The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader "Box Office Mojo" stated that "There certainly will be an audience for this picture, I just don't think it is going to restore the franchise to its former glory." He added that the film would be considered a relative success if it made anything close to "Prince Caspian"'s box office numbers, which would increase the likelihood of further Narnia films. Mark Johnson, the producer of the Narnia films, later remarked that "Prince Caspian" "had strayed from its core audience," referring to the Christian and family audience who catapulted "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" to the top at the
The Chronicles of Narnia song "Further Up, Further In" from the album "Room to Roam" by The Waterboys is heavily influenced by "The Chronicles of Narnia", with the title coming from a passage in "The Last Battle". C. S. Lewis is acknowledged in the liner notes as an influence. A convert to Christianity in later life, Lewis had authored a number of works on Christian apologetics and other literature with Christian-based themes before writing the "Narnia" books. The character Aslan is widely accepted by literary academia as being based on Jesus Christ. Lewis did not initially plan to incorporate Christian theological concepts into his