Back to the Future Part II actors in a role. "Back to the Future Part II" was also a ground-breaking project for effects studio Industrial Light & Magic (ILM): In addition to digital compositing, ILM used the VistaGlide motion control camera system, which allowed an actor to portray multiple characters simultaneously on-screen without sacrificing camera movement. "Back to the Future Part II" was released by Universal Pictures on November 22, 1989. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed over $331 million worldwide, making it the third-highest-grossing film of 1989. On October 26, 1985, Dr. Emmett Brown arrives in the DeLorean time machine and persuades
Back to the Future Part II first film's gross. "Part III", which Universal released only six months later, experienced a similar drop. , the film received a 64% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 59 reviews with an average rating of 6.2/10, with the critical consensus reading, ""Back to the Future II" is far more uneven than its predecessor, but its madcap highs outweigh the occasionally cluttered machinations of an overstuffed plot". The film has a score of 57 out of 100 on Metacritic, based on 17 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Roger Ebert of the "Chicago Sun-Times" gave the film three out of