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This is a list of film sequels and their performance at the box office. All grosses are given in unadjusted US dollars.

For the tables presented below, determining what constitutes a film series and where a film fits in with the series is subjective. Box Office Mojo and The Numbers list 12 Star Wars films released, including anthology films such as Rogue One (2016) and Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) (which Box Office Mojo also groups separately), and Star Wars: The Clone Wars, but excluding films such as Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure (1984) and Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1986).[1][2][3] For the purpose of the tables presented here, the films of the "Skywalker saga" are considered as a separate series and are ordered based on the date of release rather than by their number (for example, Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace was the fourth film released). Similarly, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is listed on the above websites as consisting of 23 films released however, these are also listed separately as 4 Avengers films, 3 Iron Man films, 3 Captain America films, 3 Thor films and so on; for these tables, the films have similarly been treated as separate series.[3] A similar approach has been taken to the Wizarding World series (where the films are split between the Harry Potter film series and the Fantastic Beasts film series); the X-Men film series (where there are separate film series for Wolverine and Deadpool); Star Trek (where there are separate film series for Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation and a later reboot); and the multiple Spider-Man, Batman and Planet of the Apes film series.[3]

  † Background shading indicates films still playing at their latest box office update

Box-office improvement

While sequels usually gross less than the original,[4][5] some have significantly outperformed their predecessors at the box office.

Relative improvement

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These film sequels outgrossed their predecessors by at least a factor of three. The list is not adjusted for inflation.

Title Year Gross Title (predecessor) Year (predecessor) Predecessor's gross Improvement (%) Improvement ($)
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day 2009 $10,629,321[6] The Boondock Saints 1999 $30,471[7] 34783% $10,598,850
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle 2017 $964,496,193[8] Zathura: A Space Adventure[a] 2005 $65,079,104[9] 1382% $899,417,089
Desperado 1995 $25,405,445[10] El Mariachi 1992 $2,040,920[11] 1145% $23,364,525
Wolf Warrior 2 2017 $870,325,439[12] Wolf Warrior 2015 $81,411,331[13] 969% $788,914,108
Mad Max: Fury Road 2015 $375,709,470[14] Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome 1985 $36,230,219[15] 937% $339,479,251
Clerks II 2006 $26,984,975[16] Clerks 1994 $3,151,130[17] 756% $23,833,845
Tron: Legacy 2010 $400,062,763[18] Tron 1982 $50,000,000[19] 700% $350,062,763
The Color of Money 1986 $52,293,982[20] The Hustler 1961 $7,600,000[21] 588% $44,693,982
Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991 $516,950,043[22] The Terminator 1984 $78,371,200[23] 560% $438,578,843
Cube 2: Hypercube 2002 $3,563,603[24] Cube 1997 $565,727[25] 530% $2,997,876
Blade Runner 2049 2017 $259,239,658[26] Blade Runner 1982 $41,473,619[27] 525% $217,766,039
K.G.F: Chapter 2 2022 $159,887,058[28] K.G.F: Chapter 1 2018 $33,000,000[29] 385% $126,887,058
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me 1999 $312,016,928[30] Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery 1997 $67,683,989[31] 361% $244,332,939
Jurassic World 2015 $1,670,400,637[32] Jurassic Park III 2001 $368,780,809[33] 353% $1,301,619,828
Detective Chinatown 2 2018 $544,185,156[34] Detective Chinatown 2015 $125,842,935[35] 332% $418,342,221
Top Gun: Maverick 2022 $1,495,696,292[36] Top Gun 1986 $357,288,178[37] 319% $1,138,408,114
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle 2017 $962,102,237[38] Jumanji[a] 1995 $262,821,940[39] 266% $699,280,297
Mary Poppins Returns 2018 $349,546,142[40] Mary Poppins 1964 $103,082,380[41] 239% $246,463,762

Absolute improvement

These film sequels outgrossed their predecessors by at least $500 million. The list is not adjusted for inflation.

Title Year Gross Title (predecessor) Year (predecessor) Predecessor's gross Improvement (%) Improvement ($)
Jurassic World 2015 $1,670,400,637[32] Jurassic Park III 2001 $368,780,809[33] 353% $1,301,619,828
Star Wars: The Force Awakens 2015 $2,068,223,624[42] Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith 2005 $868,390,560[43] 138% $1,199,833,064
Top Gun: Maverick 2022 $1,495,696,292[36] Top Gun 1986 $357,288,178[37] 319% $1,138,408,114
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle 2017 $964,496,193[8] Zathura: A Space Adventure[a] 2005 $65,079,104[9] 1382% $899,417,089
Spider-Man: No Way Home 2021 $1,914,098,795[44] Spider-Man: Far From Home 2019 $1,131,927,996[45] 70% $789,919,115
Wolf Warrior 2 2017 $870,325,439[12] Wolf Warrior 2015 $81,411,331[13] 969% $788,914,108
Avengers: Endgame 2019 $2,797,800,564[46] Avengers: Infinity War 2018 $2,048,359,754[47] 37% $749,440,810
Furious 7 2015 $1,515,047,671[48] Fast & Furious 6 2013 $788,679,850[49] 92% $726,367,821
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle 2017 $962,102,237[38] Jumanji[a] 1995 $262,821,940[39] 266% $699,280,297
Avengers: Infinity War 2018 $2,048,359,754[47] Avengers: Age Of Ultron 2015 $1,402,805,868[50] 46% $645,553,886
The Dark Knight 2008 $1,004,934,033[51] Batman Begins 2005 $373,413,297[52] 169% $631,520,736
Incredibles 2 2018 $1,242,805,359[53] The Incredibles 2004 $631,606,713[54] 97% $611,198,646
Iron Man 3 2013 $1,214,811,252[55] Iron Man 2 2010 $623,933,331[56] 95% $590,877,921
Toy Story 3 2010 $1,066,969,703[57] Toy Story 2 1999 $497,374,776[58] 115% $569,594,927
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace 1999 $1,027,082,707[59] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi 1983 $475,347,111[60] 116% $551,735,596
Skyfall 2012 $1,108,561,013[61] Quantum of Solace 2008 $589,580,482[62] 88% $518,980,531

