Horrible Bosses 2 News
While the first film grossed over $200 million worldwide and received solid reviews, HORRIBLE BOSSES 2 earned just a little over $100 million, and critics weren't thrilled with the follow-up. Jason Bateman talked about the movie's failures during an appearance on the WTF with Marc Maron podcast, and says he knows that people weren't exactly demanding for a sequel. The first one was... Read More...
- Cinema Blend: Jason Bateman Admits People Weren't Exactly Clamoring For Horrible Bosses 2
- Hollywood Reporter: Jason Bateman on 'Horrible Bosses 2' Failure: "The Second One Was Garbage"
- Dark Horizons: Bateman: No-One Wanted "Horrible Bosses 2"
EOB Weekend Box Office Podcast 12/01/2014: "Mockingjay Part 1" on Top & "Horrible Bosses 2" Disappoints
Those Penguins Of Madagascar waddle in secondThis past week, America celebrated Thanksgiving, which usually means slipping into a food coma while relatives squabble on the Thursday before millions brave packed stores and violent fellow shoppers to pick up bargains on Black Friday. The holiday can also act as a boost for Hollywood, as families seek somewhere to sit in darkness and not talk/entertain the kids.
- Long Island Newsday: 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay â Part One' tops box office with $56.9 million
- The Wrap: ‘Hunger Games: Mockingjay’ Fattens Up With $82 Million Thanksgiving Box Office
- Variety: Box Office: ‘Hunger Games’ Rules Thanksgiving, ‘Horrible Bosses 2,’ ‘Penguins’ Fall Short
- Collider: Friday Box Office: MOCKINGJAY PART 1 Soars Over New Thanksgiving Releases
- Digital Spy: Jennifer Lawrence to score UK Top 20 hit with Hunger Games Mockingjay song
- Deadline: ‘Mockingjay’, Holdovers Stay Strong As Turkey Turnstiles Slow – Box Office
- Variety: Box Office: ‘Mockingjay’ Rules Black Friday With $24.1 Million as ‘Horrible Bosses 2’ Stumbles
- Entertainment Weekly: Box office report: ‘Mockingjay’ beats out new releases
- The Wrap: ‘Mockingjay’ is Big Bird at Thanksgiving Box Office With $11.1 Million
- HitFix: Box Office: 'Mockingjay' takes Thanksgiving over 'Penguins'
- HitFix: Box Office: 'Mockingjay' tops newcomers with $24.1 million Friday
- Screen Crush: Weekend Box Office Report: 'Mockingjay' Crushes Thanksgiving Weekend
- USA Today: 'The Hunger Games' wins Thanksgiving
- USA Today: Katniss creeps in 'Hunger Games' bad lip reading
- Filmonic: Box Office: Top 10 Most Successful Jason Bateman Movies
- MTV Movies Blog: Jennifer Lawrence Is Kind Of A Pop Star Now Thanks To Her ‘Mockingjay’ Song
- BoxOfficeMojo: Analysis: 'Mockingjay' Crushes Weak Newcomers on Black Friday
Comedy sequels are not easy to pull off. Unlike the horror, action and sci-fi genres, it's seemingly more difficult to improve upon what made the original film so enjoyable to begin with. While all of those genres are able to up the ante with bigger setpieces, explosions, scares and whantot, a comedy can usually only be funnier than its predecessor (or at least as funny) in order to appease audiences. Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues and Dumb & Dumber To fell short this year, but 22 Jump Street stepped up to the challenge magnificently.
- AintItCool: Capone feels the lovable losers of HORRIBLE BOSSES 2 have lost what made them funny and charming
- Cinema Blend: The Hysterical Horrible Bosses 2 Joke That Never Got Shot
- Deadline: ‘Mockingjay’, ‘Penguins’ & ‘Horrible Bosses 2′ Cook Up T-Giving Box Office
- The Wrap: ‘Horrible Bosses 2' Gets Horrible Reviews: 11 Critics Who Wish They Called in Sick
- Latino Review: Film Review: Horrible Bosses 2
- BoxOfficeMojo: Analysis: Katniss to Fend Off 'Penguins,' 'Bosses' Over Thanksgiving
15 minutes of laughter supposedly burns anywhere between 10 and 40 calories, but critics are suggesting that audiences will get very little exercise if they choose to sit through “Horrible Bosses 2” on Thanksgiving.
