Dwayne Johnson: This $200 million movie is one of his biggest failures, will he get a sequel?

In July 2021, Jungle Cruise arrived in theaters, led by the new and explosive duo of Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt. The actress played the brave explorer Lily Houghton. The film follows him as he leaves London to explore the Amazon jungle in search of a miraculous cure.

To get down the river, he hires Frank Wolfe (The Rock), a rogue captain as dubious as his old ramshackle boat. Determined to discover an ancient tree whose extraordinary healing powers could change the future of medicine, Lily embarks on an epic quest.

So the unlikely tandem will face countless dangers – not to mention supernatural forces – lurking beneath the lush splendor of the rainforest. As the secrets of the lost tree are gradually revealed, the stakes for Lily and Frank become even higher. Not only their fate is at stake, but the fate of all humanity.

Jungle Cruise, adapted from the popular Disney park attraction, was made on a substantial budget of $200 million. Although it started off quite well at the time of release, attendances subsequently tanked.

bitter failure

The work was a commercial failure and ended its run with 220 million tickets collected. Its simultaneous release on Disney+ didn’t help at the time.

In August 2021, this did not prevent the studio from announcing, perhaps a little earlier, a sequel project. As of today, Jungle Cruise 2 is still in development and is listed on the IMDb site with Jaume Collet-Serra at the helm as the first opus.

However, we have not had any news about the project for more than 2 years. Moreover, after another commercial failure with Black Adam (also directed by Colette-Serra), Dwayne Johnson seems to be on the ropes in Hollywood. To regain momentum at the box office, Rocky recently returned to the Fast and Furious franchise, as well as getting a solo spin-off about his character, Luke Hobbs.

Therefore, the latter will be very busy, and Jungle Cruise no longer seems to be a priority for him, as it is for Disney. It is therefore unlikely that a sequel will see the light of day in the near future. It can stay in Mickey’s desk drawer for a long time without coming out.