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Successful Sequels



Other Domestic Misc records: Never No. 1 Domestic - Never Wide Domestic - $100m Movies per Year - $100m Movies per Month - Lowest No. 1 Domestic - Franchise Killers - Widest Opening Weekend

This chart contains the top 100 sequel movies that made more money in the first weekend that their predessor in the franchise in its entire run, based on the domestic box office.

Rank Date Movie Difference Sequel Opening
Weekend		 Predecessor
Cumulative
Box Office		 Predecessor
1 2015 Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens $212,805,121 $247,966,675 $35,161,554 Star Wars: The Clone Wars
2 2024 Deadpool & Wolverine $187,579,722 $211,435,291 $23,855,569 The New Mutants
3 2024 Deadpool & Wolverine $126,935,068 $211,435,291 $84,500,223 The Marvels
4 2023 The Super Mario Bros. Movie $125,516,958 $146,361,865 $20,844,907 Super Mario Bros.
5 2021 Spider-Man: No Way Home $95,268,305 $260,138,569 $164,870,264 Eternals
6 2004 Spider-Man 2 $84,104,090 $88,156,227 $4,052,137 Spider-Man/Men in Black II Double-Bill
7 2010 Toy Story 3 $79,604,743 $110,307,189 $30,702,446 Toy Story 3D Double Feature
8 2016 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them $72,674,161 $74,403,387 $1,729,226 The Harry Potter IMAX Marathon
9 2013 Oz the Great and Powerful $68,491,640 $79,110,453 $10,618,813 Return to Oz
10 2007 Transformers $64,652,737 $70,502,384 $5,849,647 The Transformers: The Movie
11 2010 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse $62,446,954 $64,832,191 $2,385,237 The Twilight Saga: Twilight/New Moon Combo
12 2001 Planet of the Apes $59,732,960 $68,532,960 $8,800,000 Battle for the Planet of the Apes
13 2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory $52,100,479 $56,178,450 $4,077,971 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
14 2012 Men in Black 3 $50,540,642 $54,592,779 $4,052,137 Spider-Man/Men in Black II Double-Bill
15 2017 The Lego Batman Movie $49,228,468 $53,003,468 $3,775,000 Batman: The Killing Joke
16 1995 Batman Forever $47,101,813 $52,784,433 $5,682,620 Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
17 2010 The Karate Kid $46,914,577 $55,665,805 $8,751,228 The Next Karate Kid
18 2023 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse $46,798,059 $120,663,589 $73,865,530 Morbius
19 2019 Godzilla: King of the Monsters $45,868,265 $47,776,293 $1,908,028 Shin Godjira
20 2005 King Kong $45,418,925 $50,130,145 $4,711,220 King Kong Lives
21 2018 Halloween $42,828,572 $76,221,545 $33,392,973 Halloween 2
22 2006 Superman Returns $38,012,741 $52,535,096 $14,522,355 Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
23 2009 Star Trek $35,949,880 $79,204,289 $43,254,409 Star Trek: Nemesis
24 2024 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice $33,527,986 $111,003,345 $77,475,359 Beetlejuice
25 2012 The Avengers $30,784,203 $207,438,708 $176,654,505 Captain America: The First Avenger
26 2003 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre $27,999,456 $28,094,014 $94,558 Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Next Generation
27 2015 Jurassic World $27,640,155 $208,806,270 $181,166,115 Jurassic Park III
28 2023 The Exorcist: Believer $26,246,105 $26,497,600 $251,495 Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist
29 2024 Venom: The Last Dance $25,986,094 $51,012,404 $25,026,310 Kraven the Hunter
30 2003 Freddy vs. Jason $23,306,511 $36,428,066 $13,121,555 Jason X
31 2024 Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire $22,861,892 $80,006,561 $57,144,669 Godzilla Minus One (ゴジラ最新作)
32 2003 Freddy vs. Jason $18,337,885 $36,428,066 $18,090,181 Wes Craven's New Nightmare
33 2006 The Pink Panther $17,762,838 $20,220,412 $2,457,574 Son of the Pink Panther
34 2010 Tron: Legacy $17,107,635 $44,026,211 $26,918,576 Tron
35 2005 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the We… $15,023,985 $16,025,987 $1,002,002 Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation
36 2013 Evil Dead $14,272,871 $25,775,847 $11,502,976 Army of Darkness
37 2021 Dune $13,049,833 $41,011,174 $27,961,341 Dune
38 2011 The Muppets $12,934,240 $29,239,026 $16,304,786 Muppets From Space
39 2014 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles $11,426,007 $65,575,105 $54,149,098 TMNT
40 2022 Black Adam $11,186,898 $67,004,323 $55,817,425 The Suicide Squad
41 2014 RoboCop $10,985,220 $21,681,430 $10,696,210 RoboCop 3
42 2004 AVP: Alien Vs. Predator $9,973,543 $38,291,056 $28,317,513 Predator 2
43 2014 Dumb and Dumber To $9,896,929 $36,111,775 $26,214,846 Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
