Computeropolis 2

Computeropolis 2 is a 2007 American computer-animated science fiction action-comedy film produced by Universal Feature Animation for Universal Pictures. The tenth animated feature in the Universal Animated Features canon, it was directed by Audel LaRoque from a screenplay by Thomas Lennon, LaRoque, and Mike Reiss, and a story by LaRoque, Michael Wildshill, Lennon, Karey Kirkpatrick, and Reiss. It is the sequel to 2004's Computeropolis, and takes place two years after the first film, with Peri Dazz now being 16 years old. It focuses on Peri and the gang entering a multiplayer virtual reality online world, during which Peri finds love. Soon, Computeropolis plunges into chaos when a mysterious gang of hackers try to hijack Peri's computer and take over the cyber city.

Development of the film began shortly after the success of the original Computeropolis in 2004. LaRoque, who directed the first film, agreed to return to direct the sequel, after he was no longer directing Universal's cancelled animated film adaptation of Big Hero 6, which had been abandoned due to story problems. LaRoque and the story team developed the plot for the sequel over a weekend in November 2004. The original voice cast of the first film — Jesse McCartney, David Spade, Dan Fogler, David Hyde Pierce, Jodi Benson, Jon Lovitz, and Jennifer Tilly — reprised their roles, joined by Sarah Silverman, Chris Pine, Eddie Izzard, and Brian Stepanek. John Debney and Heitor Pereira also returned to compose the original score for the sequel. It was the last film produced by Universal Feature Animation before the studio was renamed Universal Animation Studios.

Computeropolis 2 premiered on June 21, 2007 at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, and was released in the United States on July 6, 2007. It was an immediate critical and commercial success, earning over $953 million worldwide on its $77 million budget, making it the highest-grossing animated film of 2007, the second highest-grossing film of the year, and the eleventh highest-grossing animated film of all time; it was the highest-grossing film from Universal Animation until Paradoria surpassed it in 2015. It was followed by Computeropolis 3 on March 5, 2010.