Highest-grossing sequels

Rank Title Year Worldwide gross[63]
1 Avengers: Endgame 2019 $2,797,800,564
2 Avatar: The Way of Water 2022 $2,267,071,788
3 Star Wars: The Force Awakens 2015 $2,064,615,817
4 Avengers: Infinity War 2018 $2,048,359,754
5 Spider-Man: No Way Home 2021 $1,921,847,111
6 Jurassic World 2015 $1,671,537,444
7 Furious 7 2015 $1,514,553,486
8 Top Gun: Maverick 2022 $1,488,732,821
9 Frozen II 2019 $1,445,182,280
10 Avengers: Age of Ultron 2015 $1,405,018,048

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d The Numbers includes Zathura: A Space Adventure in the Jumanji franchise,[8] whereas Box Office Mojo does not.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Box Office History for Star Wars Movies". The Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  2. ^ "Franchise: Star Wars". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Franchises (US & Canada)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  4. ^ Medavoy, Mike (2013-06-25). You're Only as Good as Your Next One: 100 Great Films, 100 Good Films, and 100 for Which I Should Be Shot. Simon and Schuster. p. 162. ISBN 978-1-4391-1813-9. [S]equels tend to gross less at the box office. Traditionally, they do about two-thirds of the original.
  5. ^ Mendelson, Scott. "Box Office: A Sequel Need Not Out-Gross The Original To Be A Hit". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-06-14. For most of recent box office history, that's how it worked. You spent more money on the sequel, you often got a bigger opening weekend for the sequel, but you usually made less than the first film. [...] It wasn't until the late 1990s and early 2000s when we had a run of big sequels consistently out-grossing their predecessors. In the 1980s and most of the 1990s, you spent more, but made less with that sequel.
  6. ^ "The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  7. ^ "The Boondock Saints". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  8. ^ a b c "Jumanji Franchise Box Office History". The Numbers. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
  9. ^ a b c "Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)". Box Office Mojo. December 31, 2005.
  10. ^ "Desperado". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  11. ^ "El Mariachi". Box Office Mojo.
  12. ^ a b "Wolf Warrior 2". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  13. ^ a b "Wolf Warrior". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  14. ^ "Mad Max: Fury Road". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
  15. ^ "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
  16. ^ "Clerks II". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  17. ^ "Clerks". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  18. ^ "Tron Legacy". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  19. ^ "Disney Sets 'Tron' B.O. Record Straight". Daily Variety. February 24, 1984. p. 31.
  20. ^ "The Color of Money". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  21. ^ "The Hustler". The Numbers. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  22. ^ "Terminator 2: Judgment Day". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  23. ^ "The Terminator". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  24. ^ "Cube²: Hypercube". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  25. ^ "Cube". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  26. ^ "Blade Runner 2049". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  27. ^ "Blade Runner". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  28. ^ "K.G.F: Chapter 2 (2022)". The Numbers. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
  29. ^ Ramachandran, Naman (26 April 2022). "Yash Teases 'K.G.F. 3,' Talks Global Reach of Indian Cinema: 'The World Is Our Territory' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.
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  31. ^ "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  32. ^ a b "Jurassic World". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  33. ^ a b "Jurassic Park III". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  34. ^ "Detective Chinatown 2". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
  35. ^ "Detective Chinatown". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
  36. ^ a b "Top Gun: Maverick". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
  37. ^ a b "Top Gun". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  38. ^ a b "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
  39. ^ a b "Jumanji". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
  40. ^ "Mary Poppins Returns". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
  41. ^ "Mary Poppins". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
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  43. ^ "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
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  45. ^ "Spider-Man: Far from Home". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
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  49. ^ "Fast & Furious 6". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  50. ^ "Avengers: Age of Ultron". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  51. ^ "The Dark Knight". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  52. ^ "Batman Begins". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  53. ^ "Incredibles 2". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  54. ^ "The Incredibles". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  55. ^ "Iron Man 3". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  56. ^ "Iron Man 2". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  57. ^ "Toy Story 3". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  58. ^ "Toy Story 2". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  59. ^ "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
  60. ^ "Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
  61. ^ "Skyfall". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  62. ^ "Quantum of Solace". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  63. ^ "All Time Worldwide Sequel Box Office". The Numbers. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
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