Jump to content

Hotel Transylvania 2: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
→‎Box office: Reworded/formatted
Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
box office
Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit
Line 83: Line 83:
==Reception==
==Reception==
===Box office===
===Box office===
Predictions for the opening of ''Hotel Translyvania 2'' in the U.S. and Canada were continuously revised upwards, starting from $35—$48 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4089&p=.htm|title=Forecast: 'Transylvania', 'Intern' & 'Inferno' Highlight Stacked Weekend|author=Brad Brevet|work=''[[Box Office Mojo]]''|publisher=([[Amazon.com]])|date=September 24, 2015|accessdate=September 26, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Proj">{{cite web|url=http://deadline.com/2015/09/the-intern-hotel-transylvania-2-the-green-inferno-weekend-box-office-1201550112/|title=‘Hotel Transylvania 2’ Set To Deliver New September Opening Record & Adam Sandler’s Second Best Debut|author=Anthony D'Alessandro|work=''[[Deadline.com]]''|publisher=([[Penske Media Corporation]])|date=September 24, 2015|accessdate=September 26, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-intern-earns-650k-827227|title=Box Office: 'Hotel Transylvania 2' Biting Off Record $46M-$48M Debut|author=Pamela McClintock|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|publisher=([[Prometheus Global Media]])|date=September 25, 2015|accessdate=September 26, 2015}}</ref> In North America, ''Hotel Transylvania'' earned $13.3 million from 3,754 theaters on its opening day, which is the second-biggest Friday opening day in September, behind ''[[Insidious Chapter 2]]'' ($20.3 million).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2015/09/26/box-office-adam-sandlers-hotel-transylvania-2-bites-huge-13-25m-friday-for-possible-50m-bow/|title=Box Office: Adam Sandler's 'Hotel Transylvania 2' Bites Huge $13.25M Friday For Possible $50M Bow|author=Scott Mendelson|work=[[Forbes]]|date=September 26, 2015|accessdate=September 27, 2015}}</ref>
Predictions for the opening of ''Hotel Translyvania 2'' in the U.S. and Canada were continuously revised upwards, starting from $35—$48 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4089&p=.htm|title=Forecast: 'Transylvania', 'Intern' & 'Inferno' Highlight Stacked Weekend|author=Brad Brevet|work=''[[Box Office Mojo]]''|publisher=([[Amazon.com]])|date=September 24, 2015|accessdate=September 26, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Proj">{{cite web|url=http://deadline.com/2015/09/the-intern-hotel-transylvania-2-the-green-inferno-weekend-box-office-1201550112/|title=‘Hotel Transylvania 2’ Set To Deliver New September Opening Record & Adam Sandler’s Second Best Debut|author=Anthony D'Alessandro|work=''[[Deadline.com]]''|publisher=([[Penske Media Corporation]])|date=September 24, 2015|accessdate=September 26, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-intern-earns-650k-827227|title=Box Office: 'Hotel Transylvania 2' Biting Off Record $46M-$48M Debut|author=Pamela McClintock|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|publisher=([[Prometheus Global Media]])|date=September 25, 2015|accessdate=September 26, 2015}}</ref> In North America, ''Hotel Transylvania'' earned $13.3 million from 3,754 theaters on its opening day, which is the second-biggest Friday opening day in September, behind ''[[Insidious Chapter 2]]'' ($20.3 million).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2015/09/26/box-office-adam-sandlers-hotel-transylvania-2-bites-huge-13-25m-friday-for-possible-50m-bow/|title=Box Office: Adam Sandler's 'Hotel Transylvania 2' Bites Huge $13.25M Friday For Possible $50M Bow|author=Scott Mendelson|work=[[Forbes]]|date=September 26, 2015|accessdate=September 27, 2015}}</ref> During its opening weekend, the film earned $47.5 million from 3,754 theaters—an average of $15,032 per theater—ranking first at the box office, which made it the largest September opening (breaking its presecessor's record), the second largest for Sandler behind his 2005 football comedy ''[[The Longest Yard (2005 film)|The Longest Yard]]'' ($47.6 million).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2015/09/27/weekend-box-office-hotel-transylvania-2-chomps-record-breaking-47-5m-debut/|title=Weekend Box Office: 'Hotel Transylvania 2' Chomps Record-Breaking $47.5M Debut|author=Scott Mendelson|work=[[Forbes]]|date=September 27, 2015|accessdate=September 27, 2015}}</ref>


