The Inbetweeners 2

The Inbetweeners 2
Four young men in summer clothes strolling casually together in a desert
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Written by
  • Damon Beesley
  • Iain Morris
Produced bySpencer Millman
Starring
Narrated bySimon Bird
CinematographyBen Wheeler
Edited byWilliam Webb
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed byEntertainment Film Distributors (United Kingdom)
Roadshow Films (Australia and New Zealand)[1]
Release date
  • 6 August 2014 (2014-08-06)
Running time
96 minutes[2]
CountriesUnited Kingdom
Australia
LanguageEnglish
Box office$63.8 million[1]

The Inbetweeners 2 is a 2014 teen coming of age adventure sex comedy film and sequel to The Inbetweeners Movie (2011), which is based on the E4 sitcom The Inbetweeners. It was written and directed by series creators Damon Beesley and Iain Morris.

The film involves four school friends who meet up again for a holiday in Australia, and stars Simon Bird, Joe Thomas, James Buckley and Blake Harrison. In media interviews, the film's writers and actors stated that it was to be an end to the series.

The Inbetweeners 2 was released on 6 August 2014 in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland,[3] to positive reception from critics. It surpassed the record of its predecessor for the highest gross on the opening day of a comedy in the UK, with £2.75 million,[4] and ended its first weekend with a gross of £12.5 million, the largest opening of any film in 2014,[5] then remained on top for a second week.[6] With an overall gross of £33.3 million, it was the highest-grossing British film in the domestic market in 2014.[7] On 21 August, it was released in Australia, to a mixed reception, and topped the box office in its opening weekend.

  1. ^ a b "The Inbetweeners 2". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  2. ^ "The Inbetweeners 2 (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 22 July 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  3. ^ "UK and Ireland Release Date". E4 Inbetweeners, Facebook Page. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  4. ^ Stolworthy, Jacob (7 August 2014). "The Inbetweeners 2 smashes UK box office records". The Daily Telegraph.
  5. ^ "The Inbetweeners 2 becomes UK's biggest film hit of 2014". BBC News. 11 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference carry was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Lego Movie was top UK and Ireland film of 2014". BBC News. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2015.