The first one wasn't a box office hit either. They're great movies, but they just don't appeal to the majority of box office goers. I think it's because they'

The first one wasn't a box office hit either. They're great movies, but they just don't appeal to the majority of box office goers. I think it's because they're too 'arty' like independent film, yet film snob people who generally like stuff like that tend to look down on sci-fi, leaving a fairly small potential appreciative audience.