From Freepedia
| Title
| Gross (North America)
| Title (original)
| Original's gross (North America)
| Improvement
|
| Terminator 2: Judgment Day
| $204,843,345
| The Terminator
| $38,371,200
| 434%
|
| Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
| $206,040,086
| Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
| $53,883,989
| 282%
|
| Dawn of the Dead
| $40,000,000
| Night of the Living Dead
| $12,000,000
| 233%
|
| Rambo: First Blood Part II
| $150,415,432
| First Blood
| $47,212,904
| 219%
|
| The Road Warrior
| $23,667,907
| Mad Max
| $8,750,000
| 170%
|
| Highlander II: The Quickening
| $15,556,340
| Highlander
| $5,900,000
| 164%
|
| Evil Dead 2
| $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%
|
| The Devil's Rejects
| $20,000,000*
| House of 1000 Corpses
| $12,634,962
| 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: Die Harder
| $117,540,947
| Die Hard
| $83,008,852
| 42%
|
| 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 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%
|
| Ernest Saves Christmas
| $28,202,109
| Ernest Goes to Camp
| $23,509,382
| 20%
|
| Mission: Impossible 2
| $215,409,889
| Mission: Impossible
| $180,981,886
| 19%
|
| A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2
| $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%
|
| Spider-Man 2
| $783,964,497
| Spider-Man
| $403,703,706
| 15%
|
| The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear
| $86,930,411
| The Naked Gun
| $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%
|
Note: Only includes series in which both films were given a wide release, thus eliminating Desperado and Best of the Best 2, among others. Also only includes sequels released within 10 years of the original.
List of second sequels by box-office improvement
| Title
| Gross (North America)
| Title (Predecessor)
| Predecessor 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 2
| $5,923,044
| 94%
|
| Friday the 13th Part 3
| $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
| The Road Warrior
| $23,667,907
| 53%
|
| A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 3
| $44,793,222
| A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2
| $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 3D: Game Over
| $111,761,982
| Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
| $85,846,429
| 30%
|
| 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
| $380,000,000*
| Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
| $302,191,252
| 26%
|
| The Enforcer
| $46,236,000
| Magnum Force
| $39,768,000
| 16%
|
| 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%
|
| Return of the Jedi
| $309,306,177
| The Empire Strikes Back
| $290,475,067
| 7%
|
| Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
| $12,534,961
| Hellraiser II
| $12,090,735
| 4%
|
| Austin Powers in Goldmember
| $213,307,889
| Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
| $206,040,086
| 4%
|
