Mad Max 2
Just one man can make a difference.
Max Rockatansky returns as the heroic loner who drives the dusty roads of a postapocalyptic Australian Outback in an unending search for gasoline.Arrayed against him and the other scraggly defendants of a fuel-depot encampment are the bizarre warriors commanded by the charismatic Lord Humungus, a violent leader whose scruples are as barren as the surrounding landscape.
- Director
- George Miller
- Signature
- Craft · Tension · Wonder
- Worldwide
- $25M
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Cast
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Max Rockatansky returns as the heroic loner who drives the dusty roads of a postapocalyptic Australian Outback in an unending search for gasoline. Arrayed against him and the other scraggly defendants of a fuel-depot encampment are the bizarre warriors commanded by the charismatic Lord Humungus, a violent leader whose scruples are as barren as the surrounding landscape.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Mad Max 2 returned 12.3× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $2M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $25M
- Release date
- Dec 24, 1981
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- Australia
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