Dark Fate was widely considered a failure after a poor performance at the box office. However, filmmaker James Cameron thinks the film was good, and puts it high up the Terminator rankings. Speaking to Empire Magazine,

Though Terminator: Dark Fate’s producer and story contributor admits to defeat, he doesn’t disown this particular picture at all. And while James Cameron was easily critical to what went wrong, he did pay the following respects to what he loved about the Tim Miller directed movie got right:

Terminator: Dark Fate was released to positive reviews in 2019 but struggled to find an audience. Now, producer and The Terminator director James Cameron has shared what exactly he believes went

Dark Fate was a decent film, and in my opinion, it’s the third-best Terminator movie that’s been made, but that’s not really saying much. Regardless, the Tim Miller -directed movie did not perform well at the box office making just over $260 million.

While Dark Fate received positive reviews from fans and critics, it didn't make an overly impressive impact at the box office. Earning $62 million in North America and $261 million worldwide, the blockbuster was deemed a flop and the iconic franchise was put back on the shelf for what felt like the umpteenth time.

Studios James Cameron is shedding a little more light on his upgrade to the Terminator franchise, which he launched as an upstart director with his smash 1984 original. To Empire magazine, Cameron say

Dark Fate was supposed to be the sequel of fans’ dreams. After the misfires of Rise Of The Machines, Salvation, and Genisys, James Cameron finally returned to his own franchise as producer, teaming up with director Tim Miller to create a bona fide sequel to Terminator 2: Judgment Day – one bringing back Linda Hamilton as an older Sarah Connor,