===Critical reception===
===Critical reception===

Revision as of 15:59, 27 September 2015

Hotel Transylvania 2
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGenndy Tartakovsky
Written by
Produced byMichelle Murdocca[1]
Starring
Edited byCatherine Apple[3]
Music byMark Mothersbaugh[4]
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • September 25, 2015 (2015-09-25)
Running time
89 minutes[5]
LandVereinigte Staaten
SpracheEnglisch
Budget$80 million[2]
Box office$13.3 million[6]

Hotel Transylvania 2 is a 2015 American 3D computer animated fantasy-comedy film. The film is the sequel to the 2012 film Hotel Transylvania, with its director, Genndy Tartakovsky, and writer, Robert Smigel, returning for the film. Produced by Sony Pictures Animation, the film is animated by Sony Pictures Imageworks,[7] with an additional funding provided by LStar Capital.[8]

Hotel Transylvania 2 takes place seven years after the first film,[9] with the hotel now open to human guests. Mavis and Johnny have a young son named Dennis, whose lack of any vampire abilities worries his grandfather Dracula. When Mavis and Johnny go on a visit to Johnny's parents, Dracula calls his friends to help him make Dennis a vampire. However, an unexpected visit from Dracula's old-school human-hating dad, Vlad soon turns things upside-down.

Original voices from the first film—Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kevin James, Steve Buscemi, David Spade, Fran Drescher, Molly Shannon—returned for the sequel, with Keegan-Michael Key replacing CeeLo Green as Murray. New additions to the cast include Mel Brooks as Count Dracula's father, Vlad; Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally as Jonathan's parents, Mike and Linda; and Asher Blinkoff as Mavis and Johnny's half-human/half-vampire son, Dennis. The film was released on September 25, 2015, by Columbia Pictures and received mixed reviews from critics.

Plot

Count Dracula's (Adam Sandler) daughter Mavis (Selena Gomez) marries Johnny (Andy Samberg), and the couple have a son named Dennis (Asher Blinkoff), who befriends a werewolf pup named Winnie (Sadie Sandler). Nearing his fifth birthday, Dennis has yet to grow his fangs, which worries Drac that his grandson might not be a pure-blood vampire. Noticing the dangers of Transylvania, Mavis starts to consider raising Dennis where Johnny grew up, dismaying Drac.

Mavis and Johnny travel to California to visit the in-laws, Mike (Nick Offerman) and Linda (Megan Mullally), leaving Drac to babysit Dennis. Drac enlists his friends Frank (Kevin James), Wayne the Werewolf (Steve Buscemi), Griffin the Invisible Man (David Spade), Murray the Mummy (Keegan-Michael Key), and Blobby the Blob (Jonny Solomon) to help train Dennis to become a monster, to no avail.

Drac takes Dennis to a summer camp where he learned to hone his vampire abilities, to no avail either. Desperate, Drac hurls Dennis from a tall, unstable tower to pressure his transformation into a bat, but rescues him at the last second. The stunt is filmed by the campers and uploaded to the internet which eventually reaches Mavis and Johnny who hurry back to Transylvania. Mavis scolds her father for endangering Dennis and his inability to accept that he is human, promising to move out of the hotel after Dennis’ fifth birthday.

