With a production budget of approximately $2.5 million, and box-office gross revenues of $25.5 million (domestic).Gorier and more violent (characteristic of splatter films rather than slasher films, with lots of random murders), and with more nudity, than the first film.[Note: The plot was based on the misfortunes of another notorious, tycoonish millionaire business family - the Reynolds - who were known for their tobacco empire.Scout: How old were you?Jem: Six.Scout: Old as I am now.Jem: Uh huh.Scout: Was Mama pretty?Jem: Uh, huh.Scout: Was Mama nice?Jem: Uh, huh.Scout: Did you love her?Jem: Yes.Scout: Did I love her?Jem: Yes.Scout: Do you miss her?Jem: Uh, huh.They are trying to come to terms with the ambiguities and uncertainties of their lives, and justice (and injustice) in he world.Christina: Why not? Look, Chancellor, the philosophers remake it, he artists remake it, the scientists remake it now, why not we, we the power.