Shrek 2

Shrek 2 is the 2004 sequel to the computer-animated 2001 DreamWorks Pictures movie Shrek that was released in the United States on May 19, 2004. In April 2004 the film was selected for competition at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. There are more Shrek movies to follow, as according to Jeffrey Katzenberg, "We didn't have the guts to tell anybody when we started out, we have two more chapters to tell. Not unlike Peter Jackson did with The Lord of the Rings. The difference is they did have the guts to make all three of them 'back-to-back-to-back.'" http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/06/09/1086749775405.html?oneclick=true Shrek 3 is scheduled for release in 2006.

Box office and critical response

As of June 27, 2004, Shrek 2 had achieved $390 million at the US box office and $383 million at the world box office.http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2004/SHRK2.php/1 The film has earned millions more in merchandising. As the budget for the film was $70 million in production costs and $50 million in publicity and advertising, the film has already proved to be highly profitable for Dreamworks.

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Metacritic has developed a weighted average rating of 73 out of 100 based on 39 professional reviews published in newspapers, magazines and in highly regarded Internet sites http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/shrek2/. Users of the Internet Movie Database gave a rating of 7.7 out of 10 to the movie. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298148/ratings

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