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Released
1991 · FILM

Problem Child 2

A mischievous boy schemes to ruin every romantic prospect his widowed dad pursues, forcing the family into a chaotic battle of love versus chaos.

“He’s bad. She’s worse.”

Directed by
Brian Levant
Written by
Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski
Runtime
90 min
ComedyFamily

Synopsis

Junior and his father, Ben, relocate from Cold River to Mortville. Junior grows uneasy about Ben's attempts to date again and find a new partner, and he begins sabotaging each of his father's potential relationships.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 20

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 Lois Freeman FoxShot by Peter SmoklerScored by David KitayDesigned by Maria Caso

Box Office

1991 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.2× 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

$32.7M

Budget$15.0M
Worldwide gross$32.7M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $25.1M — 77% of worldwide · International: $7.6M (23%)

Opening weekend: $5.4M — 21% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $10.3M — 41% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,464 theaters

Also known as

  • Ein Satansbraten kommt selten alleinde
  • Junior le terrible 2fr
  • Piccola peste torna a far danniit

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ProductionImagine Entertainment

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