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#7,336 All-time worldwide
#82 1988 releases

Movie profile

Police Story 2

1988 · 105 min · Golden Way Films Ltd..

Action Crime Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $11.5M
Budget $750,000
Gross minus budget $10.7M
ROI 15.30x

Domestic gross

$4.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$6.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Police Story 2 ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
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All-time worldwide #7,336 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1988 releases #82 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1988. Studio / company #4 Golden Way Films Ltd.. of 4 titles Position inside the mapped Golden Way Films Ltd.. movie set. Franchise #5 Police Story of 6 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #2,081 Action of 2,939 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

#7,333 Thief 1981 · $11.5M #7,334 The Beautician and the Beast 1997 · $11.5M #7,335 Badlapur 2015 · $11.5M #7,337 The Man Who Knew Infinity 2016 · $11.5M #7,338 Turbulence 1997 · $11.5M #7,339 Material Girls 2006 · $11.4M

Quick answer

How did Police Story 2 (1988) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Police Story 2 (1988) earned a reported $11.5M worldwide against a reported $750.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $10.7M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 15.30x. In this database it currently ranks #7,336 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #82 among 1988 releases.

Worldwide gross
$11,477,301
Budget
$750,000
Gross minus budget
$10,727,301
ROI
15.30x
Source: TMDb. Last updated: Jul 13, 2026. View source Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

The Hong Kong super-cop must stop a group of blackmailing bombers at the same time that the villains of the first Police Story are out for revenge.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 13, 1988
Production
Golden Way Films Ltd., Paragon Films, Orange Sky Golden Harvest
Countries
HK

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Studio / production companyGolden Way Films Ltd.. FranchisePolice Story Release year chart1988 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartCrime Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1988, Police Story 2 is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Crime, Thriller title from Golden Way Films Ltd. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $11.5M, reported production budget is $750,000, gross-minus-budget is $10.7M, ROI is 15.30x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,336 all-time in the current chart set and #82 among 1988 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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Data noteGross minus budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and downstream revenue. Domestic, international and opening weekend figures marked as estimated are modelled estimates.