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Released
1986 · FILM

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

Radio shock‑jock Stretch Brock must survive a night of terror when she becomes the next target of Leatherface’s cannibal clan, while ex‑marshal Lefty races against time to stop their blood‑soaked rampage.

“After a decade of silence... the buzzz is back.”

Directed by
Tobe Hooper
Written by
L M Kit Carson, Tobe Hooper
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
100 min
ComedyHorror
Streaming on
  • MGM+

Synopsis

A radio host becomes a target of a notorious cannibal family while a former Texas Marshal pursues them.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 31

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 Alain JakubowiczShot by Richard KoorisScored by Tobe HooperDesigned by Cary White

Box Office

1986 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.8× 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

$8.0M

Budget$4.5M
Worldwide gross$8.0M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $8.0M — 100% of worldwide · International: $2K (0%)

Opening weekend: $2.8M — 35% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $4.0M — 50% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,474 theaters

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Also known as

  • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2en
  • La Matanza de Texas 2es
  • Massacre à la tronçonneuse 2fr
  • Non aprite quella porta - Parte IIit

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