The Final Fantasy franchise has been through its fair share of ups and downs, and this doesn't apply to just the games themselves. After the huge boom in popularity for the series following the release of Final Fantasy 7, Square decided to go all out in making this series a household name, even for the people who didn't play video games. However, unlike the track record of the video games that only had a few speedbumps early on before the modern era led to later games having more of a mixed reception, their first attempt to break into the realm of movies was a huge failure.