Superman II
“The Man of Steel meets his match!”
Three Kryptonian criminals led by General Zod team up with Lex Luthor to conquer Earth, forcing a depowered Superman to regain his strength and stop them.
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4 films
Cast
63 people
Christopher Reeve
Superman / Clark Kent
Known for
Village of the Damned
Somewhere in Time
Mario Puzo
screenplay
Margot Kidder
Lois Lane
Known for
The Amityville Horror
Sisters
Terence Stamp
General Zod
Known for
Wanted
Murder Mystery
Sarah Douglas
Ursa
Known for
V: The Final Battle
Conan the Destroyer
Jack O'Halloran
Non
Known for
King Kong
Dragnet
Robert Lynn
second unit director
Christopher Newman
assistant director
David Tomblin
second unit director
Gareth Tandy
assistant director
Gene Hackman
Lex Luthor
Known for
The Royal Tenenbaums
Unforgiven
Ned Beatty
Otis
Known for
Rango
Toy Story 3
Richard Lester Director · Mario Puzo Screenplay David Newman Screenplay
Director
Richard Lester
Screenplay Story
Mario Puzo
Screenplay
David Newman
Screenplay
Leslie Newman
Composer
Ken Thorne
Cinematographer
Geoffrey Unsworth
Cinematographer
Robert Paynter
Editor
John Victor-Smith
Production designer
Peter Murton
Production designer
John Barry
Costume designer
Yvonne Blake
Costume designer
Sue Yelland
Worldwide gross $216M · Budget $54M · United States release June 17, 1981
Box office
Budget
$54,000,000
Worldwide gross
$216,385,706
Gross vs. budget
4.0×
Production
Dovemead Films
Production
Alexander and Ilya Salkind Productions
Production
International Film Production
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Studio · Production
Film Export A.G.
Production
United Kingdom · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Australia · December 4, 1980
Theatrical
United States · June 17, 1981
Theatrical
United States
June 19, 1981 · Theatrical
Brazil
December 25, 1980 · Theatrical
Denmark
December 12, 1980 · Theatrical
Finland
April 17, 1981 · Theatrical
France
December 9, 1980 · Theatrical
Germany
April 2, 1981 · Theatrical
January 13, 2026 · Digital · HBO Max
Greece
September 13, 2001 · Physical · DVD
Hungary
July 31, 1992 · Theatrical
Ireland
August 7, 1981 · Theatrical
Italy
December 12, 1980 · Theatrical
Japan
June 6, 1981 · Theatrical
Mexico
August 13, 1981 · Theatrical
Netherlands
October 16, 2002 · Physical · DVD
May 2, 2003 · TV · V8
Norway
December 12, 1980 · Theatrical
Portugal
April 2, 1981 · Theatrical
Slovakia
November 28, 1997 · TV · Markíza
South Korea
July 25, 1981 · Theatrical
Sweden
August 14, 1981 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
April 9, 1981 · Theatrical · Originally rated 'A' by BBFC before current PG classification came into existance.
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