Pitch Perfect 2

Pitch Perfect 2
Poster with 8 girls in front of a grey wall, in large yellow letters "We're back pitches"
Theatrical release poster
Directed byElizabeth Banks
Written byKay Cannon
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJim Denault
Edited byCraig Alpert
Music byMark Mothersbaugh
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release dates
  • April 20, 2015 (2015-04-20) (Las Vegas)
  • May 15, 2015 (2015-05-15) (United States)
Running time
115 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$29–31 million[2][3]
Box office$287.5 million[4]

Pitch Perfect 2 is a 2015 American musical comedy film directed and produced by Elizabeth Banks and written by Kay Cannon. It is a sequel to the 2012 film Pitch Perfect. The film centers on the fictional Barden University Bellas, an all-female a cappella singing group, who try to beat out a competing German musical group in a world singing championship. The film features Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Brittany Snow, Skylar Astin, Adam DeVine, Anna Camp, Ben Platt, Hana Mae Lee, Alexis Knapp, Ester Dean, Kelly Jakle, Shelley Regner, John Michael Higgins, and Banks all reprising their roles from the previous film, now joined by Hailee Steinfeld, Katey Sagal, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, and Flula Borg.

The film was released in the United States on May 15, 2015, by Universal Pictures. It received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $287.5 million worldwide. It surpassed the total gross of the original film ($115.4 million) in five days, and also became the highest-grossing music comedy film of all time, overtaking School of Rock ($131.3 million).[5] A sequel, Pitch Perfect 3, was released on December 22, 2017.[6][7]

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  2. ^ Brent Lang (May 7, 2015). "Box Office: 'Mad Max: Fury Road,' 'Pitch Perfect 2' Eye $40 Million Openings". Variety. (Penske Media Corporation). Archived from the original on May 9, 2015. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
  3. ^ FilmL.A. (June 15, 2016). "2015 Feature Film Study" (PDF). Archived from the original on July 4, 2016. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
  4. ^ "Pitch Perfect 2 (2015)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
  5. ^ "List of Top Grossing Music Comedy Films, 1984-Present". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on December 16, 2008. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
  6. ^ Anita Busch (June 15, 2015). "'Pitch Perfect 3' Gets Summer 2017 Bow; Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson Back - Deadline". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on June 16, 2015. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  7. ^ "'Pitch Perfect 3' Pushed Back". Deadline Hollywood. September 29, 2015. Archived from the original on October 2, 2015. Retrieved October 11, 2015.