Direct
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It fared about as well as the prior mentioned movies, though unlike those, Reunion was not intended as a direct sequel to the first two films in its series.
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Theodore Rex was initially intended as a theatrical release but went straight to home video instead, making it the most expensive direct-to-video movie ever made.
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Sunbow produced two seasons and a movie intended for theatrical release, but the failure of Transformers: The Movie caused it to instead be released direct-to-video.
Source: Franchise / G.I. Joe
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