british comedy film sequel based sitcom written directed series creators film involves school friends meet holiday australia stars media interviews film writers actors stated end series released august united_kingdom positive reception critics surpassed record predecessor highest gross opening day comedy million ended weekend gross million largest opening film remained second week overall gross million highest grossing british film domestic market august released australia mixed reception topped box office opening weekend plot jay broken events film simon unhappy girlfriend obsessive abusive simon depressed university working bank jay taking gap year australia claiming popular night club lives luxury mansion daily sex multiple partners convinces visit australia easter holidays arrive club find jay fact works toilet attendant meets old friend private school days persuades join day travel youth wants follow attempts friends ben unsuccessful quickly tourist traveller struggles fit spiritual activities travellers discovers seeing multiple people launching foul leads having sex ben boys visit water park jay intends find girlfriend jane park staff tell jay jane found new job vast leaves jay feeling tells simon jane working stud farm remote settlement boys intend drive car runs petrol middle desert group hold hands realise likely die rescued jane workers realises far jay came win touched gesture jay uncle house boys find parents travelled find hearing near death experience boys shocked find gilbert old head sixth form nemesis mother announces gilbert relationship horror amusement friends breaks simon relationship university best friend pete simon responds cheering abruptly hanging boys decide travel vietnam montage film credits return england begins relationship travellers mother reveals gilbert engaged attempts run plane wrestled ground security cast scenes cut final version production origin originally intended ending television series unexpected popularity box office success led speculation possibility sequel rumours began early september film cinemas denied writers actors time producer openly recognised possibility film based series claiming sequel come creative elements talked short term people things sure medium term sequel possible won immediate definitely closed writer later admitted didn know successful life screen translate big screen characters people care rare cinema idea following insane people actors mixed emotions making sequel thomas felt success film harrison bird convinced reading script received inspiration film experiences high school exchange student australia describing place people drunk pick fruit drunk development august announced sequel early stages pre production november announced series creators morris script written version announced signed sequel planning stage possibly set australia released august sequel officially confirmed release august series facebook page revealed march sequel released august teaser trailer released characters drive fire second trailer time length released official facebook page june showing storyline filming filming began australia december moving january film shot isolated settlement mobile reception internet director film involved film man morris directed bird said actors initially absence nervous direction morris lack experience position morris considered filming australian scenes south_africa comparatively high costs australia despite higher budget caused sequel fewer resources predecessor locations film minutes hotel locations second separated hour flight hour car journey filming australian crew provided doctors litres fluid point doctor called thought having heart attack reality chips considered choice film film water park scenes filmed wet thomas described challenging scenes asked felt material film perceived offence morris said crew attitude let shoot push feels like watching pull editing room release film premiered leicester square london august attendance guests including australia distributed released august company took film new_zealand week later box office grossed million opening day august surpassing predecessor grossing opening day comedy film end weekend topped box office gross million surpassing age extinction million largest opening million opening topped box office second week grossed million week fell second spot new release opening week australia film grossed million australian dollars topping box office pushing guardians galaxy second place fell second place second week guardians galaxy returning spot october film united_kingdom australia new_zealand overall gross million highest grossing british irish film domestic market ahead million highest grossing film ireland battle armies critical reception thirty reviews surveyed review aggregator rotten_tomatoes reviews positive metacritic film rating based critics indicating mixed average reviews united_kingdom daily_telegraph gave film stars saying biggest compliment pay film apart large funny film like smoothly plot gross moments staged ceremony action movie set piece guardian gave film stars found fault treatment female characters saying abundant thought gags diverted developing boys female counterparts lust objects unlike found resemble television film film number resemblance primetime complete ready interiors couldn vehicles transporting wider world display slightly ambition empire magazine gave film stars leave soaked sun burned high familiar flaws real contender year funniest film star negative review came birmingham mail found film humour repetitive directed sequel lacks emotional arc create momentum yes funny laugh endless phrases sex countless face sight gags characters turn mood like cuban fury sic earlier year takes funny premise ruins writing observer gave film stars british comedy favourite holiday resulting rampant ironic rampant rampant irony old carry staple horror sex especially predicted record film financial success time gave film star saying contempt characters audience notably entire female gender film away depicting women dumb ball frankly unbelievable australia australia film critic gave said don expect deep underlying narrative bunch teenagers dumb things entertained foremost shocked easy given movies watch pushes envelope lot expected highly recommend seeing film packed cinema audience reactions hilarious wrote mixed review stating film takes long time going silly establishment concluded genuine affection filmmakers portray characters consequence level offence degree gave film stars calling biggest simpsons invaded australia shores opining film slightly female leads previous efforts concluded scene chase challenges mantle best water gag gave film star criticised casting describing main characters supposed aged played look plus carry found film saying manner women spoken depicted mixed review sydney morning herald concluded australian elements hastily inserted incidental movie set country water park place lost hymn male bonding exploration comic possibilities happens hits water slide precisely crafted assured piece work home media released dvd blu ray united_kingdom december dvd edition including film released time dvd featured audio commentaries morris lead actors addition scenes deleted scenes reel film release home media sponsored offered prize holiday australian state queensland legacy premiere august bird said film interview bbc thomas said morris adamant series finished stars added bond think stupid thing waste don bond performers valuable thing interview asked series finished creators answered simultaneous yes morris expressed think time right film wanted hear jay simon time feel jay world added end story felt like time start living adult life think film takes point media outlets blamed increase deliberate swimming pools distress guests linked known logging code brown scene akin film
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