Futurama 2 (film)

Futurama 2 (also known as Futurama 2: The Second Experiment in some European countries) is a 2003 American animated action science-fiction film produced by Buddy Studios, 20th Century Animation and The Curiosity Company, and distributed by 20th Century Studios. The film is directed by David X. Cohen and Matt Groening, produced by Lewis Morton, J. Stewart Burns, Patric M. Verrone, Jason Grode, Claudia Katz and Brian J. Cowan, and is based on the animated sitcom of the same name by Cohen and Groening. Like the first movie, it stars the voices of Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Tress MacNeille, Maurice LaMarche, Lauren Tom, Phil LaMarr, David Herman, Frank Walker, Kath Soucie, Dawnn Lewis, Dan Castellaneta, Sarah Silverman, Bumper Robinson, Coolio and Phil Hendrie.

After the 3rd season of Futurama was officially finished in 2002, David and Matt, the creators of Futurama, announced the production of Futurama 2. Production officially began in June of 2002, with Cohen and Groening directing the film. The film was produced was on a $105 million budget, 1.5x more than the original film's budget. The film was theatrically released on August 1, 2003 in the United States and Canada, and August 4 in other territories.

The film received critical acclaim, with many critics claiming it was a massive improvement over its predecessor. The film grossed over $1.194 billion worldwide, out-grossing the original film's box office performances, which was $935 million, and the film became the highest grossing film of 2003, overtaking The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.