Pirates of the Caribbean was actually an excellent film. All the sequels a prime example of how to squeeze as much money out of idiots as possible (but good luck to them). Rocky, Fast and Furious 45 and so on. Even Rocky I found hard to take because that fight would have been stopped in the real world.
Can’t think of too many where the sequels were as good or better than the original, probably the subject for a new thread? Could probably include remakes in that thread as well.