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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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