Editing Cannonball Run II (section)

==Reception==
===Box office===
The film opened in Japan on December 17, 1983 and grossed $846,676 from 22 theatres in five cities in its first two days.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=November 30, 1983|page=5|title=Japan Winding Banner B.O. Year With 'Golden' Seasons Overlap; Rivalry Cues Costly P.A. Tours}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Daily Variety]]|date=December 23, 1983|page=6|title='Cannonall II' Provides Holiday Hit In Japan}}</ref> It went on to be the second-highest-grossing foreign film of 1984 (along with Jackie Chan's ''[[Project A (film)|Project A]]'' at number three),<ref>{{cite web |title=1984年（1月～12月） |url=http://www.eiren.org/toukei/1984.html |website=Eiren |publisher=Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan |access-date=November 20, 2018}}</ref> grossing {{JPY|2.96 billion}}.<ref>『キネマ旬報ベスト・テン85回全史 1924-2011』（キネマ旬報社、2012年）430頁</ref>

In the United States and Canada, after the tenth-highest 1984 opening weekend of {{US$|8.3 million}}, ''Cannonball Run II'' slowed down, becoming the 32nd-most popular 1984 film at the American and Canada box office with a total lifetime gross of {{US$|28 million}}, less than half that of the first'' [[The Cannonball Run|Cannonball Run]]''.<ref name="BOM">{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=cannonballrun2.htm |title=Cannonball Run II |access-date=December 23, 2014 |work=Box Office Mojo}}</ref> According to one review of the film, ''Cannonball Run II'' still turned a healthy profit, and the reviewer attributed the film's financial success to preselling.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/cannonball-run-ii/review/2030124607/|title=Cannonball Run II &#124; TV Guide|website=TVGuide.com}}</ref>

The film enjoyed more success overseas. In West Germany (where it was the year's seventh highest-grossing film) and France, the film drew 3,748,167 box-office admissions.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cannonball Run II (1984) |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=6660&view=4 |website=JP's Box-Office |access-date=November 28, 2018}}</ref> The film had a total worldwide gross of {{US$|56.3 million}}.<ref name="worldwide">{{cite web |title=ジャッキーチェン映画の製作費と全世界興行成績まとめ |url=http://kungfutube.info/3696 |website=KungFu Tube |date=September 8, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2018 |language=ja}}</ref>

===Critical reception===
''Cannonball Run II'' met with even harsher reviews than had its predecessor, with a 12% approval rating on [[Rotten Tomatoes]] based on reviews from 17 critics.<ref>{{rotten tomatoes|cannonball_run_2}} [[Fandango Media]]</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] awarded the film one half star out of four, calling it "one of the laziest insults to the intelligence of moviegoers that I can remember. Sheer arrogance made this picture".<ref>{{cite web|author=Ebert, Roger|author-link=Roger Ebert|date=1984-01-01|title=''Cannonball Run II''|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/cannonball-run-ii-1984|url-status=live|access-date=2012-01-30|website=RogerEbert.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602143141/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/cannonball-run-ii-1984 |archive-date=2013-06-02}}</ref> Ebert's ''[[At the Movies (1982 TV program)|At the Movies]]'' cohost [[Gene Siskel]] was even harsher, awarding it zero stars out of four, referring to it as "worthless" and referring to it as "a total ripoff, a deceptive film that gives movies a bad name" in his ''At the Movies'' review. Siskel named it his least-favorite film that he had seen during his time doing ''At the Movies'' with Ebert- sometimes citing it as [[List of movies considered the worst|the worst movie ever made]]. He went further in his print review, writing: {{cquote|How could any car race movie be worse than "Stroker Ace"? Easy, and how's this for chutzpah? The cross-country road race in "Cannonball Run II" takes place mostly off camera in a pedestrian animation sequence by Ralph Bakshi. We see a bunch of little cars with lines and arrows slide across a national map to the beat of some unforgettable music. And that's the race.

How cheap can you get? How little regard for the audience can you have? All of the road racing appears to have been done in southern California so as not to interfere with the tennis and golf games of its celebrity-filled cast. A cameo appearance by Frank Sinatra appears to have been filmed in isolation and then inserted so as to appear that Reynolds is in the same scene with him.

"Cannonball Run II" doesn't even try to be a movie. It's snapshots of a bunch of familiar, tired old faces improvising tired old gags.<ref>{{cite news
| last         = Siskel
| first        = Gene
| date         = July 2, 1984
| title        = 'Cannonball' not even a race, let alone a movie
| url          = https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-gene-siskel-movie-review/41911189/
| work         = [[Chicago Tribune]]
| location     = 
| access-date  = November 10, 2023
}}</ref>}}

Both critics expressed bewilderment by Burt Reynolds' career choices, declaring that he was wasting his considerable talent and noting that Reynolds' huge fan base did not like the film (nor the recent ''[[Stroker Ace]]'') and would stop going to see his movies if he continued to make such terrible films. Rob Salem of ''[[The Toronto Star]]'' expressed similar sentiments in his review.<ref>{{cite news
| last         = Salem
| first        = Rob
| date         = July 1, 1984
| title        = Burt Reynolds runs on empty in his retreaded Cannonball II
| url          = https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star/134987632/
| work         = [[The Toronto Star]]
| location     = 
| access-date  = November 10, 2023
}}</ref>

