List of film sequels by box-office improvement

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Title Gross (North America) Title (original) Original's gross (North America) Improvement
Terminator 2: Judgment Day $204,843,345[1] The Terminator $38,371,200[2] 434%
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me $206,040,086[3] Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery $53,883,989[4] 282%
The Dark Knight $533,345,358[5] Batman Begins $205,343,774 260%
Rambo: First Blood Part II $150,415,432[6] First Blood $47,212,904[7] 219%
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior $23,667,907[8] Mad Max $8,750,000[9] 170%
Highlander II: The Quickening $15,556,340 Highlander $5,900,000 164%
Evil Dead II $5,923,044 The Evil Dead $2,400,000 147%
Lethal Weapon 2 $147,253,986 Lethal Weapon $65,207,127 126%
Bad Boys II $138,608,444 Bad Boys $65,807,024 110%
Next Friday $57,328,603 Friday $27,467,564 108%
Meet the Fockers $279,261,160 Meet the Parents $166,244,045 69%
Shrek 2 $441,226,247 Shrek $267,665,011 65%
The Matrix Reloaded $281,576,461 The Matrix $171,479,930 64%
Rush Hour 2 $226,164,286 Rush Hour $141,186,864 60%
Saw II $87,039,965 Saw $55,185,045 58%
From Russia with Love $24,796,765 Dr. No $16,067,035 54%
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls $108,360,063 Ace Ventura: Pet Detective $72,217,396 50%
The Chronicles of Riddick $57,761,012 Pitch Black $39,240,659 47%
The Bourne Supremacy $176,241,941 The Bourne Identity $121,661,683 45%
American Pie 2 $145,103,595 American Pie $102,072,987 42%
Die Hard 2 $117,540,947 Die Hard $83,008,852 42%
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest $423,315,812 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl $305,413,918 39%
X2: X-Men United $214,949,694 X-Men $157,299,717 37%
For a Few Dollars More $15,000,000 A Fistful of Dollars $11,000,000 36%
The Devil's Rejects $17,044,981 House of 1000 Corpses $12,634,962 35%
The Mummy Returns $202,019,785 The Mummy $155,385,488 30%
Toy Story 2 $245,823,397 Toy Story $191,796,233 28%
The Karate Kid, Part II $115,103,979 The Karate Kid $90,815,558 27%
Hannibal $165,092,056 The Silence of the Lambs $130,742,922 26%
Resident Evil: Apocalypse $51,201,453 Resident Evil $40,119,709 25%
Hellboy II: The Golden Army $73,701,495 Hellboy $59,623,958 22%
Ernest Saves Christmas $28,202,109 Ernest Goes to Camp $23,509,382 20%
Underworld: Evolution $62,318,875 Underworld $51,970,690 20%
Mission: Impossible 2 $215,409,889 Mission: Impossible $180,981,886 19%
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge $29,999,213 A Nightmare on Elm Street $25,504,513 18%
Blade II $81,676,888 Blade $70,095,974 17%
Magnum Force $39,768,000 Dirty Harry $35,976,000 11%
Ice Age: The Meltdown $195,321,662 Ice Age $176,387,405 11%
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear $86,930,411 The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! $78,756,177 10%
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers $341,786,758 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring $314,776,170 9%
Aliens $85,160,248 Alien $78,944,891 8%
Shanghai Knights $60,476,872 Shanghai Noon $56,937,502 6%
Before Sunset $5,820,649 Before Sunrise $5,535,405 5%

[edit] Excluded films

Title Gross (North America) Title (original) Original's gross (North America) Improvement Reason
Desperado $25,405,445 El Mariachi $2,040,920 1,170% El Mariachi played in 88 theaters at the peak of its run, while Desperado was released in 2,027.
Clerks II $24,148,068 Clerks $3,151,130 677% Clerks played in 96 theaters at the peak of its run, while Clerks II was released in 2,150.
The Color of Money $52,293,982 The Hustler $7,600,000 588% The Color of Money was released 25 years after The Hustler. Adjusted for inflation, The Hustler's gross would equal approximately $36 million in 1986 dollars, giving The Color of Money a 45% increase in attendance.

[edit] List of second sequels by box-office improvement

Title Gross (North America) Title (Predecessor) Predecessor's gross (North America) Improvement
Once Upon a Time in Mexico $56,359,780 Desperado $25,405,445 122%
Goldfinger $51,081,062 From Russia with Love $24,796,765 106%
Army of Darkness $11,502,976 Evil Dead II $5,923,044 94%
Friday the 13th Part III $36,690,067 Friday the 13th Part 2 $21,722,776 69%
Scary Movie 3 $110,003,217 Scary Movie 2 $71,308,997 54%
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome $36,230,219 Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior $23,667,907 53%
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors $44,793,222 A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge $29,999,213 49%
Rocky III $125,049,125 Rocky II $85,182,160 47%
Clear and Present Danger $122,187,717 Patriot Games $83,351,587 47%
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation $71,319,526 National Lampoon's European Vacation $49,364,621 45%
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over $111,761,982 Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams $85,846,429 30%
The Bourne Ultimatum $227,471,070 The Bourne Supremacy $176,241,941 29%
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly $19,000,000 For a Few Dollars More $15,000,000 27%
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith $380,270,577 Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones $302,191,252 26%
The Enforcer $46,236,000 Magnum Force $39,768,000 16%
Final Destination 3 $54,098,051 Final Destination 2 $46,961,214 15%
Batman Forever $184,031,112 Batman Returns $162,831,698 13%
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King $377,027,325 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers $341,786,758 10%
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade $197,171,806 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom $179,870,271 10%
X-Men: The Last Stand $234,362,462 X2: X-Men United $214,949,694 9%
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi $309,306,177 Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back $290,475,067 7%
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth $12,534,961 Hellbound: Hellraiser II $12,090,735 4%
Austin Powers in Goldmember $213,307,889 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me $206,040,086 4%
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