describe any third part in a film franchise. However, a richer understanding of threequels would highlight that they are third parts that exist primarily because of financial rather than narrative considerations: they are made because there was more money to be milked, rather than a need for a closing chapter in a planned three-movie arc. Therefore The [Lord Of The Rings](Lord_Of_The_Rings): The Return Of The King isn't necessarily a threequel in the way that Rush Hour 3 definitively is.
The watershed year for threequels was undoubtedly 2007, in which the following films were released (in chronological order):
* Spider-Man 3
* [Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End](Pirates_Of_The_Caribbean:_At_World's_End)
* [Ocean's 13](Las_Vegas)
* Shrek The Third
* Rush Hour 3
* [The Bourne Ultimatum](Bourne_rule)
* Resident Evil: Extinction
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Threequel
Threequel is a word that can be used to describe any third part in a film franchise. However, a richer understanding of threequels would highlight that they are third parts that exist primarily because of financial rather than narrative considerations: they are made because there was more money to be milked, rather than a need for a closing chapter in a planned three-movie arc. Therefore The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King isn't necessarily a threequel in the way that Rush Hour 3 definitively is.
The watershed year for threequels was undoubtedly 2007, in which the following films were released (in chronological order):
- Spider-Man 3
- Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End
- Ocean's 13
- Shrek The Third
- Rush Hour 3
- The Bourne Ultimatum
- Resident Evil: Extinction
This Version
Threequel
Threequel is a word that can be used to describe any third part in a film franchise. However, a richer understanding of threequels would highlight that they are third parts that exist primarily because of financial rather than narrative considerations: they are made because there was more money to be milked, rather than a need for a closing chapter in a planned three-movie arc. Therefore The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King isn't necessarily a threequel in the way that Rush Hour 3 definitively is.
The watershed year for threequels was undoubtedly 2007, in which the following films were released (in chronological order):
- Spider-Man 3
- Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End
- Ocean's 13
- Shrek The Third
- Rush Hour 3
- The Bourne Ultimatum
- Resident Evil: Extinction