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''Horrible Bosses 2'' was released on November 26, 2014 in the United States and Canada across 3,321 theatres. It earned around $1 million from Tuesday preview nights<ref>{{cite web | url = https://variety.com/2014/film/news/box-office-horrible-bosses-2-scores-1-million-in-tuesday-night-launch-1201365370/ | title = Box Office: 'Horrible Bosses 2′ Scores $1 Million in Tuesday Night Launch | author = Dave McNary | publisher = ''Variety'' | date = November 26, 2014 | accessdate = November 28, 2014}}</ref> and $4.25 million (including previews) on its opening day.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://deadline.com/2014/11/mockingjay-penguins-of-madagascar-horrible-bosses-2-thanksgiving-box-office-1201299198/ | title = ‘Mockingjay’, ‘Penguins’ & ‘Horrible Bosses 2′ Cook Up T-Giving Box Office | author = Nancy Tartaglione | publisher = Deadline.com | date = November 27, 2014 | accessdate = November 28, 2014}}</ref> The next day on [[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgiving Day]] it earned $3.06 million for a two day total of $7.31 million.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://deadline.com/2014/11/mockingjay-penguins-of-madagascar-horrible-bosses-2-thanksgiving-box-office-1201299198/ | title = Turkey Day Domestic Box Office Dips As ‘Mockingjay’ Flies Past $200M Overseas | author = Nancy Tartaglione | publisher = Deadline.com | date = November 28, 2014 | accessdate = November 29, 2014}}</ref> [[Black Friday (shopping)|On Friday]] the film earned $6.2 million.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://variety.com/2014/film/news/box-office-mockingjay-rules-black-friday-with-24-1-million-as-horrible-bosses-2-stumbles-1201366810/ | title = Box Office: ‘Mockingjay’ Rules Black Friday With $24.1 Million as ‘Horrible Bosses 2’ Stumbles | author = Maane Khatchatourian | publisher = ''Variety'' | date = November 19, 2014 | accessdate = November 30, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://deadline.com/2014/11/hunger-games-box-office-thanksgiving-penguins-of-madgascar-horrible-bosses-2-1201301187/ | title = ‘Mockingjay’ Flies Away With Black Friday Cash; ‘Penguins’, ‘Bosses’ Left With Bones | author = Anthony D'Alessandro | publisher = Deadline.com | date = November 29, 2014 | accessdate = November 30, 2014}}</ref>
''Horrible Bosses 2'' was released on November 26, 2014 in the United States and Canada across 3,321 theatres. It earned around $1 million from Tuesday preview nights<ref>{{cite web | url = https://variety.com/2014/film/news/box-office-horrible-bosses-2-scores-1-million-in-tuesday-night-launch-1201365370/ | title = Box Office: 'Horrible Bosses 2′ Scores $1 Million in Tuesday Night Launch | author = Dave McNary | publisher = ''Variety'' | date = November 26, 2014 | accessdate = November 28, 2014}}</ref> and $4.25 million (including previews) on its opening day.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://deadline.com/2014/11/mockingjay-penguins-of-madagascar-horrible-bosses-2-thanksgiving-box-office-1201299198/ | title = ‘Mockingjay’, ‘Penguins’ & ‘Horrible Bosses 2′ Cook Up T-Giving Box Office | author = Nancy Tartaglione | publisher = Deadline.com | date = November 27, 2014 | accessdate = November 28, 2014}}</ref> The next day on [[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgiving Day]] it earned $3.06 million for a two day total of $7.31 million.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://deadline.com/2014/11/mockingjay-penguins-of-madagascar-horrible-bosses-2-thanksgiving-box-office-1201299198/ | title = Turkey Day Domestic Box Office Dips As ‘Mockingjay’ Flies Past $200M Overseas | author = Nancy Tartaglione | publisher = Deadline.com | date = November 28, 2014 | accessdate = November 29, 2014}}</ref> [[Black Friday (shopping)|On Friday]] the film earned $6.2 million.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://variety.com/2014/film/news/box-office-mockingjay-rules-black-friday-with-24-1-million-as-horrible-bosses-2-stumbles-1201366810/ | title = Box Office: ‘Mockingjay’ Rules Black Friday With $24.1 Million as ‘Horrible Bosses 2’ Stumbles | author = Maane Khatchatourian | publisher = ''Variety'' | date = November 19, 2014 | accessdate = November 30, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://deadline.com/2014/11/hunger-games-box-office-thanksgiving-penguins-of-madgascar-horrible-bosses-2-1201301187/ | title = ‘Mockingjay’ Flies Away With Black Friday Cash; ‘Penguins’, ‘Bosses’ Left With Bones | author = Anthony D'Alessandro | publisher = Deadline.com | date = November 29, 2014 | accessdate = November 30, 2014}}</ref> In its opening weekend it earned $23 million debuting at No. 5 at the box office.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://deadline.com/2014/11/hunger-games-box-office-thanksgiving-penguins-of-madgascar-horrible-bosses-2-1201301187/ | title = ‘Mockingjay,’ Holdovers Strong As Turkey Turnstiles Slow: Box Office | author = Anthony D'Alessandro | publisher = Deadline.com | date = November 30, 2014 | accesadate = December 1, 2014}}</ref>


