While the 2020s have been home to some fantastic sequels , they have also seen their fair share of disappointing follow-ups. It's unfortunate, but the decade that gave us Top Gun: Maverick and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse has also delivered plenty of sequels that failed to live up to the originals.

It's important to note that this list isn't about the worst sequels of the 2020s, it's about the ones that fall far shy of the first entry in the franchise. The films that we wanted to love but ultimately made us wish the sequel had never been made .

Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)

WONDER WOMAN 1984, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman Clay Enos/Warner Bros./Courtesy Everett Collection

When Wonder Woman came out in 2017, it was a breath of fresh air in the DCEU. To that point, films like

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