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Shrek 2(2004)
Released
2004 · FILM

Shrek 2

An insecure ogre husband must win over his royal in-laws and confront a scheming fairy godmother to prove love can bridge worlds when he’s invited to a kingdom’s grand ball after his honeymoon.

“What happens after happily ever after?”

Directed by
Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury
Written by
William Steig, Andrew Adamson
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
93 min
AdventureAnimationComedy

Synopsis

When Shrek and Fiona's trip to meet the in-laws turns into a hilariously twisted adventure, happily ever after seems increasingly out of reach. With the help of his loyal companion Donkey, Shrek faces off against a potion-brewing Fairy Godmother, the arrogant Prince Charming, and the deadly ogre-killer, Puss In Boots.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 30

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Michael AndrewsScored by Harry Gregson WilliamsDesigned by Guillaume Aretos

Box Office

2004 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 6.2× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$935.5M

Budget$150.0M
Worldwide gross$935.5M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $441.6M — 47% of worldwide · International: $493.9M (53%)

Re-release box office

20241,512 theaters
$5.6M($5.9M today)

Domestic gross earned in theatrical re-release, by year · adjusted for inflation

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Shrek 2 - Der tollkühne Held kehrt zurückde

Companies

ProductionDreamWorks Pictures, DreamWorks Animation, PDI DreamWorks

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