Mavis invites Vlad (Mel Brooks), her grandfather and Drac’s father, to Dennis’ birthday party. Dismayed, Drac has the partygoers disguised as monsters. Vlad arrives with his monstrous bat servant Bela (Rob Riggle) and meets his great-grandson. He believes that fear will cause Dennis’ fangs to sprout and manipulates a stage performer into scaring Dennis, but Drac shields his grandson and exposes Vlad, who is outraged that Drac has accepted humans as guests in his hotel.

Mavis is angered by her grandfather’s treachery and while the family quarrels, an upset Dennis flees the hotel and enters the forest with Winnie in tow, but they are attacked by Bela. When Bela injures Winnie, Dennis instantly grows his fangs and his vampire abilities manifest. Drac, Mavis, and Dennis team up to defeat Bela’s minions. Bela attempts to kill Johnny in revenge, but Vlad appears with a change of heart and shrinks his former servant to a harmless size. With Dennis a pure-blood vampire, Mavis decides to continue raising her son in Transylvania and the party resumes.

Voice cast

Production

Director Genndy Tartakovsky commented in October 2012, about the possibility of the sequel: "Everyone is talking about it, but we haven't started writing it. There are a lot of fun ideas we could totally play with. It's a ripe world."[17] On November 9, 2012, it was announced that a sequel had been greenlit, and was scheduled for release on September 25, 2015.[18] On March 12, 2014, it was announced Tartakovsky would return to direct the sequel, even though he was originally too busy due to his developing an adaptation of Popeye.[19][20]

Music

In March 2015, it was announced that Mark Mothersbaugh, who had previously scored the first film, had signed on to score the sequel.[4]

American girl group Fifth Harmony have recorded a song for the film, entitled "I'm in Love with a Monster". It was featured in the film's official trailer, and was also played when the film itself was released.[21]

Reception

Box office

Predictions for the opening of Hotel Translyvania 2 in the U.S. and Canada were continuously revised upwards, starting from $35—$48 million.[22][23][24] In North America, Hotel Transylvania earned $13.3 million from 3,754 theaters on its opening day, which is the second-biggest Friday opening day in September, behind Insidious Chapter 2 ($20.3 million).[25] During its opening weekend, the film earned $47.5 million from 3,754 theaters—an average of $15,032 per theater—ranking first at the box office, which made it the largest September opening (breaking its presecessor's record), the second largest for Sandler behind his 2005 football comedy The Longest Yard ($47.6 million).[26]

Critical reception

Like its predecessor, Hotel Transylvania 2 has received mixed reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 46%, based on 48 reviews, with an average rating of 5/10. The site's consensus states: "Hotel Transylvania 2 is marginally better than the original, which may or may not be enough of a recommendation to watch 89 minutes of corny, colorfully animated gags from Adam Sandler and company."[27] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 43 out of 100, based on 19 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[28] In CinemaScore polls, audiences gave the film an average grade of "A-" on an A+ to F scale.[23]

Sequel

Michelle Murdocca, the film's producer said before the film's release that the studio was "talking about number 3 and moving forward and taking the franchise to the next level," but she and director Tartakovsky won't return since they are working on Tartakovsky's Can You Imagine.[29]

