But now the risk appears to be growing when it comes to sequels, with second and third films usually costing more to produce, which doesn’t add up well if the film is going to make less.

And this year, that has sometimes been a lot less. The losses are staggering in some cases — it’s Blunderland for Johnny Depp’s “Alice Through the Looking Glass” sequel.

The public certainly has many entertainment options, such as ever-increasing amounts of streaming fare.

But at the movies, it’s been original works like “Deadpool” ($363 million domestic for the first R-rated superhero movie to go mainstream) and Disney’s animated “Zootopia” and reimagined “The Jungle Book” that have thrilled audiences.

Every month this year has produced at least one underperforming sequel, both at the box office and in the minds of critics.

So many recent sequels have been poorly reviewed that moviegoers may have it in their minds that while they loved the last film, the new one may just be more of the same.

In 2016, the opinions of the public and Rotten Tomatoes/Flixter critics (full disclosure: I’m one of them) seem to be mirroring each other in most cases: We’ve seen it all before.