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#4,482 All-time worldwide
#80 1999 releases

Movie profile

Ring 2

1999 · 95 min · Kadokawa Shoten

Horror Mystery Science Fiction
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $31.4M
Budget $6.0M
Gross minus budget $25.4M
ROI 5.23x

Domestic gross

$15.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$16.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$6.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Ring 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 #4,482 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1999 releases #80 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 1999. Studio / company #1 Kadokawa Shoten of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Kadokawa Shoten movie set. Franchise #1 Ring of 6 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #443 Horror of 1,240 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.

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Quick answer

How did Ring 2 (1999) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Ring 2 (1999) earned a reported $31.4M worldwide against a reported $6.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $25.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 5.23x. In this database it currently ranks #4,482 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #80 among 1999 releases.

Worldwide gross
$31,365,000
Budget
$6,000,000
Gross minus budget
$25,365,000
ROI
5.23x
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

While investigating the horrifying death of her boyfriend, Mai Takano learns about a videotape haunted by the spirit of a disturbing girl named Sadako, which kills anyone who watches it exactly one week later. When her boyfriend’s son, Yoichi, starts to develop the same psychic abilities as Sadako, Takano must find a way to keep the boy and herself from becoming the next victims.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jan 23, 1999
Production
KADOKAWA Shoten, Asmik Ace Entertainment, Fuji Television Network
Countries
JP

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Studio / production companyKadokawa Shoten FranchiseRing Release year chart1999 box office Genre chartHorror Genre chartMystery Genre chartScience Fiction

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1999, Ring 2 is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction title from KADOKAWA Shoten. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $31.4M, reported production budget is $6.0M, gross-minus-budget is $25.4M, ROI is 5.23x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,482 all-time in the current chart set and #80 among 1999 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

AI-generated contextual summary based on available movie, genre, ranking and box office data. It does not replace official distributor notes or financial reporting.
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.