Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
1991 1h 28m movie Film Hong Kong

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze

“Cowabunga, it's the new turtle movie.”

Synopsis

“Cowabunga, it's the new turtle movie.”

The Turtles and the Shredder battle once again, this time for the last cannister of the ooze that created the Turtles, which Shredder wants to create an army of new mutants.

Audience Engagement

1,002
Reviews
97th
Review-volume percentile
96th
Popularity percentile

1,002 audience reviews — more than 97% of Hong Kong films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 96th percentile among Hong Kong films.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

Other Titles From Orange Sky Golden Harvest

The 1990–1992 Hong Kong Window

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze holds position #46 of 73 Hong Kong films in the 1990–1992 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. The Best of the Martial Arts Films
    #1

    The Best of the Martial Arts Films

    ★ 8.8 · 1990
  2. The Greed of Man
    #2

    The Greed of Man

    ★ 7.9 · 1992
  3. Hard Boiled
    #3

    Hard Boiled

    ★ 7.6 · 1992
  4. Bullet in the Head
    #4

    Bullet in the Head

    ★ 7.6 · 1990
  5. Song of the Exile
    #5

    Song of the Exile

    ★ 7.6 · 1990
  6. Days of Being Wild
    #6

    Days of Being Wild

    ★ 7.3 · 1990
  7. Center Stage
    #7

    Center Stage

    ★ 7.3 · 1991
  8. Once Upon a Time in China
    #8

    Once Upon a Time in China

    ★ 7.2 · 1991

The 1990s Hong Kong Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 1990s in Hong Kong, 215 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze premiered alongside 22 others.

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Budget & Box Office Efficiency

$25.0M
Budget
$78.7M
Revenue
$53.7M
Net Profit
3.1×
Return Ratio

At a 1h 28m runtime, production spent $284K per minute on screen and earned $894K per minute back.

Science Fiction + Adventure in Hong Kong

9 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Science Fiction and Adventure genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze itself).

Position in Catalog

Released alongside 22 other Hong Kong films in 1991.

The 316th Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).

Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • anthropomorphic animal · 4
  • crime fighter · 3
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • new york city · 23
  • mutant · 15
  • reporter · 14
  • turtle · 13
  • cartoon · 6
  • urban setting · 6
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • martial arts · 369
  • superhero · 80
  • fight · 60
  • based on comic · 58
  • ninja · 36

Reception Benchmarks

6.1
TMDB Rating
1,002
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #510 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (39th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Among Hong Kong Science Fiction productions specifically: #15 of 37 (top 41%).

Production Details

Primary CountryHong Kong
All Production CountriesHong Kong, United States of America
Original LanguageEn
Production CompaniesOrange Sky Golden Harvest, New Line Cinema, Mirage Studios
Runtime1h 28m
Release DateMarch 22, 1991
IMDbtt0103060