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Released
1989 · FILM

The Fly II

A teenage hybrid born of human and fly must master his lethal mutation before the ruthless biotech firm that raised him weaponizes his power.

“Like Father Like Son”

Directed by
Chris Walas
Written by
Mick Garris, Jim Wheat
Runtime
105 min
DramaHorrorSci-Fi

Synopsis

Martin Brundle, born of a human and a fly, is adopted by his father's employer, Bartok Inc., while the company's employees await the activation of his dormant mutant chromosomes.

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The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 21

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 Sean BartonShot by Robin VidgeonScored by Christopher YoungDesigned by Michael S Bolton

Box Office

1989 · 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

$38.9M

Budget$16.5M
Worldwide gross$38.9M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $20.0M — 51% of worldwide · International: $18.9M (49%)

Opening weekend: $6.8M — 34% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $8.4M — 42% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,524 theaters

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Also known as

  • Die Fliege 2de
  • Die Fliege II - Die Geburt einer neuen Generationde
  • la moscaes
  • La Mouche 2fr
  • La mosca 2it

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