References

  1. ^ a b "Hotel Transylvania 2". Sony Pictures Animation. Retrieved October 8, 2014.
  2. ^ a b Anthony D'Alessandro (September 22, 2015). "Families To Crowd 'Hotel Transylvania 2' As Females Date 'The Intern' & Adults Trek To 'Everest' – Box Office Preview". Deadline.com. (Penske Media Corporation). Retrieved September 23, 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  3. ^ "Artists - Catherine Apple". Sony Pictures Animation. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Mark Mothersbaugh to Return for Hotel Transylvania 2". Film Music Reporter. March 3, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
  5. ^ "HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2 [2D] (U)". British Board of Film Classification. September 10, 2015. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
  6. ^ "Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  7. ^ S. Cohen, David (May 29, 2015). "Sony Imageworks Moving HQ to Vancouver". Variety. Retrieved August 17, 2015. ...and for Sony Pictures Animation, "Hotel Transylvania 2"...
  8. ^ Fleming Jr., Mike (April 8, 2014). "Sony Closes Slate Co-Fi Deal With Lone Star Capital, CitiBank". Deadline. Retrieved August 17, 2015. They included ... and Hotel Transylvania 2,...
  9. ^ a b c d "'Hotel Transylvania 2′ fun facts". Inquirer.net. September 8, 2015. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
  10. ^ "Selena Gomez Talks Rudderless, Hotel Transylvania 2, Her Career, and More". Collider. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
  11. ^ a b c d e f Brian Truitt (November 25, 2014). "Mel Brooks checks in for Hotel Transylvania 2". USA Today. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
  12. ^ a b c d Schager, Nick (September 24, 2015). "Film Review: 'Hotel Transylvania 2'". Variety. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  13. ^ HIll, Jim (September 9, 2015). "There's Something Fishy About Asher Blinkoff's Voice Work in Hotel Transylvania 2". The Huffington Post. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
  14. ^ "David Spade talks about his fake problems. AMA. : IAmA". Reddit. April 30, 2014. Retrieved July 13, 2014. I think the next thing I'm doing is the voice in Hotel Transylvania 2, I thought that movie came out really well and especially Adam and Selena Gomez did a very good job with it. It was a very sweet, funny movie. The next one comes out next year. And there's talk of a Grown Ups 3 next winter.
  15. ^ McLean, Tom (March 12, 2015). "Sony Unmasks 'Hotel Transylvania 2' Teaser". Animation Magazine. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  16. ^ a b Sokmensuer, Harriet (June 16, 2015). "Hotel Transylvania 2 Costars Nick Offerman and Wife Megan Mullally: Who's Funnier? Here's What He Says". People. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
  17. ^ Alexander, Bryan (October 24, 2012). "New Bigfoot sighting in Hotel Transylvania short film". USA Today. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  18. ^ Schou, Solvej (November 9, 2012). "Hotel Transylvania 2 scheduled for 2015 release". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved November 22, 2012.
  19. ^ Jardine, William (May 17, 2013). "Sony Pushes Genndy Tartakovsky's Popeye Back to 2015". A113Animation. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
  20. ^ "Sony Animation Shelves Smurfs 3 For New Origin Tale In Franchise Reboot". Deadline. March 12, 2014. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
  21. ^ "Fifth Harmony Checks iNTO 'Hotel Transylvania 2' With New Song 'I'm In Love With A Monster'". Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  22. ^ Brad Brevet (September 24, 2015). "Forecast: 'Transylvania', 'Intern' & 'Inferno' Highlight Stacked Weekend". Box Office Mojo. (Amazon.com). Retrieved September 26, 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  23. ^ a b Anthony D'Alessandro (September 24, 2015). "'Hotel Transylvania 2' Set To Deliver New September Opening Record & Adam Sandler's Second Best Debut". Deadline.com. (Penske Media Corporation). Retrieved September 26, 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  24. ^ Pamela McClintock (September 25, 2015). "Box Office: 'Hotel Transylvania 2' Biting Off Record $46M-$48M Debut". The Hollywood Reporter. (Prometheus Global Media). Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  25. ^ Scott Mendelson (September 26, 2015). "Box Office: Adam Sandler's 'Hotel Transylvania 2' Bites Huge $13.25M Friday For Possible $50M Bow". Forbes. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
  26. ^ Scott Mendelson (September 27, 2015). "Weekend Box Office: 'Hotel Transylvania 2' Chomps Record-Breaking $47.5M Debut". Forbes. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
  27. ^ "Hotel Transylvania 2". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  28. ^ "Hotel Transylvania 2 reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  29. ^ Roberts, Sheila (September 25, 2015). "20 Things to Know About 'Hotel Transylvania 2′". Collider.com. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hotel Transylvania 2.

Template:Universal Monsters

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hotel_Transylvania_2&oldid=683017906"