The sequel directed by Sean Anders (“That's My Boy”) has been declared “rotten” by the majority of critics aggregated on Rotten Tomatoes.
- Hollywood Reporter: 'Horrible Bosses 2': What the Critics Are Saying
- Hollywood Reporter: In Theaters This Weekend: Reviews of 'Penguins of Madagascar,' 'Horrible Bosses 2' and More
- USA Today: The best critic slams of 'Horrible Bosses 2'
- Entertainment Weekly: EW gets down and dirty with the gang from ‘Horrible Bosses 2′
- Moviefone: 'Horrible Bosses 2' Review: Why the Comedy Sequel Isn't As Horrible As You Might Think
- Vulture: Horrible Bosses 2 Proves That Unnecessary Sequels Are As American As Wealth Inequality
- Variety: Box Office: ‘Horrible Bosses 2′ Scores $1 Million in Tuesday Night Launch
- USA Today: Screening Room: 'Horrible Bosses 2'
- The Wrap: Can ‘Horrible Bosses 2' and ‘Penguins of Madagascar’ Crush Katniss and Co. at Holiday Box Office?
- ScreenRant: Box Office Prediction: ‘Horrible Bosses 2′ vs. ‘Mockingjay – Part 1′
- Film School Rejects: ‘Horrible Bosses 2′ Review: Funny, Foul and Just Familiar Enough
- The Wrap: ‘Horrible Bosses 2' Starts Faster Than Original in Early Screenings
Critics Consensus: The Penguins of Madagascar Is Silly Fun
Horrible Bosses 2 Cast Interview with Andre Hyland from Funny Or Die “Horrible Bosses 2” stars Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis and Charlie Day will once again be doing horrible things to get revenge on an employer when the comedy hits theaters on Friday.
- USA Today: Trailer: 'Horrible Bosses 2'
- USA Today: Charlie Day fires USA TODAY reporter
- Cinema Blend: This Rotten Week: Predicting Horrible Bosses 2 And Penguins Of Madagascar Reviews
- Digital Spy: Horrible Bosses 2 review: More polished brass than comedy gold
- JoBlo: Review: Horrible Bosses 2
Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis and Charlie Day haven't gotten any better in “Horrible Bosses 2,” but they have upped the ante. After getting screwed over by a ruthless businessman, played by Christoph Waltz, they decide to get their revenge by kidnapping his son (Chris Pine).
See video: ‘Horrible Bosses 2' Has Chris Pine Turning the Tables in Latest Trailer
Things take a turn for the horrible when Pine turns the tables and gets involved in the crime himself.
- Hollywood Reporter: New 'Horrible Bosses 2' Trailer Shows Awkward Sex Therapy Session
- We Got This Covered: Chris Pine Fight Clubs Himself In New Horrible Bosses 2 Trailer
- Digital Spy: New Horrible Bosses 2 trailer sees shower buddies reunited
- Vulture: Watch the New Trailer for Horrible Bosses 2
- Dread Central: Crime Doesn’t Pay in How to Rob a House
- Coming Soon: Horrible Bosses 2 Delivers a New Trailer!
- JoBlo: The new Horrible Bosses 2 trailer showcases how to be an awful entrepreneur
- SlashFilm: New ‘Horrible Bosses 2′ Trailer: Shower Buddies And Fight Clubbing
- FirstShowing.net: Watch: Shower Buddies Unite in Third Trailer for 'Horrible Bosses 2'
- HitFix: New 'Horrible Bosses 2' trailer: Sex addiction, Shower Daddies and 'Fightclubbing'
- MovieWeb: Third 'Horrible Bosses 2' Trailer Brings New Footage!
- Screen Crush: 'Horrible Bosses 2′ Trailer: Business Is Hard, Kidnapping Is Harder
- Empire Magazine: New Trailer For Horrible Bosses 2
Sure, we’re knee deep in film festival season with the Telluride Film Festival, the Venice Film Festival and now the Toronto International Film Festival all hitting back-to-back, but that doesn’t mean we’ve lost sight of what’s really important: sequels to terrible studio comedies!
- The Wrap: ‘Horrible Bosses 2' Has Chris Pine Turning the Tables in Latest Trailer (Video)
- FirstShowing.net: Watch: Chris Pine Sits in the Middle in 'Horrible Bosses 2' Full Trailer
- Deadline: Hot Trailer: The Worst Murderers In The World Become The Worst Kidnappers In ‘Horrible Bosses 2′
- AintItCool: There are jokes in this HORRIBLE BOSSES 2 trailer that will make you swear it's a red-band!
