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Released
1994 · FILM

City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold

Mitch Robbins must race across the Arizona desert to locate Curly’s legendary gold before rival treasure hunters claim it, all while reconciling with his estranged brother Glen whose volatile partnership threatens both their lives and their chance at redemption.

“They're back in the saddle!”

Directed by
Paul Weiland
Written by
Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel
Runtime
116 min
ComedyWestern

Synopsis

Mitch Robbins is celebrating his 40th birthday when his evening takes an unexpected turn upon returning home to find his estranged brother, Glen, lounging on his sofa. What could have been a pleasant evening with his wife is interrupted when he stumbles upon a treasure map belonging to Curly. Deciding to embark on the adventure, Mitch teams up with Phil and, reluctantly, Glen to search for the hidden gold of Curly's father in the Arizona desert.

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The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 19

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 M AndersonShot by Adrian BiddleScored by Marc ShaimanDesigned by Stephen J Lineweaver

Box Office

1994 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.8× 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

$72.0M

Budget$40.0M
Worldwide gross$72.0M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $43.6M — 61% of worldwide · International: $28.4M (39%)

Also known as

  • City Slickers 2 - Die goldenen Jungsde
  • Die goldenen Jungs - City Slickers 2de
  • Die goldenen Jungs - City Slickers IIde
  • City Slickers II: the Legend of Curly's Golden
  • El tesoro de Curlyes
  • L'Or de Curlyfr
  • Scappo dalla città 2it

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