Il film, giudicato in maniera controversa, fu un buon successo al [[botteghino]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Resurrection 'Weekend at Bernie's II' Feels More Like a Month |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=July 13, 1993 |first= Steve|last= Johnson|page=C5}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/LA/lib00086,0EF6197FCD653382.html |title=Familiarity Breeds Film Hits |newspaper=[[Daily News of Los Angeles]] |date=July 13, 1993 |access-date=September 1, 2009 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20120708083436/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LA&p_theme=la&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EF6197FCD653382&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |archive-date=July 8, 2012}}</ref>