[[Kevin Thomas (film critic)|Kevin Thomas]] of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' wrote that "if you bother to submit yourself to "Cannonball Run II" and happen to go the distance, be sure to stay for the end credits, the funniest part of the picture by far. As they unroll on the left of the screen, we're treated to a series of bloopers showing the stars breaking each other up during shooting, blowing one take after another. Ah. if only this antic humor had been allowed to burst through earlier. From the start it was clear enough that the cast was having a ball, but for the most part the material is so puerile that the film is that familiar instance of the actors having more fun than we are."<ref>{{cite news
| last         = Thomas 
| first        = Kevin
| date         = June 30, 1984
| title        = 'CANNONBALL' IS NO JOYRIDE
| url          = https://latimes.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/134987176/
| work         = [[Los Angeles Times]]
| location     = 
| access-date  = November 10, 2023
}}</ref> [[Janet Maslin]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' called the film "an endless string of cameo performances from a cast whose funny participants are badly outnumbered and whose television roots are unmistakable."<ref>{{cite news
| last         = Maslin
| first        = Janet
| date         = June 29, 1984
| title        = SCREEN: BURT REYNOLDS IN 'CANNONBALL RUN II'
| url          = https://www.nytimes.com/1984/06/29/movies/screen-burt-reynolds-in-cannonball-run-ii.html
| work         = [[The New York Times]]
| location     = 
| access-date  = November 10, 2023
}}</ref> Kathleen Carroll of the ''[[New York Daily News]]'' gave the film only a single star out of a possible four, writing: {{cquote|"Cannonball Run II", which once again features Burt Reynolds as that completely forgettable character—car-crazy J.J. McClure—is such a disgraceful mess that it looks more like a rolling cocktail party than an actual movie.

The cast is full of familiar faces, some of which, sad to say, appear to be in dire need of the services of a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon. Burt even managed to persuade the rich-and famous members of the Hollywood [[Rat Pack]] to show up for this worthless comedy which, like "Cannonball Run," attempts to keep pace with cheating competitors in a cross-country automobile race.

Dean Martin gets to spout off such tired jokes as "My liver died last year." Sammy Davis Jr., Martin's favorite sidekick, is allowed to wear his most expensive jewelry even in those tasteless scenes in which he's masquerading as a priest. Shirley MacLaine, who, along with Marilu Henner, plays a footloose member of a backroad touring company of "[[The Sound of Music]]," poses as a demure nun before stripping off her habit and exposing her shapely gams. Even "the King," Frank Sinatra, puts in a brief appearance, playing his favorite role—himself.

As it is, the entire cast seems to be sniggering over some private dirty joke which they refuse to reveal to the audience. Let's just hope this is one Hollywood joke that backfires at the box office.<ref>{{cite news
| last         = Carroll
| first        = Kathleen
| date         = June 29, 1984
| title        = 'Cannonball Run II': A creepy crawler
| url          = https://nydailynews.newspapers.com/article/daily-news/134987352/
| work         = [[New York Daily News]]
| location     = 
| access-date  = November 10, 2023
}}</ref>}} Rick Lyman of ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'' wrote that "if ''Cannonball Run II'' is more amusing than ''Stroker Ace''—and it is—it's only because you can appreciate its vulgarity in a state of open-mouthed, morbid fascination."<ref>{{cite news
| last         = Lyman
| first        = Rick
| date         = June 30, 1984
| title        = Film: 'Cannonball' sequel is simply loaded with stars
| url          = https://philly.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer/134988041/
| work         = [[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]
| location     = 
| access-date  = November 10, 2023
}}</ref>

The film received negative reviews in Tucson, where it was largely filmed. Robert S. Cauthorn of ''[[The Arizona Daily Star]]'' said it "accomplishes the difficult feat of being more obnoxious and mindless than the first; It's as much fun as going to your mechanic for a tuneup and being told that you need an engine overhaul."<ref>{{cite news
| last         = Cauthorn
| first        = Robert S.
| date         = June 29, 1984
| title        = 'Cannonball II' another dud from Needham, Reynolds
| url          = https://tucson.newspapers.com/article/arizona-daily-star/134988662/
| work         = [[Arizona Daily Star]]
| location     = 
| access-date  = November 10, 2023
}}</ref> John Lankford of the ''[[Tucson Citizen]]'' praised the location shooting, but remarked that "whatever tiny spark of life that made the first 'Cannonball' work at all is missing in action here. The story is lame, there is no direction, the editing is sloppy . . . I could go on and on with this as you can well imagine. But this horse is already down and out; my puny efforts to finish it off would seem cruel."<ref>{{cite news
| last         = Lankford
| first        = John
| date         = June 28, 1984
| title        = Inside joke wears far too thin in this sequel
| url          = https://tucson.newspapers.com/article/tucson-citizen/134989030/
| work         = [[Tucson Citizen]]
| location     = 
| access-date  = November 10, 2023
}}</ref>

The film received eight [[Golden Raspberry Award]] nominations at the [[1984 Golden Raspberry Awards]], including Worst Picture, Worst Actor and Worst Actress.