12 Inferior Film Sequels That Totally Missed The Point Of The Originals

9. Jim Carrey-Less Sequels To Jim Carrey Movies

Jim Carrey was the most popular comedic actor of the 1990s, and most of his movies during that decade made over $200 million at the worldwide box office. However, after starring in a 1995 Ace Ventura sequel Carrey turned down huge paychecks to make sequels to his hits. Producers went ahead anyway and made Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003), Son of the Mask (2005), Evan Almighty (2007), and Ace Ventura, Jr.: Pet Detective (2009), and all each did terribly at the box office (Ace Ventura, Jr. went direct-to-video in most countries). The point that producers kept missing is that the primary reason people saw the originals was Carrey. Since Carrey's most recent original films have done poorly at the box office, he has finally agreed to do a sequel to one of his classics: Dumb and Dumber To, which will be released in November 2014. He's either finally doing it on his own terms or just finally desperate enough for a hit.