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Released
1989 · FILM

The Gods Must Be Crazy II

Xixo, a kind-hearted San man, must rescue his children who accidentally stow away on a poachers' truck, setting off a chaotic cross-border adventure filled with mistaken identities and misadventures.

This Time, Everybody's Going Crazier.

Directed by
Written by
Runtime
98 min
Comedy

Synopsis

In this installment, Xixo returns as his children inadvertently end up stowing away on a rapidly departing poachers' truck, unable to disembark. Determined to save them, Xixo embarks on a rescue mission. During his journey, he crosses paths with two soldiers attempting to capture one another, as well as the pilot and passenger of a small plane, both of whom are dealing with their own individual issues.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 16

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 Renee EngelbrechtShot by Buster ReynoldsScored by Charles Fox

Box Office

1989 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.3× 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

$9.6M

Budget$7.5M
Worldwide gross$9.6M
break-even (2.5×)

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Also known as

  • Die Götter müssen verrückt sein 2de
  • Die Götter müssen verrückt sein IIde
  • Los dioses deben estar locos IIes
  • Les dieux sont tombés sur la tête 2fr

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