#1,176 All-time worldwide

#22 1997 releases

Movie profile

Scream 2

Name: Scream 2
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Released: 1997-12-12
Duration: 120 min

1997 · 120 min · Dimension Films

Horror Mystery

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $172.4M

Budget $24.0M

Gross minus budget $148.4M

ROI 7.18x

Domestic gross

$82.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$89.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$35.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Scream 2 ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #1,176 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1997 releases #22 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 1997. Studio / company #4 Dimension Films of 42 titles Position inside the mapped Dimension Films movie set. Franchise #3 Scream of 7 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #71 Horror of 1,292 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 Scream 2 (1997) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Scream 2 (1997) earned a reported $172.4M worldwide against a reported $24.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $148.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 7.18x. In this database it currently ranks #1,176 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #22 among 1997 releases.

Worldwide gross: $172,363,301
Budget: $24,000,000
Gross minus budget: $148,363,301
ROI: 7.18x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

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Story

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Dec 12, 1997
Production: Dimension Films, Konrad Pictures, Craven-Maddalena Films
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyDimension Films FranchiseScream Release year chart1997 box office Genre chartHorror Genre chartMystery

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1997, Scream 2 is positioned in this dataset as a Horror, Mystery title from Dimension Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $172.4M, reported production budget is $24.0M, gross-minus-budget is $148.4M, ROI is 7.18x. For comparison, it currently sits #1,176 all-time in the current chart set and #22 among 1997 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.