The worst movie sequels ever made from throughout film history. These are the follow-up films in a franchise or reboots that brought the most disgrace to a once-beloved properly, and most completely abandoned the elements that had made the first film popular. In many cases, these terrible sequels even abandoned core concepts, characters, and ideas that had made the initial films successful - as when the Joel Schumacher Batman series ditched Tim Burton's dark, gloomy sensibility for candy-colored cartoon theatrics, or the "Jaws" series left realism behind and became a flat-out shark horror series.
Follow-up films have always been a huge temptation for movies executives and studios. Name recognition and positive sentiment towards the first movie means a better chance that a sequel will fare better at the box office than a random, unknown title. Additionally, contracts are often signed before an initial movie is made locking in talent for a second, and even third, entry in a potential franchise, meaning there is less up-front dealmaking and casting to be done before production can begin.
In the case of franchises that are essentially 'locked in place' prior to the release of the first movie, like the "Harry Potter" and "Hunger Games" series, these pre-negotiations can be even more all-encompassing. Often, sequel films are shot simultaneously with the original film, or immediately after production has ceased on Part 1. Richard Donner and producer Ilya Salkind famously attempted to shoot "Superman 1" and "Superman 2" at the same time before the idea was abandoned. The concept was again taken up by Peter Jackson when he made the entire "Lord of the Rings" trilogy of films at once.
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2,910593Son of the Mask
Alan Cumming, Bob HoskinsReleased: 2005
Directed by: Lawrence Guterman
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1,019319Basic Instinct 2
Sharon Stone, Charlotte RamplingReleased: 2006
Directed by: Michael Caton-Jones
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1,809684Speed 2: Cruise Control
Sandra Bullock, Willem DafoeReleased: 1997
Directed by: Jan de Bont
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1,598626Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Gene Hackman, Christopher ReeveReleased: 1987
Directed by: Sidney J. Furie
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1,764710Jaws: The Revenge
Michael Caine, Mario Van PeeblesReleased: 1987
Directed by: Joseph Sargent
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1,505379Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
Jon Voight, Scott BaioReleased: 2004
Directed by: Bob Clark
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2,154786Home Alone 3
Scarlett Johansson, Seth SmithReleased: 1997
Directed by: Raja Gosnell
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1,205477Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
Jay Leno, Conan O'BrienReleased: 2000
Directed by: Joe Berlinger
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1,017380Sex and the City 2
Miley Cyrus, Penélope CruzReleased: 2010
Directed by: Michael Patrick King
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792247The Birds II: Land's End
Tippi Hedren, James NaughtonReleased: 1994
Directed by: Rick Rosenthal
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1,550636Scary Movie 5
Lindsay Lohan, Charlie SheenReleased: 2013
Directed by: Malcolm D. Lee
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766272Mannequin Two: On the Move
Kristy Swanson, Meshach TaylorReleased: 1991
Directed by: Stewart Raffill
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1,041478Exorcist II: The Heretic
James Earl Jones, Richard BurtonReleased: 1977
Directed by: John Boorman, Rospo Pallenberg
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674241Staying Alive
John Travolta, Sylvester StalloneReleased: 1983
Directed by: Sylvester Stallone
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593212Amityville 3-D
Meg Ryan, Lori LoughlinReleased: 1983
Directed by: Richard Fleischer
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2,3351,183Batman & Robin
Arnold Schwarzenegger, George ClooneyReleased: 1997
Directed by: Joel Schumacher
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1,192567Caddyshack II
Chevy Chase, Dan AykroydReleased: 1988
Directed by: Allan Arkush
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367105Easy Rider: The Ride Back
Chris Engen, Sheree J. WilsonReleased: 2012
Directed by: Dustin Rikert
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893307American Psycho 2
Mila Kunis, William ShatnerReleased: 2002
Directed by: Morgan J. Freeman
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1,024422The Next Karate Kid
Hilary Swank, Pat MoritaReleased: 1994
Directed by: Christopher Cain
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736163Mean Girls 2
Claire Holt, Tim MeadowsReleased: 2011
Directed by: Melanie Mayron
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365112Oliver's Story
Candice Bergen, Ray MillandReleased: 1978
Directed by: John Korty
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708264Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
Martin Lawrence, Jessica LucasReleased: 2011
Directed by: John Whitesell
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377143Blues Brothers 2000
Eric Clapton, Aretha FranklinReleased: 1998
Directed by: John Landis
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758369Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
Christopher Lee, Claire ForlaniReleased: 1994
Directed by: Alan Metter
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