40 Forgotten Sequels to Hit Movies

This weekend saw the release of Paramount Pictures‘ threequel xXx: Return of Xander Cage, which wound up disappointing with a paltry $20 million domestic take. While it will likely do very well overseas, it will probably wind up on the scrapheap of sequels that failed to make the same mark as their predecessor. In the case of Xander, it is actually the second sequel to 2002’s xXx to disappoint, after the Ice Cube-led xXx: State of the Union. With this in mind, we compiled a list of 40 times big hit movies — and, in some cases, Best Picture Oscar winners — generated forgotten sequels that did not come close to living up to the original. Check out 40 forgotten sequels to hit movies in the gallery below!

This list also comes as Scream Factory releases a pair of such sequels to Blu-ray – Poltergeist II: The Other Side and Poltergeist III. Neither sequel made the same mark as the original 1982 Tobe Hooper/Steven Spielberg hit, but despite being relegated to a footnote, their re-release on home video on January 31 brings about the possibility of reappraisal.

Click the links to pre-order your copies of Poltergeist II: The Other Side and Poltergeist III collectors editions on Scream Factory Blu-ray!

Which of these 40 forgotten sequels below do you think deserve a second look? Are there any sequels that should also be on this list? Let us know in the comments below!

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