"Pitch Perfect 2" grossed $184.2 million in North America and $103.2 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $287.5 million, against an estimated gross production budget of $29-31 million, and the film was offered up to $8.9 million in production incentives and write-offs by the state of Louisiana.In its first five days, the film surpassed the total gross of the original ($115.4 million), and also overtook "School of Rock" ($131.3 million) for the highest grossing musical-comedy of all-time and the second greatest musical debut ever (behind "Beauty and the Beast"'s $174.8 million in 2017).