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Released
1988 · FILM

Phantasm II

Recently freed from a psychiatric hospital, teen Mike Pearson teams up with his loyal friend Reggie to hunt down the murderous Tall Man before he claims a mysterious girl haunting Mike’s dreams—and their own lives—forever.

The ball is back!

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Written by
Runtime
97 min
FantasyHorrorSci-Fi

Synopsis

After being released from a psychiatric hospital, Mike reunites with his old friend Reggie to track down the Tall Man, who has once again begun his activities. A mysterious and beautiful girl has also started appearing in Mike's dreams, and the pair must locate her before the Tall Man does.

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How many hands made this film

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 Peter TeschnerShot by Daryn OkadaScored by Fred MyrowDesigned by Philip Duffin

Box Office

1988 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.4× 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

$7.3M

Budget$3.0M
Worldwide gross$7.3M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $3.0M 41% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $4.2M58% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,227 theaters

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Also known as

  • Das Böse IIde
  • Phantasm 2en
  • Phantasm 2 El regresoes

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