13 Sequels That Topped The Originals

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It's always safe to assume that a sequel is never going to be as good as the original. They're just inherently disappointing, pale shadows of movies or shows we liked. We asked our readers to challenge that assumption by showing us sequels that significantly improved over the originals in tangible, quantifiable ways. Because we super like being proven wrong.