Evil Dead II

Evil Dead II

“Kiss your nerves goodbye!”

March 13, 1987R1h 24mTMDB ★ 7.5
Letterboxd
4.00/5
471869 reviews

Ash Williams and his girlfriend Linda find a log cabin in the woods with a voice recording from an archeologist who had recorded himself reciting ancient chants from "The Book of the Dead." As they play the recording an evil power is unleashed taking over Linda's body.

Genres

Horror, Comedy, Fantasy

Studio

Rosebud Releasing Corporation

Language

en

Status

Released

Box Office

How Evil Dead II performed

Budget

$3.5M

Worldwide Gross

$5.9M

Gross Profit

$2.4M

Return

1.7× budget

Opening Wknd (est.)

$1M

Domestic (est.)
International (est.)
$3M$3M

Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~44/56, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (45% of the domestic run, typical for Horror) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.

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