Crank 3 will actually happen? Well the first Crank film grossed $42 million from a relatively modest budget of $12 million, which was enough to convince Lionsgate to order a sequel that actually proved to be a financial disappointment. Its budget was raised to $20 million and it only grossed $34 million, which means that it will take a huge leap of faith for the studio to order another.

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Crank is a 2006 American action film written and directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor in their directorial debuts. It stars Jason Statham, Amy Smart and Jose Pablo Cantillo. The title of the film comes from a slang word for methamphetamine. In the film, Chev Chelios, a Los Angeles–based hitman, is poisoned by the mafia and must keep his adrenaline flowing constantly in order to keep himself alive, while he tries to track down the man who poisoned him.

The film was followed by a sequel titled Crank: High Voltage in 2009.