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Released
1982 · FILM

Grease 2

A brainy new student at Rydell High must transform into a leather‑clad rebel, restore an old motorcycle and outwit the T‑Birds’ tough leader to win the heart of Pink Lady Stephanie before his chance at acceptance rides off.

The Music and Feeling go on Forever.

Directed by
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
115 min
ComedyMusicMusical

Synopsis

Set in 1961, two years after the original *Grease* gang graduated, a new group of seniors and members of the popular cliques at Rydell High, the Pink Ladies and the T-Birds, take center stage. Michael Carrington, the new student, is quickly labeled a brainiac. To fit in, he must restore an old motorcycle, adopt a leather jacket, avoid a confrontation with the T-Birds' leader, and win the affection of Pink Lady Stephanie Zier.

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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 John F BurnettShot by Frank StanleyScored by Louis St LouisDesigned by Gene Callahan

Box Office

1982 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.1× 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

$15.2M

Budget$13.2M
Worldwide gross$15.2M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $15.2M 100% of worldwide · International: $837 (0%)

Opening weekend: $4.6M 31% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $6.8M45% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,250 theaters

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