Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)

Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $150,415,432Details
International Box Office $149,984,568Details
Worldwide Box Office $300,400,000
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Metrics

Opening Weekend:$25,520,843 (17.0% of total gross)
Legs:5.89 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:50.1% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$44,000,000 (worldwide box office is 6.8 times production budget)
Theater counts:2,074 opening theaters/2,074 max. theaters, 12.5 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $456,754,464

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 401-500) 411 $150,415,432
All Time International Box Office (Rank 701-800) 711 $149,984,568
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 501-600) 554 $300,400,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies 50 $150,415,432
All Time International Box Office for R Movies (Rank 101-200) 109 $149,984,568
All Time Worldwide Box Office for R Movies 80 $300,400,000

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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: May 22nd, 1985 (Wide) by Sony/TriStar
Video Release: October 21st, 1998 by Live / Artisan
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 96 minutes
Franchise: Rambo
Comparisons: vs. En kongelig affære
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Keywords: Rescue, Vietnam War, War
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Action
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Anabasis Investments, Tri-Star Pictures
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Independence Day (All Movies, 3-Day) 210 $6,428,108 Jul 5, 1985 47
Independence Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 147 $20,461,306 Jul 5, 1985 47
Biggest 6th Thursday 27 $1,600,000 Jul 4, 1985 44
Biggest 6th Wednesday 41 $1,300,000 Jul 3, 1985 43
Top Sony/TriStar Weekend Domestic 1 $25,520,843 May 24, 1985 5
Memorial Day (All Movies, 3-Day) 56 $25,520,843 May 24, 1985 5
Memorial Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 33 $81,235,361 May 24, 1985 5
Memorial Day (Opening, 3-Day) 36 $25,520,843 May 24, 1985 5
Memorial Day (Opening, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 26 $81,235,361 May 24, 1985 5

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 24, 1985 1 $25,520,843   2,074 $12,305   $32,548,262 1
May 31, 1985 1 $14,810,543 -42% 2,074 $7,141   $53,721,418 2
Jun 7, 1985 1 $10,228,608 -31% 2,074 $4,932   $70,406,949 3
Jun 14, 1985 1 $9,162,153 -10% 2,074 $4,418   $84,953,870 4
Jun 21, 1985 2 $7,281,106 -21% 2,074 $3,511   $96,899,362 5
Jun 28, 1985 3 $6,957,496 -4% 1,956 $3,557   $107,890,996 6
Jul 5, 1985 3 $6,428,108 -8% 1,820 $3,532   $118,333,488 7
Jul 12, 1985 4 $4,337,520 -33% 1,674 $2,591   $125,301,195 8
Jul 19, 1985 5 $3,350,298 -23% 1,385 $2,419   $130,453,947 9
Jul 26, 1985 7 $2,883,075 -14% 1,259 $2,290   $134,910,164 10
Aug 2, 1985 10 $2,155,710 -25% 1,024 $2,105   $138,276,829 11
Aug 9, 1985 12 $1,505,762 -30% 853 $1,765   $140,724,170 12
Aug 16, 1985 16 $1,042,479 -31% 597 $1,746   $142,416,504 13
Aug 23, 1985 13 $1,104,317 +6% 647 $1,707   $144,094,973 14
Aug 30, 1985 15 $1,241,951 +12% 672 $1,848   $145,810,737 15
Sep 6, 1985 19 $517,806 -58% 446 $1,161   $146,529,544 16
Sep 13, 1985 9 $873,947 +69% 780 $1,120   $147,603,096 17
Sep 20, 1985 7 $841,114 -4% 820 $1,026   $148,712,210 18
Sep 27, 1985 16 $330,220 -61% 441 $749   $149,335,506 19
Oct 4, 1985 16 $302,212 -8% 356 $849   $149,789,392 20
Oct 11, 1985 17 $189,981 -37% 303 $627   $150,008,214 21
Oct 18, 1985 19 $172,900 -9% 257 $673   $150,221,114 22
Oct 25, 1985 20 $136,959 -21% 213 $643   $150,415,432 23

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Jul 3, 1985 2 $1,300,000     1,956 $665   $110,300,000 43
Jul 4, 1985 2 $1,600,000 +23%   1,956 $818   $111,905,380 44

