The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
“If you see only one movie this year... you ought to get out more often.”
Bumbling lieutenant Frank Drebin is out to foil the big boys in the energy industry, who intend to suppress technology that will put them out of business.
Genres
Comedy, Crime
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear performed
Budget
$23.0M
Worldwide Gross
$192.0M
Gross Profit
$169.0M
Return
8.3× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$28M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~45/55, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (32% of the domestic run, typical for Comedy) 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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Cast
Lt. Frank Drebin
Leslie Nielsen
Lt. Frank Drebin
Jane Spencer
Priscilla Presley
Jane Spencer
Ed Hocken
George Kennedy
Ed Hocken
Nordberg
O. J. Simpson
Nordberg
Quentin Hapsburg
Robert Goulet
Quentin Hapsburg
Dr. Meinheimer / Earl Hacker
Richard Griffiths
Dr. Meinheimer / Earl Hacker
Commissioner Brumford
Jacqueline Brookes
Commissioner Brumford
Hector Savage
Anthony James
Hector Savage
Baggett
Lloyd Bochner
Baggett
Fenzwick
Tim O'Connor
Fenzwick
Dunwell
Peter Mark Richman
Dunwell
Ted Olsen
Ed Williams
Ted Olsen
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