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Horrible Bosses 2
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySean Anders
Screenplay bySean Anders
John Morris
Story byJohn Francis Daley
Jonathan Goldstein
Sean Anders
John Morris
Produced byBrett Ratner
Jay Stern
John Morris
StarringJason Bateman
Charlie Day
Jason Sudeikis
Jennifer Aniston
Jamie Foxx
Chris Pine
Christoph Waltz
CinematographyJulio Macat
Edited byEric Kissack
Music byChristopher Lennertz[1]
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • November 26, 2014 (2014-11-26)
Running time
108 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$43 million[3]
Box office$34,710,000 [4]

Horrible Bosses 2 is a 2014 American comedy film directed by Sean Anders and a sequel to 2011's Horrible Bosses. Produced by New Line Cinema and distributed by Warner Bros., the film was released on November 26, 2014.

Plot

Nick Hendricks, Dale Arbus, and Kurt Buckman decide to start their own business after tiring of working for ungrateful bosses. Their idea is a car wash inspired shower head called the "Shower Buddy". They have trouble finding investors until they are approached by Burt Hanson and his son Rex. Burt admires their commitment to manufacturing the product themselves, while Rex prefers to outsource to China, and agrees to invest if they can make 500,000 units. Taking out a business loan, the three rent a warehouse, hire employees, and manage to produce their output, but Burt backs out of their deal at the last minute, taking their inventory and intending to sell them renamed the "Shower Pal", while leaving the three in debt with their outstanding loan.

Seeking financial advice, Nick, Dale, and Kurt visit Nick's old boss Dave Harken in prison, who says the three have no feasible legal options to recover their losses. The three then resolve to kidnap Rex and hold him for ransom. They seek the help of "Motherfucker" Jones, who says the best way to pull off kidnapping someone who knows them is to keep him unconscious for the duration of the kidnapping. The three create a ransom note of $500,000 and go to the office of Dale's old boss Dr. Julia Harris to steal a tank of nitrous oxide and go to Rex's house, but while they hide in the closet, they accidentally turn on the tank and pass out. When they wake up in the morning, they find Rex gone.

When they arrive back at the warehouse, they find Rex tied up in the trunk of their car. Rex gets out and reveals he found them hiding in their closet, deciding to stage his own kidnapping due to his strained relationship with his dad. Rex sent the ransom note to his dad and increased the ransom to $5,000,000. The three are uncertain of Rex's plan, but Rex threatens to go to the police if they back out. They call Burt to inform him of Rex's kidnapping. Rex says that if Burt involves the police then it means Burt cares more about his money than his son. The police, led by Detective Hatcher, subsequently arrive at their warehouse to question Nick, Dale, and Kurt due to their involvement with Burt. When the police leave, Rex breaks down knowing Burt only cares about the money. Now sympathetic to Rex, all four devise a plan to outsmart the police and take the ransom money, utilizing untraceable phones, a basement garage to block out any tracking signal, and Kurt disguising himself as Burt.

