Awards Shows‘Despicable Me 2’, ‘Iron Man 3’ & More Successful Sequels (PHOTOS)Box-Office WinnersFrom ‘Despicable Me 2’ to ‘Iron Man 3,’ Rachel Osman on the sequels that outperformed the originals.Rachel Osman Updated Jul. 11, 2017 10:10PM EDT / Published Jul. 09, 2013 7:00PM EDT Warner Brothers/Getty; Universal Pictures, via AP; New Line Cinema/Getty; Marvel Studios, via AP Warner Brothers/Getty; Universal Pictures, via AP; New Line Cinema/Getty; Marvel Studios, via AP ‘Toy Story 3’AP ‘X2: X-Men United’Everett Collection ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King’New Line Cinema/Everett Collection ‘Terminator 2: Judgment Day’TriStar Pictures/Everett Collection ‘Iron Man 3’Marvel Studios, via AP ‘The Dark Knight’Ron Phillips/Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., via AP ‘Shrek 2’DreamWorks/Everett Collection ‘Despicable Me 2’Warner Brothers/Getty; Universal Pictures, via AP; New Line Cinema/Getty; Marvel Studios, via AP ‘Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me’New Line Cinema/Getty ‘Lethal Weapon 2’Warner Brothers/Getty ‘Rush Hour 2’PRNewsFoto/New Line Cinema, via AP Rachel Osman Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here.
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