44 2012 Prometheus $9,253,035 $51,050,101 $41,797,066 Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem
45 2015 Mad Max: Fury Road $9,197,909 $45,428,128 $36,230,219 Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
46 2025 Final Destination: Bloodlines $9,012,463 $51,600,106 $42,587,643 Final Destination 5
47 2005 Batman Begins $8,543,061 $48,745,440 $40,202,379 Catwoman
48 2015 Poltergeist $8,506,386 $22,620,386 $14,114,000 Poltergeist III
49 2009 Fast & Furious $8,334,990 $70,950,500 $62,615,510 The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
50 2017 Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle $8,123,788 $36,169,328 $28,045,540 Zathura
51 2019 Pet Sematary $7,410,322 $24,502,775 $17,092,453 Pet Sematary II
52 2006 Clerks II $6,987,704 $10,061,132 $3,073,428 Clerks
53 2025 Ne Zha 2 (哪吒之魔童闹海) $6,985,330 $7,200,000 $214,670 Legend of Deification (姜子牙)
54 1995 Desperado $5,869,526 $7,910,446 $2,040,920 El Mariachi
55 2022 BTS Permission to Dance on Stage Seou… $5,840,000 $6,840,000 $1,000,000 Break the Silence: The Movie (브레이크 더 사일런스: 더 무비)
56 1991 The Silence of the Lambs $5,145,885 $13,766,814 $8,620,929 Manhunter
57 2005 George A. Romero's Land of the Dead $4,417,443 $10,221,705 $5,804,262 Day of the Dead
58 1995 Far from Home: The Adventures of Yell… $4,219,917 $4,231,917 $12,000 Far From Home
59 2015 Pitch Perfect 2 $4,215,797 $69,216,890 $65,001,093 Pitch Perfect
60 2025 The Chosen: Last Supper — Part 1 $4,088,018 $11,817,082 $7,729,064 The Chosen: Season 4 Episodes 7-8
61 2017 Baahubali 2: The Conclusion $3,692,497 $10,430,497 $6,738,000 Baahubali: The Beginning
62 2025 Ne Zha 2 (哪吒之魔童闹海) $3,504,467 $7,200,000 $3,695,533 Ne Zha (哪吒之魔童降世)
63 2006 Van Wilder Deux: The Rise of Taj $2,286,861 $2,313,372 $26,511 National Lampoon's Barely Legal
64 2025 Dan Da Dan: Evil Eye $2,145,802 $3,198,481 $1,052,679 DAN DA DAN: First Encounter
65 2019 Dragon Ball Super: Broly $1,807,834 $9,816,197 $8,008,363 Doragon bôru Z: Fukkatsu no 'F'
66 1983 Monty Python's The Meaning of Life $1,659,895 $1,987,853 $327,958 Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
67 2025 28 Years Later $1,364,050 $30,002,966 $28,638,916 28 Weeks Later
68 2019 Yip Man 4 $1,250,069 $1,459,523 $209,454 Ye Wen hui chuan: Zhang Tianzhi
69 1993 Best of the Best 2 $1,140,931 $2,840,931 $1,700,000 Best of the Best
70 1998 Halloween: H2O $1,060,776 $16,187,724 $15,126,948 Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
71 1999 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me $1,033,615 $54,917,604 $53,883,989 Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
72 2024 Singham Again $963,419 $2,190,000 $1,226,581 Singham Returns
73 2015 Tanu Weds Manu Returns $766,456 $1,006,476 $240,020 Tanu Weds Manu
74 2016 Yip Man 3 $746,955 $784,839 $37,884 Yip Man: Jung gik yat jin
75 2006 Dhoom 2 $733,245 $979,001 $245,756 Dhoom
76 1999 The Thomas Crown Affair $600,719 $14,600,719 $14,000,000 The Thomas Crown Affair
77 2009 The Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day $516,216 $546,687 $30,471 The Boondock Saints
78 2022 Terrifier 2 $465,054 $805,000 $339,946 Terrifier
79 2020 Boku no Hīrō Akademia The Movie Hīrōz… $463,661 $5,891,252 $5,427,591 Boku no Hero Academia the Movie
80 2017 Xi You Fu Yao Pian $445,825 $463,883 $18,058 Xi you xiang mo pian
81 2019 Total Dhamaal $445,741 $989,387 $543,646 Double Dhamaal
82 1982 Penitentiary II $375,896 $662,896 $287,000 Penitentiary
83 2024 God’s Not Dead: In God We Trust $333,206 $1,503,593 $1,170,387 God’s Not Dead: We the People
84 2010 Golmaal 3 $313,330 $626,432 $313,102 Golmaal Returns
85 2018 Zhuo yao ji 2 $309,068 $341,834 $32,766 Zhuo yao ji
86 2014 Singham Returns $303,181 $654,045 $350,864 Singham
87 2018 Detective Chinatown 2 (唐人街探案2) $244,215 $704,047 $459,832 Detective Chinatown (唐人街探案)
88 2015 ABCD 2 $222,097 $444,195 $222,098 ABCD (Any Body Can Dance)
89 2018 Baaghi 2 $212,515 $650,722 $438,207 Baaghi
90 1986 La cage aux folles 3 - 'Elles' se mar… $178,185 $196,894 $18,709 La cage aux folles
91 1991 Beauty and the Beast $140,435 $162,146 $21,711 Beauty and the Beast
92 2011 Double Dhamaal $135,492 $301,831 $166,339 Dhamaal
93 2018 Race 3 $110,921 $1,690,861 $1,579,940 Race 2
94 2018 Di Ren Jie Zhi Si Da Tian Wang $39,146 $126,929 $87,783 Di Renjie zhi shendu longwang (狄仁傑之神都龍王)
95 2017 Blade Runner 2049 $28,986 $32,753,122 $32,724,136 Blade Runner
96 2005 Oldboy $23,714 $68,957 $45,243 Boksuneun naui geot
97 1985 Gojira $18,113 $509,502 $491,389 Gojira
98 2019 High Strung: Free Dance $1,154 $54,601 $53,447 High Strung

The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).

This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.