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 24, 1985 1 $31,883,456   2,074 $15,373   $38,910,875 2
May 31, 1985 1 $21,267,466 -33% 2,074 $10,254   $60,178,341 3
Jun 7, 1985 1 $15,613,376 -27% 2,074 $7,528   $75,791,717 4
Jun 14, 1985 1 $13,826,539 -11% 2,074 $6,667   $89,618,256 5
Jun 21, 1985 2 $11,315,244 -18% 2,074 $5,456   $100,933,500 6
Jun 28, 1985 3 $10,971,880 -3% 1,956 $5,609   $111,905,380 7
Jul 5, 1985 4 $9,058,295 -17% 1,820 $4,977   $120,963,675 8
Jul 12, 1985 4 $6,139,974 -32% 1,674 $3,668   $127,103,649 9
Jul 19, 1985 5 $4,923,440 -20% 1,385 $3,555   $132,027,089 10
Jul 26, 1985 7 $4,094,030 -17% 1,259 $3,252   $136,121,119 11
Aug 2, 1985 10 $3,097,289 -24% 1,024 $3,025   $139,218,408 12
Aug 9, 1985 13 $2,155,617 -30% 853 $2,527   $141,374,025 13
Aug 16, 1985 16 $1,616,631 -25% 597 $2,708   $142,990,656 14
Aug 23, 1985 13 $1,578,130 -2% 647 $2,439   $144,568,786 15
Aug 30, 1985 14 $1,442,952 -9% 672 $2,147   $146,011,738 16
Sep 6, 1985 17 $717,411 -50% 446 $1,609   $146,729,149 17
Sep 13, 1985 10 $1,141,947 +59% 780 $1,464   $147,871,096 18
Sep 20, 1985 8 $1,134,190 -1% 820 $1,383   $149,005,286 19
Sep 27, 1985 12 $481,894 -58% 441 $1,093   $149,487,180 20
Oct 4, 1985 14 $331,053 -31% 356 $930   $149,818,233 21
Oct 11, 1985 17 $229,981 -31% 303 $759   $150,048,214 22
Oct 18, 1985 19 $230,259 n/c 257 $896   $150,278,473 23

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Leading Cast

Sylvester Stallone    John Rambo

Supporting Cast

Richard Crenna    Colonel Samuel Trautman
Charles Napier    Murdock
Steven Berkoff    Lt. Col. Podovsky
Julia Nickson*    Co.
George Kee Cheung    Tay
Andy Wood    Banks
Martin Kove    Ericson
William Ghent    Vinh
Vojo Goric    Yushin
Dana Lee    Kinh
Baoan Coleman    Gunboat Captain
Steve Williams    Lifer
Don Collins    Prisoner of War
Christopher Grant    Prisoner of War
John Sterlini    Prisoner of War
Alain Hocquenghem    Prisoner of War
William Rothlein    Prisoner of War
Tony Munafo    Prison Guard
Tom Gehrke    Russian Pilot

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

George P. Cosmatos    Director
Buzz Feitshans    Producer
David Morrell    Based on Characters Created by
Kevin Jarre    Story by
James Cameron    Screenwriter
Sylvester Stallone    Screenwriter
Mario Kassar    Executive Producer
Andrew G. Vajna    Executive Producer
Jerry Goldsmith    Composer
Mel Dellar    Associate Producer
Fred Rollin    Assistant Director
Mario Cisneros Rivera    Assistant Director
Fred Rollin    Production Manager
Anuar Badin    Production Manager
Bill Kenney    Production Designer
Sig Tinglof    Set Decorator
William Skinner    Set Decorator
Enrique Estevez    Set Decorator
Jack Cardiff    Director of Photography
Tom Bronson    Costume Designer
Mark Goldblatt    Editor
Mark Helfrich    Editor
Gib Jaffe    Editor
Frank E Jimenez    Editor
Larry Bock    Editor
Rob Young    Sound Mixer
Donald O. Mitchell    Re-recording Mixer
Rick Kline    Re-recording Mixer
Kevin O'Connell    Re-recording Mixer
Frederick J Brown    Supervising Sound Editor
Michele Sharp    Sound Editor
Denise Horta    Sound Editor
Kenneth Hall    Music Editor
Leonard Engelman    Make up
Rhonda Young    Casting Director
Donna Rosenstein    Additional Casting-Casting Associate
Jesus Guerrero    Additional Casting
Richard Farnsworth    Stunt Coordinator
Loren Janes    Stunt Coordinator-Helicopter Unit

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.

