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Rambo: First Blood Part II

1985 • R • 1h 36m • Action, Adventure, Thriller • TriStar Pictures

No man, no law, no war can stop him.

🍅 33% 60% MC 47 LB 3.20 IMDb 6.5

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$20.2M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$150.4M
Final
Worldwide Total
$300.4M
$150.0M international
Domestic Legs7.5x
Budget$44M
1985 Rank#2
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Cast & Crew

Directed byGeorge P. Cosmatos ScreenplaySylvester Stallone, James Cameron Story byKevin Jarre Based oncharacters created by David Morrell Produced byBuzz Feitshans Music byJerry Goldsmith StarringSylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Charles Napier, Steven Berkoff, Julia Nickson, Martin Kove StudioTriStar Pictures SeriesRambo
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 May 24-27 1 $25.5M — 2,074 $12,305 $32.5M
2 May 31-Jun 2 1 $14.8M −42.0% 2,074 $7,141 $53.7M
3 Jun 7-9 1 $10.2M −30.9% 2,074 $4,932 $70.4M
4 Jun 14-16 1 $9.2M −10.4% 2,074 $4,418 $85.0M
5 Jun 21-23 2 $7.3M −20.5% 2,074 $3,511 $96.9M
6 Jun 28-30 3 $7.0M −4.4% 1,956 $3,557 $107.9M
7 Jul 5-7 3 $6.4M −7.6% 1,820 $3,532 $118.3M
8 Jul 12-14 4 $4.3M −32.5% 1,674 $2,591 $125.3M
9 Jul 19-21 5 $3.4M −22.8% 1,385 $2,419 $130.5M
10 Jul 26-28 7 $2.9M −13.9% 1,259 $2,290 $134.9M
11 Aug 2-4 10 $2.2M −25.2% 1,024 $2,105 $138.3M
12 Aug 9-11 12 $1.5M −30.2% 853 $1,765 $140.7M
13 Aug 16-18 16 $1.0M −30.8% 597 $1,746 $142.4M
14 Aug 23-25 13 $1.1M +5.9% 647 $1,707 $144.1M
15 Aug 30-Sep 1 15 $1.2M +12.5% 672 $1,848 $145.8M
16 Sep 6-8 19 $517.8K −58.3% 446 $1,161 $146.5M
17 Sep 13-15 9 $873.9K +68.8% 780 $1,120 $147.6M
18 Sep 20-22 7 $841.1K −3.8% 820 $1,026 $148.7M
19 Sep 27-29 16 $330.2K −60.7% 441 $749 $149.3M
20 Oct 4-6 16 $302.2K −8.5% 356 $849 $149.8M
21 Oct 11-13 17 $190.0K −37.1% 303 $627 $150.0M
22 Oct 18-20 19 $172.9K −9.0% 257 $673 $150.2M
23 Oct 25-27 20 $137.0K −20.8% 213 $643 $150.4M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.9M
$25.5M
$14.8M
$10.2M
$9.2M
$7.3M
$7.0M
$6.4M
$4.3M
$3.4M
$2.9M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −13.9%
−42.0%
W1→2
−30.9%
W2→3
−10.4%
W3→4
−20.5%
W4→5
−4.4%
W5→6
−7.6%
W6→7
−32.5%
W7→8
−22.8%
W8→9
−13.9%
W9→10
Steepest −42.0%Best hold −4.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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