While the plan is in motion, Nick, Dale, and Kurt find that Kurt left Burt his own phone instead of the untraceable one. They nevertheless call Burt on Kurt's phone to give him the instructions. Before they leave, Julia arrives at their hotel room and demands to sleep with Dale or else she'll report them for breaking into her office. Dale's wife Stacy arrives via "Find My Phone" app and storms off. Dale locks Julia in the bathroom so the three can leave. In the basement garage, Nick, Dale, and Kurt, wearing masks, tell Burt to give back the cell phone. Burt is then shot dead by Rex, who reveals that, after seeing that his father did not care about him, he decided to kill Burt and frame Nick, Dale, and Kurt so Rex can inherit the family business. Rex forces Kurt to switch pants as Rex's pants have Burt's blood on them.

About to be arrested, Jones arrives, having anticipated a betrayal and seeking to claim the ransom money for himself. He attempts to help them get back to the warehouse where Rex is supposed to be tied up before Rex does so they can prove their innocence. When they get back to the warehouse, Jones escapes with the money and the police arrive to find Rex tied up. Before the police arrest Nick, Dale, and Kurt, Kurt's phone rings in Rex's pocket. When Hatcher asks why Rex didn't bother to call the police if he had a phone, Rex takes Hatcher hostage. Dale attempts to attack Rex, but Rex shoots him, which distracts Rex long enough for Hatcher to subdue him.

A few days later, Dale wakes up to find out they the three did get in trouble, but because Dale helped save Hatcher's life, the police dropped the charges. He also finds out that Julia helped make amends with Stacy. In the aftermath, their business goes into foreclosure, but is subsequently purchased by Harken in prison, who allows the three of them to stay employed. Jones, meanwhile, uses the ransom money to invest in Pinkberry.

Cast

Production

Following the first film's release in July 2011, director Seth Gordon confirmed that talks were underway for a sequel due to the financial success of the film in the United States, saying: "Yeah, we've definitely discussed it. It's done well in the States, the film has, so that's becoming a more concerted effort now, we're trying to figure out what the sequel could be."[7] On January 4, 2012, it was confirmed that a sequel was moving forward, and that screenwriters John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein would be returning to write the script.[8] At this time, New Line Cinema was reported to be negotiating with Gordon to return as director as well as with Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, and Jason Sudeikis to return in the lead roles.[9] On February 27, 2012, it was confirmed that Goldstein and Daley were in the process of writing the new script.[9] In March 2013, Goldstein and Daley confirmed that they had submitted multiple draft scripts for the sequel, and that production had moved towards finalizing the budget.[8] Later in the same month Bateman, Day, and Sudeikis were confirmed to be reprising their roles, with Jamie Foxx negotiating to return.[8] The film was once again produced by Brett Ratner and Jay Stern.[8]

In August 2013, it was announced that Gordon would not be returning to direct because of scheduling conflicts and that the studio was actively searching for a replacement.[10][11] In September 2013, Sean Anders was announced as Gordon's replacement, with John Morris joining the production as a producer.[12] The pair had previously performed a rewrite on Goldstein's and Daley's sequel script.[12] In September 2013, Jennifer Aniston signed on to reprise her role as Julia Harris.[13]

Principal photography took place in Burbank, California[14] between September 2013[15] and June 2014.[16]

Release

The first trailer was released on September 30, 2014.[17]

On September 27, 2013, it was announced that the film would be released on November 26, 2014.[18]

Box office

North America

Horrible Bosses 2 was released on November 26, 2014 in the United States and Canada across 3,321 theatres. It earned around $1 million from Tuesday preview nights[19] and $4.25 million (including previews) on its opening day.[20] The next day on Thanksgiving Day it earned $3.06 million for a two day total of $7.31 million.[21] On Friday the film earned $6.2 million.[22][23] In its opening weekend it earned $23 million debuting at No. 5 at the box office.[24]

