Superman IIFollow

Name: Superman II
Director: Richard Lester
Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Released: 1981
Cast: Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Terence Stamp, Ned Beatty

1981 • PG • 2h 7m • Action, Adventure, Science Fiction • Warner Bros.

The Man of Steel meets his match!

🍅 88% 76%

3.32

6.8

CS A+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$14.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$108.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$190.40M

$82.20M international

Domestic legs7.7x

Budget$54M

1981 rank#3

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Cast & crew

Full Lester filmography

Richard Lester Director

Gene Hackman Starring

Christopher Reeve Starring

Margot Kidder Starring

Terence Stamp Starring

Ned Beatty Starring

ScreenplayMario Puzo, David Newman, Leslie Newman Produced byPierre Spengler CinematographyGeoffrey Unsworth, Robert Paynter Music byKen Thorne StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 19-21 1 $14.1M — 1,395 $10,108 $14.1M

2 Jun 26-28 1 $10.8M −23.7% 1,395 $7,717 $34.8M

3 Jul 3-5 1 $10.9M +1.3% 1,887 $5,779 $53.5M

4 Jul 10-12 1 $6.7M −38.1% 1,853 $3,640 $60.2M

5 Jul 17-19 3 $5.3M −22.0% 1,227 $4,287 $71.6M

6 Jul 24-26 4 $3.7M −29.8% 989 $3,732 $78.4M

7 Jul 31-Aug 2 5 $2.8M −24.0% 908 $3,090 $83.4M

8 Aug 7-9 7 $2.2M −22.0% 780 $2,805 $87.4M

9 Aug 14-16 10 $1.7M −22.4% 679 $2,501 $90.4M

10 Aug 21-23 9 $1.6M −7.5% 821 $1,912 $93.0M

11 Aug 28-30 8 $1.4M −8.2% 763 $1,888 $95.4M

12 Sep 4-6 6 $1.6M +11.8% 714 $2,255 $97.6M

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.6M

$14.1M

$10.8M

$10.9M

$6.7M

$5.3M

$3.7M

$2.8M

$2.2M

$1.7M

$1.6M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −7.5%

−23.7%

W1→2

+1.3%

W2→3

−38.1%

W3→4

−22.0%

W4→5

−29.8%

W5→6

−24.0%

W6→7

−22.0%

W7→8

−22.4%

W8→9

−7.5%

W9→10

Steepest −38.1%Biggest gain +1.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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