Infernal Affairs II
“The Birth of a Legend.”
In this prequel to the original, a bloody power struggle among the Triads coincides with the 1997 handover of Hong Kong, setting up the events of the first film.
Genres
Action, Thriller, Crime
Studio
Media Asia Films
Language
cn
Status
Released
How Infernal Affairs II performed
Budget
$125,000
Worldwide Gross
$3.2M
Gross Profit
$3.1M
Return
25.7× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$427K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~35/65, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (38% of the domestic run, typical for Action) 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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