Other territories

Outside North America, the film was released to 42 markets and earned $11.7 million from 4,900 screens. The highest debuts came from Russia ($2.3 million), the UK ($2 million), Mexico ($1.13 million) and Germany ($1 million).[25]

Reception

Critical response

Horrible Bosses 2 has been met with mixed reviews from critics, with many criticizing its offensive jokes about rape, but praising the cast and Pine's performance in particular. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 35% rating, based on 108 reviews, with an average rating of 4.8/10. The site's consensus reads, "Horrible Bosses 2 may trigger a few belly laughs among big fans of the original, but all in all, it's a waste of a strong cast that fails to justify its own existence."[26] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 40 out of 100, based on 36 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[27]

Justin Lowe of The Hollywood Reporter said, "The jokes start growing stale well before the film's midpoint."[28] Justin Chang of Variety called the film an "inane and incredibly tasteless sequel."[29] Dan Callahan of TheWrap told that "the result is puerile, ugly and painfully unfunny."[30] Moira MacDonald of The Seattle Times gave the film one and a half stars out of four, saying "Lots of gags fly by, many of them in questionable taste (some downright offensive) and most of them unfunny."[31] Claudia Puig of USA Today gave the film one out of four stars, saying "This ill-conceived sequel to 2011's entertaining Horrible Bosses is base, moronic, insulting and vulgar. It's also cringingly unfunny."[32] Tom Russo of The Boston Globe gave the film two and a half out of four stars and said, "A new misadventure whose negligibly refined formula somehow ends up being more consistently entertaining."[33] Stephen Holden of The New York Times said that the film is "one of the sloppiest and most unnecessary Hollywood sequels ever made, isn't dirtier or more offensive than its 2011 forerunner. But it is infinitely dumber and not half as funny."[34]

Kyle Smith of New York Post gave one out of four stars, saying "Duct tape, thick rope and the threat of being shot all figure prominently in "Horrible Bosses 2." All would have been required to keep me in my seat if it weren't my job to report back on this factory-issued sequel."[35] Betsy Sharkey of Los Angeles Times said, "Make no mistake, despite some well-earned laughs, "Horrible Bosses 2" is not what qualifies as a good movie or even a particularly good R-rated comedy."[36] Joe Williams of St. Louis Post-Dispatch gave the film two out of four stars and said, "Horrible Bosses 2 is further proof that likable actors have to take an occasional sick day.[37] James Berardinelli gave the film one and a half stars out of four and wrote for ReelViews, "Horrible Bosses 2 (emphasis on "horrible") is an apt title for this repugnant, unnecessary sequel."[38]

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  21. ^ Nancy Tartaglione (November 28, 2014). "Turkey Day Domestic Box Office Dips As 'Mockingjay' Flies Past $200M Overseas". Deadline.com. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
  22. ^ Maane Khatchatourian (November 19, 2014). "Box Office: 'Mockingjay' Rules Black Friday With $24.1 Million as 'Horrible Bosses 2' Stumbles". Variety. Retrieved November 30, 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  23. ^ Anthony D'Alessandro (November 29, 2014). "'Mockingjay' Flies Away With Black Friday Cash; 'Penguins', 'Bosses' Left With Bones". Deadline.com. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
  24. ^ Anthony D'Alessandro (November 30, 2014). "'Mockingjay,' Holdovers Strong As Turkey Turnstiles Slow: Box Office". Deadline.com. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accesadate= ignored (help)
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  33. ^ Russo, Tom (November 25, 2014). "'Horrible Bosses 2' works better". bostonglobe.com. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
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  35. ^ Smith, Kyle (November 25, 2014). "'Horrible Bosses 2' is . . . well, horrible". nypost.com. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
  36. ^ Sharkey, Betsy (November 25, 2014). "'Horrible Bosses 2' has horribly funny moments, but too few". latimes.com. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
  37. ^ Williams, Joe (November 25, 2014). "'Horrible Bosses 2' is asleep on the job". stltoday.com. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
  38. ^ Berardinelli, James (November 25, 2014). "Horrible Bosses 2". reelviews.net. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
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