American Pie 2 | |
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Directed by | James B. Rogers |
Screenplay by | Adam Herz |
Story by | Adam Herz David H. Steinberg |
Based on | Characters by Adam Herz |
Produced by | Chris Moore Warren Zide Craig Perry |
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Cinematography | Mark Irwin |
Edited by | Larry Madaras Stuart H. Pappé |
Music by | David Lawrence |
Production companies | LivePlanet Zide/Perry Productions |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 100 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $30 million[2] |
Box office | $232.7 million[2] |
American Pie 2 is a 2001 American sex comedy film directed by James B. Rogers and written by Adam Herz and David H. Steinberg from a story by Herz. A sequel to the 1999 comedy film American Pie, it is the second film in the American Pie series and stars Jason Biggs, Shannon Elizabeth, Alyson Hannigan, Chris Klein, Natasha Lyonne, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Tara Reid, Seann William Scott, Mena Suvari, Eddie Kaye Thomas, and Eugene Levy. The film follows the sexual exploits of five friends – Jim, Kevin, Stifler, Oz, and Finch – and their attempts to have the greatest summer party ever at a summer beach house.
American Pie 2 was released in the United States on August 10, 2001, and grossed over $145 million in the US and $142 million overseas on a budget of $30 million, making it the highest-grossing film in the franchise at just under $232 million worldwide. The film was followed by American Wedding (2003).