Ring 2
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.
- Director
- Hideo Nakata
- Worldwide
- $31M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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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.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Ring 2 returned 5.2× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $6M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $31M
- Release date
- Jan 23, 1999
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- MPAA rating
- NR
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
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