The Sting II

1983 | Comedy, Crime, Con Artist, Criminal

Synopsis

A team of cons is planning a new scam involving betting on a boxing match but one of its past victims aims to exact revenge by eliminating the whole group.

Scores

Overall Score
26.5
Popularity Percentile (Year)
19.8%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
35.3%
Review Aggregate
26.0

Critic Consensus

10.0% Fresh • 10 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 10% of 10 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize suspenseful, pacing issues, thin plot. Many reviews cite pacing issues, thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

suspensefulpacing issuesthin plotfunnycharacter-drivenemotional

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Jackie Gleason1983$67,000$212,000(est)
Mac Davis1983$41,000$130,000(est)
Teri Garr1983$31,000$98,000(est)
Karl Malden1983$25,000$80,000(est)
Oliver Reed1983$22,000$69,000(est)
Ron Rifkin1983$19,000$60,000(est)
John Hancock1983$17,000$54,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score10.0
RT critic review count10
Rotten Tomatoes audience score28.0
RT audience rating count1,000
IMDb rating4.9
IMDb votes2,596

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic1983$6,347,072$19,990,728
International1983N/AN/A
Worldwide1983$6,347,072$19,990,728

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue1983$3,173,536$9,995,364
Digital Rentals ?1983N/AN/A
Digital Purchases ?1983N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?1983$3,120,000$9,826,747
Physical Purchases ?1983$2,157,000$6,793,684
TV & Streaming Revenue1983$1,523,297$4,797,775
Total Revenues1983$9,973,833$31,413,569
Expenses
Budget ?1983$7,643,000 (est)$24,072,381 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?1983$2,405,000 (est)$7,574,784 (est)
Participations1983$199,000$626,770
Residuals ?1983$455,000$1,433,067
Interest & Overhead1983$1,528,600$4,814,476
Total Expenses1983$12,230,600$38,521,478
Movie Net Profit or Loss1983$-2,256,767$-7,107,909

Similar Movies

Related titles based on shared genres and franchise overlap. View all similar movies
PosterMovieYearMatchOverallEst. Profit
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels posterDirty Rotten Scoundrels1988Shared genres: 487.5$52,273,314
Focus posterFocus2015Shared genres: 486.9$-2,633,069,778
Matchstick Men posterMatchstick Men2003Shared genres: 483.5$-1,709,470
Intolerable Cruelty posterIntolerable Cruelty2003Shared genres: 481.0$14,277,167
Identity Thief posterIdentity Thief2013Shared genres: 480.8$58,425,634