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Metrics

Opening Weekend:$25,520,843 (17.0% of total gross)
Legs:5.89 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:50.1% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$44,000,000 (worldwide box office is 6.8 times production budget)
Theater counts:2,074 opening theaters/2,074 max. theaters, 12.5 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $456,754,464

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 401-500) 411 $150,415,432
All Time International Box Office (Rank 701-800) 711 $149,984,568
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 501-600) 554 $300,400,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies 50 $150,415,432
All Time International Box Office for R Movies (Rank 101-200) 109 $149,984,568
All Time Worldwide Box Office for R Movies 80 $300,400,000

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: May 22nd, 1985 (Wide) by Sony/TriStar
Video Release: October 21st, 1998 by Live / Artisan
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 96 minutes
Franchise: Rambo
Comparisons: vs. En kongelig affære
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Keywords: Rescue, Vietnam War, War
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Action
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Anabasis Investments, Tri-Star Pictures
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Independence Day (All Movies, 3-Day) 210 $6,428,108 Jul 5, 1985 47
Independence Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 147 $20,461,306 Jul 5, 1985 47
Biggest 6th Thursday 27 $1,600,000 Jul 4, 1985 44
Biggest 6th Wednesday 41 $1,300,000 Jul 3, 1985 43
Top Sony/TriStar Weekend Domestic 1 $25,520,843 May 24, 1985 5
Memorial Day (All Movies, 3-Day) 56 $25,520,843 May 24, 1985 5
Memorial Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 33 $81,235,361 May 24, 1985 5
Memorial Day (Opening, 3-Day) 36 $25,520,843 May 24, 1985 5
Memorial Day (Opening, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 26 $81,235,361 May 24, 1985 5

Leading Cast

Sylvester Stallone    John Rambo

Supporting Cast

Richard Crenna    Colonel Samuel Trautman
Charles Napier    Murdock
Steven Berkoff    Lt. Col. Podovsky
Julia Nickson*    Co.
George Kee Cheung    Tay
Andy Wood    Banks
Martin Kove    Ericson
William Ghent    Vinh
Vojo Goric    Yushin
Dana Lee    Kinh
Baoan Coleman    Gunboat Captain
Steve Williams    Lifer
Don Collins    Prisoner of War
Christopher Grant    Prisoner of War
John Sterlini    Prisoner of War
Alain Hocquenghem    Prisoner of War
William Rothlein    Prisoner of War
Tony Munafo    Prison Guard
Tom Gehrke    Russian Pilot

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

George P. Cosmatos    Director
Buzz Feitshans    Producer
David Morrell    Based on Characters Created by
Kevin Jarre    Story by
James Cameron    Screenwriter
Sylvester Stallone    Screenwriter
Mario Kassar    Executive Producer
Andrew G. Vajna    Executive Producer
Jerry Goldsmith    Composer
Mel Dellar    Associate Producer
Fred Rollin    Assistant Director
Mario Cisneros Rivera    Assistant Director
Fred Rollin    Production Manager
Anuar Badin    Production Manager
Bill Kenney    Production Designer
Sig Tinglof    Set Decorator
William Skinner    Set Decorator
Enrique Estevez    Set Decorator
Jack Cardiff    Director of Photography
Tom Bronson    Costume Designer
Mark Goldblatt    Editor
Mark Helfrich    Editor
Gib Jaffe    Editor
Frank E Jimenez    Editor
Larry Bock    Editor
Rob Young    Sound Mixer
Donald O. Mitchell    Re-recording Mixer
Rick Kline    Re-recording Mixer
Kevin O'Connell    Re-recording Mixer
Frederick J Brown    Supervising Sound Editor
Michele Sharp    Sound Editor
Denise Horta    Sound Editor
Kenneth Hall    Music Editor
Leonard Engelman    Make up
Rhonda Young    Casting Director
Donna Rosenstein    Additional Casting-Casting Associate
Jesus Guerrero    Additional Casting
Richard Farnsworth    Stunt Coordinator
Loren Janes    Stunt Coordinator-Helicopter Unit

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for November 23rd, 2010

November 22nd, 2010

This Friday is Black Friday, but there's a lull on the home market with not a whole lot of great releases. (This is the usual pattern for Thanksgiving.) The biggest hit coming out is The Expendables, which should top the chart, while there are a number of smaller releases that are in contention for Pick of the Week. The best of these is Metropolis: The Complete Metropolis, which comes out on Blu-ray this week after being released on DVD last week. More...

