Worst performing movies to receive a sequel?

Submitted by punkmuppet t3_z37g0m in movies

Just a thought that came to me earlier today, there must be a movie out there that is the worst performing movie at the box office to receive a sequel. Whether it's lowest total takings or worst return on investment, does anyone know what they are?

Googling it just gives me the worst performing sequels

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so1i1oquy t1_ixkbx57 wrote

Tron.

Blade Runner.

Donnie Darko.

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2ndprize t1_ixkfvzv wrote

Wait why is there a Donnie Darko sequel?

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GTKPR89 t1_ixkq0un wrote

Well direct to video and without involvement of the creator, but yep. About his sister.

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mediarch t1_ixkd0hm wrote

Tron did fine. It still made money at the box office. Also it made a metric butt load in merchandise sales. They made more in Merch sales than it did at the theater.

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[deleted] t1_ixke8kx wrote

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gianni_ t1_ixkekdt wrote

If it’s budget was $17M and it made $33M, what do you consider the $16M difference?

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so1i1oquy t1_ixkfuj8 wrote

Evaporated by marketing dollars. Read the post above.

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GrimReaperAngelof23 t1_ixkrspb wrote

Bruh, those movies are good

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so1i1oquy t1_ixksp80 wrote

Read the title of the post.

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GrimReaperAngelof23 t1_ixkvfrf wrote

I did. Tron Legacy and Blade Runner 2049 were good movies, and so were their prequels. Donnie Darko was cool, but not its sequel

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so1i1oquy t1_ixkvla7 wrote

You're still missing the word "performing."

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2DEE831 t1_ixkd3so wrote

I don't know, I'm watching R.I.P.D. 2 and didn't realize anyone watched the original or even wanted a sequel

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GTKPR89 t1_ixkq4hj wrote

Dude it blew my mind when I saw that there was a second one.

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TrickNatural t1_ixke537 wrote

Highlander made less than its budget back and then got a sequel (Highlander II) which also made less than its budget back.

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ViewAskewed t1_ixmqn36 wrote

Knowing how bad the Highlander movies have preformed makes me wonder if any of them have ever made their money back.

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StarScreamer t1_ixnwvfx wrote

Home video was a booming market that would determine sequels. This is one of those examples.

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mediarch t1_ixkcob6 wrote

Manhunter maybe

15 million budget only made 8.6 million

"Technically" Silence of the Lambs is a sequel

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fyo_karamo t1_ixl102m wrote

Good one. No idea why anyone would downvote you.

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Earguy t1_ixkj8wv wrote

Breakin'. But it inspired some genius to film a sequel. The sequel sucked too, but if not for them, there wouldn't be the greatest sequel title ever: Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo.

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ArChAnG3L141 t1_ixkh5pg wrote

Anything that went straight to dvd

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TeleBrief6431 t1_ixl5vyd wrote

Quite a few B-movies and exploitation films. Too many to list.

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uncultured_swine2099 t1_ixla919 wrote

Blade Runner was a box office flop, then they made a sequel that was also a box office flop. Both films are excellent (though the post-theatrical director's cut of the original was when it really got acclaim).

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DRUGEND1 t1_ixo14zx wrote

I think the first Austin Powers didn’t do great box office, but it found an audience on home video which lead to the (hugely successful) sequel.

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ihatereddit1221 t1_ixkplsv wrote

Bourne Identity must be up there.

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Quint-MacReady t1_ixnhx31 wrote

All the Bourne movies were hits. They made sequels because the first one did well.

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wildshard13 t1_ixkh3qe wrote

28 days later

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ninjas_in_my_pants t1_ixksbu4 wrote

It was a pretty successful film.

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wildshard13 t1_ixkug5k wrote

It was a shitty film, it was badly acted, badly scripted, cliche , and stupid… the main plot of anger zombies was literally a rip off of transformers return of optmius prime, and they did it better and more believably . We knew where the plot was going and how it was going to end about 15 minutes in.

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BreadRum t1_ixl1gn1 wrote

All this matters how? It performed well enough to get a sequel, which I think is the posters main idea.

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[deleted] t1_ixlbatu wrote

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wildshard13 t1_ixmu5t5 wrote

Yup… 100% aware, which is why its shocking that a mediocre cartoon from the mid 80’s aimed at 6 year olds did a better job then the turd that is 28days later

But here we are

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