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BOX OFFICE MOJO
ALL TIME BOX OFFICE
MOST SUCCESSFUL SEQUELS
(BY PERCENT CHANGE FROM THEIR PREDECESSORS)

As of 7/28/02

Rank

Title

Studio

Gross

Original's Gross

Improvement

1

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

TriS.

$204,843,345

$38,371,200

433.8%

2

The Spy Who Shagged Me

NL

$206,040,086

$53,883,989

282.4%

3

Rambo: First Blood Part II

TriS.

$150,415,432

$47,212,904

218.6%

4

The Road Warrior

WB

$23,667,907

$8,750,000

170.5%

5

Highlander II: The Quickening

Inter.

$15,556,340

$5,900,000

163.7%

6

Evil Dead 2

DEG

$5,923,044

$2,400,000

146.8%

7

Lethal Weapon 2

WB

$147,253,986

$65,207,127

125.8%

8

Rush Hour 2

NL

$226,164,286

$141,186,864

60.2%

9

From Russia With Love

UA

$24,796,765

$16,067,035

54.3%

10

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls

WB

$108,360,063

$72,217,396

50.0%

11

American Pie 2

Uni.

$145,103,595

$102,072,987

42.2%

12

Die Hard 2: Die Harder

Fox

$117,540,947

$83,008,852

41.6%

13

The Mummy Returns

Uni.

$202,019,785

$155,385,488

30.0%

14

Toy Story 2

Dis.

$245,823,397

$191,796,233

28.2%

15

The Karate Kid Part II

Uni.

$115,103,979

$90,815,558

26.7%

16

Hannibal

MGM

$165,092,056

$130,742,922

26.3%

17

Ernest Saves Christmas

Dis.

$28,202,109

$23,509,382

20.0%

18

Mission: Impossible 2

Par.

$215,409,889

$180,981,886

19.0%

19

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2

NL

$29,999,213

$25,504,513

17.6%

20

Blade II

NL

$81,676,888

$70,095,974

16.5%

21

Magnum Force (Dirty Harry)

WB

$39,768,000

$35,976,000

10.5%

22

The Naked Gun 2 1/2

Par.

$86,930,411

$78,756,177

10.4%

23

Aliens

Fox

$85,160,248

$78,944,891

7.9%

NOTE: Percent change is used instead of just gross because the true measure of a sequel's success is how well it did in relation to its predecessor. This chart goes back to 1960 and only counts sequels that were released within a decade of each other.


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