Paul Mescal as Lucius in Gladiator II and Russell Crowe as Maximus in Gladiator with money behind them
Summary Ridley Scott delivered a huge hit with Gladiator in 2000, and if Gladiator II is going to be as successful, it has to make $1 billion at the box office. Every time Scott discussed the possibility of continuing the story after Gladiator's ending, the lofty expectations that come with following up the original became more clear.
Related Gladiator 2 Could Realistically Break 10 Box Office Records, Unless Something Goes Wrong Gladiator 2 is gearing up to be one of the biggest successes of 2024, meaning that it can realistically beat these 10 box office records. It is commonly said that a movie needs to double its budget at the box office to break even, with anything that is two and a half or three times the cost making it profitable. Gladiator cleared that bar with ease, as it doubled up on what it needed to break even. Scott and Crowe found a major hit as a result and managed to turn the movie into one of the biggest hits of 2000. This was done as it made $187 million domestically and another $277 million internationally.
If Gladiator 2 is to be as successful as the original, then it has to recoup the same amount of money as the original. That would require matching the first film making four times the budget. Applying that to the low end of the sequel's budget reports, Gladiator 2 needs to make over $1 billion then. If the $310 million budget is accurate, then the target total becomes $1.3 billion. These are the numbers the sequel has to hit if it wants the same budget to box office ratio as the original.
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