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Released
1980 · FILM

Smokey and the Bandit II

After a year in prison, the Bandit returns for a high-speed cross-country mission to deliver a live elephant to Texas, evading the relentless pursuit of Sheriff Buford T. Justice once again.

“The Bandit is back and better than ever!”

Directed by
Hal Needham
Written by
Hal Needham, Robert L Levy
Runtime
101 min
ActionAdventureComedy
Streaming on
  • Netflix

Synopsis

In *The Bandit*, the protagonist embarks on another cross-country journey, this time tasked with transporting an elephant from Florida to Texas. As in previous adventures, Sheriff Buford T. Justice pursues him along the way.

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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 Donn CambernShot by Michael C ButlerDesigned by Henry Bumstead

Box Office

1980 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.9× 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

$66.1M

Budget$17.0M
Worldwide gross$66.1M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $10.9M — 16% of its US run.

Peak 1,196 theaters

Also known as

  • Das ausgekochte Schlitzohr ist wieder auf Achsede
  • Ein ausgekochtes Schlitzohr ist wieder auf Achsede
  • Smokey and the Bandit 2en
  • Vuelven los caradurases
  • Tu fais pas le poids, shérif !fr
  • Una canaglia a tutto gasit

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