Now out of prison but still disgraced by his peers, Gordon Gekko works his future son-in-law, an idealistic stock broker, when he sees an opportunity to take down a Wall Street enemy and reb... Read allNow out of prison but still disgraced by his peers, Gordon Gekko works his future son-in-law, an idealistic stock broker, when he sees an opportunity to take down a Wall Street enemy and rebuild his empire.Now out of prison but still disgraced by his peers, Gordon Gekko works his future son-in-law, an idealistic stock broker, when he sees an opportunity to take down a Wall Street enemy and rebuild his empire.
- Awards
- 1 win & 4 nominations
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn preparation for his role, Shia LaBeouf worked extensively with traders and researchers on the world of finance and economy. He even invested $20,000 and ended up making more than $400,000. A few people who trained him were later arrested for illegal acts of trading.
- GoofsWhen Jake Gives a bottle of Johnny Walker Blue Label to the Chinese investor, he says: "This is for you - American Whisky." Johnny Walker is and always has been Scottish.
- Quotes
Gordon Gekko: Payback. Except I'm not in that business anymore - because the one thing I learned in jail is that money is not the prime asset in life. Time is.
- Alternate versionsThere are two versions, the theatrical release, and the one presented at Cannes for the film's debut. The runtimes are, respectively: "2h 13m (133 min)" and "2h 16m (136 min) (Cannes)".
- ConnectionsEdited from The Bourne Identity (2002)
- SoundtracksBeatin' Down the Block
Written by Ali Dee (as Ali Theodore), Julian Davis, Robert Miller, Joe Smart and Yusef Jackson
Performed by Basko feat. Nomadik & Chris Classic (as Classic)
Courtesy of DeeTown Entertainment
The plot was truly horrible. So many disjointed ideas that didn't come together to form any sort of story.
- eastcoastguyz
- Feb 12, 2011
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Wall Street 2
- Filming locations
- 1 State Street Plaza, New York City, New York, USA(interior: Gordon Gekko's London office)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $70,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $52,474,616
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $19,011,188
- Sep 26, 2010
- Gross worldwide
- $134,748,021
- Runtime2 hours 13 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1