- We Got This Covered: New Horrible Bosses 2 Trailer Brings The Laughs
- Entertainment Weekly: The ‘Horrible Bosses’ guys are ‘back for more': See the new trailer and poster
- Cinema Blend: Watch What Jennifer Aniston Will Do For A Foursome In New Horrible Bosses 2 Trailer
- Digital Spy: Jason Sudeikis has fun with ransom note in new Horrible Bosses 2 trailer
- Hollywood Reporter: 'Horrible Bosses 2': Jennifer Aniston Simultaneously Seduces the Trio in New Trailer
- Moviefone: Watch the 'Horrible Bosses 2' Trailer: They're Into Kidnapping Now (VIDEO)
- USA Today: 'Horrible Bosses 2' trailer: The trio tries kidnapping
- Screen Crush: 'Horrible Bosses 2′ Trailer: This Is the Most Absurd Kidnapping Attempt Ever
- Coming Soon: The New Trailer and Poster for Horrible Bosses 2!
- SlashFilm: ‘Horrible Bosses 2′ Trailer and Poster: “The Craziest Criminals I’ve Ever Seen In My Life”
- HitFix: 'Horrible Bosses 2' trailer: Jennifer Aniston is back with more frank sex talk
- JoBlo: Check out the poster and great new trailer for Horrible Bosses 2
- MovieWeb: Full-Length 'Horrible Bosses 2' Trailer Has Arrived!
- Empire Magazine: Latest Trailer For Horrible Bosses 2
The first trailer has arrived online for Horrible Bosses 2 in which Jason Sudeikis, Jason Bateman and Charlie Day return with another hair-brained scheme. This time out, the trio have are starting up a new business, only for Christoph Waltz's slippery investor to pull the rug out from under them, and claim their start-up for his own. Their solution? Kidnap his son (Chris Pine). Simple as that.
- Deadline: Hot Trailer: ‘Horrible Bosses 2′
- Chud: Horrible Bosses 2 has a trailer
- Variety: Watch: ‘Horrible Bosses 2′ Gets First Teaser Trailer
- Entertainment Weekly: Video: ‘Horrible Bosses’ trio returns in sequel trailer #TurnDownForWhat
- Dark Horizons: First Trailer: "Horrible Bosses 2"
- AintItCool: Kidnapping, defacation, and familiar faces in this HORRIBLE BOSSES 2 teaser!
- Cinema Blend: Horrible Bosses 2 Teaser Trailer Reunites The Entire Cast, Tells Us Nothing About The Movie
- We Got This Covered: First Horrible Bosses 2 Trailer Promises A Hilarious, High-Octane Sequel
- Moviefone: The 'Horrible Bosses 2' Trailer Is Exactly as Hilarious as You Wanted It to Be (VIDEO)
- Hollywood Reporter: 'Horrible Bosses 2' Trailer: Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman Flirt Awkwardly (Video)
- Vulture: Horrible Bosses 2 Trailer: Jason Sudeikis, Charlie Day, and Jason Bateman Are Back at It
- Mania: Horrible Bosses 2 Trailer
- Digital Spy: Horrible Bosses 2 receives first teaser trailer - watch video
- Coming Soon: Horrible Bosses 2: Watch the Teaser Trailer for the Sequel!
- HitFix: 'Horrible Bosses 2': Jennifer Aniston pushes your kink boundaries in first trailer
- Empire Magazine: Horrible Bosses 2 Teaser Arrives
- JoBlo: The Horrible Bosses 2 trailer shows that it's good to be bad
- The Wrap: Jennifer Aniston Is Up for More Depravity in ‘Horrible Bosses 2' Trailer (Video)
- Screen Crush: 'Horrible Bosses 2′ Teaser Trailer: The Boys Are Back!
- The Playlist: Watch: Jason Bateman, Charlie Day & Jason Sudeikis Are Back In Debut Trailer For ‘Horrible Bosses 2'
- FirstShowing.net: Bateman, Day & Sudeikis Reunite in 'Horrible Bosses 2' Teaser Trailer
- MovieWeb: 'Horrible Bosses 2' Trailer Reunites Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis
- Movies With Butter: 'Horrible Bosses 2' Trailer: Hangover From the First Movie
- SlashFilm: Horrible Bosses 2 Teaser Trailer: More Of The Same