It scored the second-largest three-day opening weekend in United States history and the largest opening for an animated film at the time of its release. Met with highly favorable reviews like its predecessor, the film grossed $935.3 million worldwide.

Shrek 2 premiered at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival on May 15, 2004, where it competed for the Palme d'Or, and it was released in theaters on May 19, by DreamWorks Pictures.

The film is dedicated to the memory of Shrek creator William Steig, who died on October 3, 2003, eight months before the film was released. Like its predecessor, Shrek 2 also parodies other films based on fairy tales and features references to American popular culture. The lead actors also received a significant bump in salary to $10 million, which at the time was among the highest contracts in their respective careers. The story was inspired by Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), and new animation tools were utilized to improve the visual appearance of each character, particularly Puss in Boots. Shrek and Donkey team up with a swashbuckling cat named Puss in Boots to foil her plans.ĭevelopment began in 2001, and following disagreements with producers, the first film's screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio were replaced with Adamson. Shrek 2 takes place following the events of the first film, with Shrek and Donkey meeting Fiona's parents as her zealous Fairy Godmother, who wants Fiona to marry her son Prince Charming, plots to destroy Shrek and Fiona's marriage. They are joined by new characters voiced by Antonio Banderas, Julie Andrews, John Cleese, Rupert Everett, and Jennifer Saunders. The film stars Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy and Cameron Diaz, who reprise their respective voice roles of Shrek, Donkey, and Fiona. Weiss, it is the sequel to Shrek (2001) and the second installment in the Shrek film series.

Directed by Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, and Conrad Vernon (in Vernon's feature directorial debut) from a screenplay by Adamson, Joe Stillman, J. Shrek 2 is a 2004 American computer-animated fantasy comedy film loosely based on the 1990 children's picture book Shrek! by William Steig.

Download the new Shrek 2