Blade Runner? Avatar? Top Gun? These film franchises are historic for having their sequel films released years, sometimes decades, after the original. Nevertheless, they’ve managed to capture audiences each and every time, no matter the time between them. So, let’s take a look at these 17 movie sequels that came out waaaaaaay after the originals.
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Avatar: The Way of Water was also released 13 years after the original Avatar in 2009.
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Gladiator II came out 24 years after the original Best Picture winner, Gladiator, in 2000.
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Twisters was a stand-alone sequel that came out 28 years after the original 1996 Twister film.
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Terminator 2: Judgement Day came out 7 years after the original Terminator film in 1984.
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Psycho II was released 23 years after the original 1960 Psycho directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre II came out 12 years after the first 1974 Texas Chainsaw Massacre film.
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The Godfather Part III came out 16 years after The Godfather Part II, despite Part II coming out two years after the original Godfather film.
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Similarly, Incredibles 2 was released 14 years after the first Incredibles, which came out back in 2004.
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Inside Out 2 came out 9 years after the release of the first Inside Out back in 2015.
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While not a direct sequel, the 11th installment of the Halloween franchise, Halloween (2018), is considered a new sequel to the original 1978 Halloween film (ignoring the other nine installments in front of it), bridging a 40-year gap between the two films.
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Doctor Sleep posed as a sequel to the 1980’s classic film The Shining, making it a 39 year gap between the original and sequel.
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Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again came out 10 years after the first Mamma Mia film.
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Tron: Legacy was made 28 years after the first Tron film was released back in 1982.
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And finally, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice was made a whopping 36 years after the first classic Beetlejuice film.
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