Editing Blade II (section)

===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>