List of the longest gaps between film sequels
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Predecessor's title |
Release date |
Sequel's title |
Release date |
Time lapsed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Bambi |
August 13, 1942 |
Bambi II |
February 7, 2006 |
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Fantasia |
November 13, 1940 |
Fantasia 2000 |
December 31, 1999 |
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Gone with the Wind |
January 17, 1940 |
Scarlett |
November 13, 1994 |
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Cinderella |
March 4, 1950 |
Cinderella II: Dreams Come True |
February 23, 2002 |
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The Wizard of Oz |
August 25, 1939 |
Return to Oz |
June 21, 1985 |
|
Lady and the Tramp |
June 22, 1955 |
Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure |
February 27, 2001 |
|
One Hundred and One Dalmatians |
January 25, 1961 |
101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure |
January 21, 2003 |
|
This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse |
March 13, 1967 |
Embodiment of Evil |
August 8, 2008 |
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Belle de Jour |
May 24, 1967 |
Belle Toujours |
September 8, 2006 |
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The Maltese Falcon |
October 3, 1941 |
The Black Bird |
December 25, 1975 |
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National Velvet |
December 14, 1944 |
International Velvet |
July 19, 1978 |
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The Birds |
March 28, 1963 |
The Birds II: Land's End |
March 14, 1994 |
|
Scenes from a Marriage |
April 11, 1973 |
Saraband |
December 1, 2003 |
|
The Odd Couple |
May 2, 1968 |
The Odd Couple II |
April 10, 1998 |
|
Tron |
July 9, 1982 |
Tron: Legacy |
December 17, 2010 |
|
Inferno |
February 7, 1980 |
The Mother of Tears |
October 24, 2007 |
|
Billion Dollar Brain |
December 20, 1967 |
Bullet to Beijing |
April 1995 |
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The Fox and the Hound |
July 10, 1981 |
The Fox and the Hound 2 |
December 12, 2006 |
|
WarGames |
June 3, 1983 |
WarGames: The Dead Code |
July 29, 2008 |
|
Slap Shot |
February 25, 1977 |
Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice |
March 26, 2002 |
|
Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti |
November 30, 1960 |
Big Deal After 20 Years |
December 25, 1985 |
|
The Hustler |
September 25, 1961 |
The Color of Money |
October 17, 1986 |
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The Affairs of Dobie Gillis |
August 14, 1953 |
Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis? |
May 10, 1977 |
|
Psycho |
June 16, 1960 |
Psycho II |
June 3, 1983 |
|
Wall Street |
December 11, 1987 |
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps |
September 24, 2010 |
|
Carrie |
November 3, 1976 |
The Rage: Carrie 2 |
March 12, 1999 |
|
The Freshman |
September 20, 1925 |
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock |
April 4, 1947 |
|
The Lost Boys |
July 31, 1987 |
Lost Boys: The Tribe |
July 29, 2008 |
|
Day of the Dead |
July 19, 1985 |
Land of the Dead |
June 24, 2005 |
|
A Man and a Woman |
July 12, 1966 |
A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later |
May 13, 1986 |
|
Rambo III |
May 25, 1988 |
Rambo |
January 25, 2008 |
|
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade |
May 24, 1989 |
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull |
May 22, 2008 |
|
The Last Picture Show |
October 22, 1971 |
Texasville |
September 28, 1990 |
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Where the Buffalo Roam |
April 25, 1980 |
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas |
May 22, 1998 |
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The Dirty Dozen |
June 15, 1967 |
The Dirty Dozen: The Next Mission |
February 4, 1985 |
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The Blues Brothers |
June 20, 1980 |
Blues Brothers 2000 |
February 6, 1998 |
|
Barfly |
September 30, 1987 |
Factotum |
April 29, 2005 |
|
The Guns of Navarone |
June 22, 1961 |
Force 10 from Navarone |
December 8, 1978 |
|
Herbie Goes Bananas |
June 25, 1980 |
The Love Bug |
November 30, 1997 |
|
The Decline of the American Empire |
June 19, 1986 |
The Barbarian Invasions |
September 24, 2003 |
|
2001: A Space Odyssey |
April 6, 1968 |
2010: The Year We Make Contact |
December 7, 1984 |
|
Dirty Dancing |
August 21, 1987 |
Dirty Dancing: Havana NiGHTS |
February 27, 2004 |
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Patton |
April 2, 1970 |
The Last Days of Patton |
September 14, 1986 |
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Chinatown |
June 20, 1974 |
The Two Jakes |
August 10, 1990 |
|
Rocky V |
November 16, 1990 |
Rocky Balboa |
December 20, 2006 |
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The Godfather Part II |
December 12, 1974 |
The Godfather Part III |
December 14, 1990 |
|
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi |
May 25, 1983 |
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace |
May 19, 1999 |
|
Escape from New York |
July 10, 1981 |
Escape from L.A. |
August 9, 1996 |
|
The Four Musketeers |
October 31, 1974 |
The Return of the Musketeers |
August 25, 1989 |
|
Basic Instinct |
March 20, 1992 |
Basic Instinct 2 |
March 31, 2006 |
|
The Exorcist III |
August 17, 1990 |
Exorcist: The Beginning |
August 20, 2004 |
|
The Rescuers |
June 22, 1977 |
The Rescuers Down Under |
November 16, 1990 |
|
Terms of Endearment |
November 23, 1983 |
The Evening Star |
December 25, 1996 |
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Die Hard with a Vengeance |
May 19, 1995 |
Live Free or Die Hard |
June 27, 2007 |
|
Terminator 2: Judgment Day |
July 3, 1991 |
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines |
July 2, 2003 |
|
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy |
January 16, 1947 |
Andy Hardy Comes Home |
December 22, 1958 |
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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre |
October 1, 1974 |
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 |
August 22, 1986 |
|
Carlito's Way |
November 10, 1993 |
Carlito's Way: Rise to Power |
September 27, 2005 |
|
Clerks. |
October 19, 1994 |
Clerks II |
July 21, 2006 |
|
April 15, 2011 |
Scream 3 |
February 4, 2000 |
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Night Of the living dead |
October 1, 1968 |
Dawn of the Dead |
September 2, 1979 |
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The Little Mermaid |
November 14, 1989 |
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea |
September 19, 2000 |
|
Toy Story 2 |
November 19, 1999 |
Toy Story 3 |
June 18, 2010 |
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The Mask |
July 29, 1994 |
Son of the Mask |
February 11, 2005 |
|
The X-Files |
June 19, 1998 |
The X-Files: I Want to Believe |
July 25, 2008 |
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The Silence of the Lambs |
February 14, 1991 |
Hannibal |
February 9, 2001 |