Replacement dystopian movies failed to replicate The Hunger Games' success due to a decrease in genre interest. Ready Player One's adaptation found success despite straying from the novel's themes, but the sequel has been delayed. Major film franchises like Divergent and Mortal Engines failed to live up to the hype of being the next Hunger Games.

In the years leading up to and following the conclusion of the massively successful The Hunger Games movie franchise, Hollywood scrambled to find a replacement that would maximize on the popularity of the dystopian genre. In the literary world, a slew of young adult dystopian novels filled up bookstores, all utilizing some of the same fundamental world-building tropes as The Hunger Games. A few of these series were adapted for the big screen in the hopes of replicating The Hunger Games' box office success. However, at this point, the phenomenon was largely a thing of the past.