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 24, 1985 1 $25,520,843   2,074 $12,305   $32,548,262 1
May 31, 1985 1 $14,810,543 -42% 2,074 $7,141   $53,721,418 2
Jun 7, 1985 1 $10,228,608 -31% 2,074 $4,932   $70,406,949 3
Jun 14, 1985 1 $9,162,153 -10% 2,074 $4,418   $84,953,870 4
Jun 21, 1985 2 $7,281,106 -21% 2,074 $3,511   $96,899,362 5
Jun 28, 1985 3 $6,957,496 -4% 1,956 $3,557   $107,890,996 6
Jul 5, 1985 3 $6,428,108 -8% 1,820 $3,532   $118,333,488 7
Jul 12, 1985 4 $4,337,520 -33% 1,674 $2,591   $125,301,195 8
Jul 19, 1985 5 $3,350,298 -23% 1,385 $2,419   $130,453,947 9
Jul 26, 1985 7 $2,883,075 -14% 1,259 $2,290   $134,910,164 10
Aug 2, 1985 10 $2,155,710 -25% 1,024 $2,105   $138,276,829 11
Aug 9, 1985 12 $1,505,762 -30% 853 $1,765   $140,724,170 12
Aug 16, 1985 16 $1,042,479 -31% 597 $1,746   $142,416,504 13
Aug 23, 1985 13 $1,104,317 +6% 647 $1,707   $144,094,973 14
Aug 30, 1985 15 $1,241,951 +12% 672 $1,848   $145,810,737 15
Sep 6, 1985 19 $517,806 -58% 446 $1,161   $146,529,544 16
Sep 13, 1985 9 $873,947 +69% 780 $1,120   $147,603,096 17
Sep 20, 1985 7 $841,114 -4% 820 $1,026   $148,712,210 18
Sep 27, 1985 16 $330,220 -61% 441 $749   $149,335,506 19
Oct 4, 1985 16 $302,212 -8% 356 $849   $149,789,392 20
Oct 11, 1985 17 $189,981 -37% 303 $627   $150,008,214 21
Oct 18, 1985 19 $172,900 -9% 257 $673   $150,221,114 22
Oct 25, 1985 20 $136,959 -21% 213 $643   $150,415,432 23

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Jul 3, 1985 2 $1,300,000     1,956 $665   $110,300,000 43
Jul 4, 1985 2 $1,600,000 +23%   1,956 $818   $111,905,380 44

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
May 24, 1985 1 $31,883,456   2,074 $15,373   $38,910,875 2
May 31, 1985 1 $21,267,466 -33% 2,074 $10,254   $60,178,341 3
Jun 7, 1985 1 $15,613,376 -27% 2,074 $7,528   $75,791,717 4
Jun 14, 1985 1 $13,826,539 -11% 2,074 $6,667   $89,618,256 5
Jun 21, 1985 2 $11,315,244 -18% 2,074 $5,456   $100,933,500 6
Jun 28, 1985 3 $10,971,880 -3% 1,956 $5,609   $111,905,380 7
Jul 5, 1985 4 $9,058,295 -17% 1,820 $4,977   $120,963,675 8
Jul 12, 1985 4 $6,139,974 -32% 1,674 $3,668   $127,103,649 9
Jul 19, 1985 5 $4,923,440 -20% 1,385 $3,555   $132,027,089 10
Jul 26, 1985 7 $4,094,030 -17% 1,259 $3,252   $136,121,119 11
Aug 2, 1985 10 $3,097,289 -24% 1,024 $3,025   $139,218,408 12
Aug 9, 1985 13 $2,155,617 -30% 853 $2,527   $141,374,025 13
Aug 16, 1985 16 $1,616,631 -25% 597 $2,708   $142,990,656 14
Aug 23, 1985 13 $1,578,130 -2% 647 $2,439   $144,568,786 15
Aug 30, 1985 14 $1,442,952 -9% 672 $2,147   $146,011,738 16
Sep 6, 1985 17 $717,411 -50% 446 $1,609   $146,729,149 17
Sep 13, 1985 10 $1,141,947 +59% 780 $1,464   $147,871,096 18
Sep 20, 1985 8 $1,134,190 -1% 820 $1,383   $149,005,286 19
Sep 27, 1985 12 $481,894 -58% 441 $1,093   $149,487,180 20
Oct 4, 1985 14 $331,053 -31% 356 $930   $149,818,233 21
Oct 11, 1985 17 $229,981 -31% 303 $759   $150,048,214 22
Oct 18, 1985 19 $230,259 n/c 257 $896   $150,278,473 23

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records