User blog comment:Mr. Xemnas/2 seperate marevl cinematic universe's?????/@comment-1895174-20130201050316/@comment-1895174-20130202001505

The X-Men franchise has already lost its momentum. First Class is the lowest grossing film in the franchise, which is pretty pathetic considering it fell $10 million short of the first film despite a decade of ticket price inflation. Granted, there's a few reasons why it did so poorly relative to the other films in the franchise: Note that, of the five reasons I give above, the first two are indicative of the age of the franchise, while the last two are obstacles that would have to be overcome at some point in the future if this series continues. Meanwhile, the MCU is at full steam. It has so much momentum that FOX and WB think they're each being forced to copy Disney and Marvel's strategy of a interconnected superhero franchises in order to be successful. You have to figure in that the X-Men franchise is at its weakest point - it's behind the MCU and the rebooted Spider-Man franchise, and if Man of Steel does well it will be in 4th place. Considering how crowded the market for superhero films will be in the next few years (at least 15 by the end of 2015), audiences may continue to turn away from the X-Men franchise in favor of the multitude of other, younger superhero franchises. So I'll reiterate - It is a phenomenally stupid idea for FOX to reboot the Fantastic Four by tacking on the aging X-Men franchise. If they were smart, they'd end the X-Men films with Days of Future Past, focus all of their energy after that on the Fantastic Four reboot after that, and then make sure there's an X-Men reboot out before the license automatically reverts to Disney.
 * 1) General franchise fatigue
 * 2) Diminished interest in the franchise after the disappointing X-Men: The Last Stand and X-Men Origins: Wolverine
 * 3) June release date (as opposed to the early May release date of the previous three films)
 * 4) Lack of Hugh Jackman's Wolverine
 * 5) A new cast