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Released
1984 · FILM

Cannonball Run II

Legendary driver J.J. McClure and his eccentric crew accept a high-stakes, illegal cross-country race to win a sheikh's $1 million prize, facing dangerous obstacles and rival racers in a wild, high-speed chase across America.

The popcorn's in the lobby. The nuts are on the screen.

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Runtime
108 min
ActionComedy

Synopsis

When a wealthy sheikh offers $1 million in prize money for a cross-country car race, one individual is bold enough to embark on the journey with determination and speed. Legendary driver J.J. McClure joins the competition alongside his friend Victor, setting off across the American landscape in a high-octane adventure that will challenge their intelligence and driving abilities.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 23

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by William D GordeanShot by Nick McleanScored by Al Capps

Box Office

1984 · Box office

Made its money back — grossed 2.8× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$56.3M

Budget$20.0M
Worldwide gross$56.3M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $28.1M 50% of worldwide · International: $28.2M (50%)

Opening weekend: $8.3M 30% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $12.9M46% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,778 theaters

Also known as

  • Auf dem Highway ist wieder die Hölle losde
  • Highway 2 – Auf dem Highway ist wieder die Hölle losde
  • Cannonball 2fr
  • La corsa più pazza d'America 2it

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