Editing Blade II (section)

==Reception==
===Box office===
''Blade II'' was released on March 22, 2002. This was during a period of the year (months March and April) considered to be a bad time for sequels to be released.<ref>{{cite news |date=March 22, 2002 |author=Variety staff |title=Weekend Box Office Preview (March 22, 2002) |url= https://variety.com/2002/film/box-office/weekend-box-office-preview-br-march-22-2002-1117864344/ |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date= 2020-01-01}}</ref> Despite this, the film became the highest-grossing film of the [[Blade (franchise)|''Blade'' series]], making $80 million in the United States and $150 million worldwide. In its opening weekend, the film earned $32,528,016 from 2,707 theaters,<ref name="BOM">{{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=blade2.htm |title=''Blade II'' |access-date=2008-12-13  |publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref> but dropped 59% of its earnings in its second week, which brought in $13.2 million. The intake is believed to be affected (in part) by the pull of NCAA basketball Final Four games.<ref>{{cite news|author=Dave McNary |title=Col's "Room" at the top |url=https://variety.com/2002/film/box-office/col-s-room-at-the-top-1117864637/ |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=March 31, 2002 |access-date=2008-12-13}}</ref> The film debuted in the [[United Kingdom]] at number one, making $3.6 million from 355 theaters<ref>{{cite news|author=Don Groves |title="Ice" the rage o'seas |url=https://variety.com/2002/film/box-office/ice-the-rage-o-seas-1117864735/ |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=April 1, 2002 |access-date=2020-12-03}}</ref> and held the spot for the following week, where it had earned $7.9 million, despite a 47% decline. The film was also number one in [[Singapore]], making $214,000 from 30 theaters.<ref>{{cite news|author=Don Groves |title="Ice" ages well overseas |url= https://variety.com/2002/film/box-office/ice-ages-well-overseas-1117865094/ |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=April 8, 2002 |access-date= 2008-12-13}}</ref>

===Critical response===
On [[Rotten Tomatoes]] the film has an approval rating of 57% based on 150 reviews, with an average rating of {{RT data|average}}. The site's consensus reads: "Though ''Blade II'' offers more of what worked in the original, its plot and character development appear to have been left on the cutting room floor."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/blade_ii |title=Blade II |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]] |access-date={{RT data|access date|df=iso}} }}{{RT data|edit}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]] it has a weighted average score of 52 out of 100 based on reviews from 28 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.metacritic.com/movie/blade-ii | title=Blade II (2002) | work= [[Metacritic]] | access-date= December 24, 2020 }}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |title= CinemaScore |access-date= December 25, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180722041238/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date= July 22, 2018 |url-status= dead |df= mdy-all}}</ref>

[[Roger Ebert]] gave the film three and a half out of four stars, stating: "''Blade II'' is a really rather brilliant vomitorium of viscera, a comic book with dreams of becoming a textbook for mad surgeons".<ref>{{cite news |author= Roger Ebert |author-link= Roger Ebert |url= https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/blade-ii-2002 |title= Blade II |publisher= [[Chicago Sun-Times]] |date= March 22, 2002 |access-date= 2011-01-06}}</ref> [[James Berardinelli]] gave the film two and a half out of four stars: "''Blade II'' is for those undiscriminating movie-goers who want nothing more from a trip to the multiplex than loud, raucous, mindless entertainment".<ref>{{cite web |date=2002-03-22 |first=James |last=Berardinelli |author-link=James Berardinelli |title=Blade II - Reelviews Movie Reviews |publisher=Reelviews.net |url=http://preview.reelviews.net/movies/b/blade2.html |access-date=2020-01-01}}</ref>

===Accolades===
Like its predecessor, the film was nominated for both [[Saturn Award for Best Horror Film|Best Horror Film]] and [[Saturn Award for Best Make-up|Best Make-up]] at the [[Saturn Awards]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.saturnawards.org/saturn_rings/saturn_rings_04.pdf |title=''Minority Report'' & ''Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers'' Win Big At The 29th Annual Saturn Awards |access-date=May 4, 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402174643/http://www.saturnawards.org/saturn_rings/saturn_rings_04.pdf |archive-date=April 2, 2012}}</ref>