Editing Cannonball Run II (section)

===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>