Paramount green-lit two sequels to this film before it even opened, because regardless of how well it would do at the box office or with critics, all film rights to the Terminator series would revert back to
James Cameron in 2019. However, both sequels were canceled after the film's critical and commercial failure, paving the way for Cameron to produce
Terminator: Dark Fate (2019). Unfortunately, the later turned out to be an even bigger loss at the box office.