>>56162751>>56162755If I remember correctly, it was the failure of the XY movies that caused the creation of the AU, those movies did not exceed 21 million worldwide, at least I Choose You and Power of Us reached 34 and 29 million respectively.
Ironically, the film with the highest grossing is Detective Pikachu with 428 million, although it is considered a moderate failure, its actual production is estimated at over 200 million without counting distribution costs (The studio only declares 150 to avoid looking bad in the media) This is why the sequel was not made quickly in three subsequent years as happens with successful franchises, leaving the first film as the most successful in relation to its cost-grossing with 30 to 35 of investment and a collection of 163 million dollars.
Source:
https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Pokemon#tab=summary 
