Now You See Me 2 is the 2016 sequel to the heist thriller film Now You See Me. It follows the Four Horsemen who are forced to stage another performance to avoid being arrested by the FBI. The film was directed by Jon M. Chu and written by Ed Solomon, with many of the original cast returning alongside new members. It began production in 2014 and filmed in various locations before being distributed by Lionsgate and Summit Entertainment. While it received mixed reviews for being formulaic, the film was a box office success, grossing over $334 million worldwide against its $90 million budget.

1. Now You
See Me 2

2. Directed and Written
Now You See Me 2 is a 2016 American
heist thriller film directed by Jon M.
Chu and written by Ed Solomon.
Production
The film was produced by Lionsgate
and Summit Entertainment.

3. Production
On July 3, 2013, after the box office success of the first film, Lionsgate
CEO Jon Feltheimer confirmed that there would be a sequel to the
film, with production beginning in 2014 for an unspecified release
date.
In September 2014, it was confirmed that Jon M. Chu would replace
Louis Leterrier as director. On October 2, 2014, Michael Caine
confirmed in an interview that Daniel Radcliffe would be playing his
son in the film, and that shooting is expected to begin in December in
London.
In October 2014, it was announced that Isla Fisher would be unable
to reprise her role as Henley Reeves due to her pregnancy, and Lizzy
Caplan was cast as new character Lula to replace her as the Fourth
Horseman.

4. The sequel was thought to be titled Now You See Me: Now You Don't, but
it was announced in November 2014 that the film had changed its title to
Now You See Me: The Second Act.
On January 28, 2015, Henry Lloyd-Hughes was confirmed to play the role
of a tech whiz kid named Allen Scott-Frank.
On December 22, 2014, it was reported that Morgan Freeman was not
going to reprise his role as Thaddeus Bradley, but on January 19, 2015, film
director Chu posted a selfie with Freeman on his Instagram, verifying that
he would return.

5. Filming
On November 25, 2014, Mark
Ruffalo posted to his Facebook that
filming had begun on the sequel, as
the film was shooting in London,
England. On March 11, 2015,
shooting began in China, where
filming took place in Macau and the
Macau Science Centre , and ended
on May 12, 2015 in New York City.

6. Director talks about how he
created those truly electric
scene
• “We’re using little lipstick cameras. We’re
going through shirts and jackets, making things
large so that bigger cameras could go through
things that look like bigger shirts and jackets,”
Chu told io9. “We’re doing little CG touches.
We were doing choreography with the
Steadicam where we’re using our a7S [camera].
Or we’re using our GoPros . We’re using our
drones. We had like, four different types of
drones.”

7. Special Effects
Blind (computer graphics)
Frame store (visual effects)
Cine site (visual effects)
Blue Bolt (visual effects)
Exceptional Minds (additional visual
effects)
Synaptic Studios (additional visual
effects)
Third Floor, The (visualization)
Sample & Hold (cyber scanning)
Motion Associates (LiDAR scanning)
Lidar Lounge (LiDAR scanning)
Mark Roberts Motion Control
(motion control)

8. Distribution
Total Lifetime Grosses
Domestic: $65,075,540 19.4%
+ Foreign: $269,825,797 80.6%
= Worldwide: $334,901,337
Domestic Summary
Opening Weekend: $22,383,146
(#3 rank, 3,232 theaters, $6,925 average)
% of Total Gross: 34.4%
> View All 11 Weekends
Widest Release: 3,232 theaters
Close Date: August 25, 2016
In Release: 77 days / 11 weeks

9. BY COUNTRY | BY WEEKEND
FOREIGN TOTAL 6/2/16 $2,119,525 0.8% $269,825,797 N/A
Argentina 8/18/16 $347,574 38.4% $905,772 10/9/16
Australia 6/2/16 $2,113,972 30.4% $6,943,961 8/7/16
Austria 8/25/16 $153,296 21.3% $720,418 10/2/16
Bahrain 6/16/16 - - $509,560 8/7/16
Belgium 7/27/16 $737,419 33.1% $2,230,356 10/30/16
Bolivia 7/7/16 $21,282 39.1% $54,488 9/11/16
Brazil 6/9/16 $2,253,633 29% $7,759,032 9/11/16
Bulgaria 6/10/16 - - $341,827 9/11/16
Cambodia 6/17/16 - - $59,500 7/17/16
Chile 6/30/16 $341,024 26% $1,310,728 9/11/16
China 6/24/16 $44,378,160 45.7% $97,115,220 7/24/16
Colombia 6/30/16 $663,182 29.1% $2,280,778 8/28/16
Croatia 6/16/16 - - $331,294 9/25/16
Czech Republic 6/16/16 $117,700 20.6% $572,633 8/28/16
Denmark 6/16/16 $263,414 26.9% $978,333 9/11/16
Country
Release
Date
Opening
Wknd
% of
Total
Total Gross / As Of

10. Ecuador 7/22/16 $170,258 28.6% $595,557 8/28/16
Egypt 7/13/16 $132,624 20.9% $635,094 9/4/16
Estonia 6/17/16 - - $284,302 8/28/16
Finland 6/8/16 $136,298 16.2% $842,984 10/9/16
France 7/27/16 $5,176,591 34.4% $15,058,312 10/16/16
Germany 8/25/16 $767,772 26.2% $2,935,447 10/23/16
Greece 6/9/16 - - $512,932 9/11/16
Hong Kong 6/8/16 $1,784,889 44.9% $3,974,103 9/11/16
Hungary 6/9/16 - - $1,187,825 10/2/16
Iceland 7/14/16 $42,015 34.7% $121,046 9/4/16
India 6/17/16 $596,391 43.8% $1,363,029 9/11/16
Israel 6/9/16 - - $1,140,928 10/16/16
Italy 6/8/16 $1,060,048 32.8% $3,227,428 8/28/16
Japan 9/1/16 $1,885,164 36% $5,243,239 12/4/16
Jordan 7/5/16 - - $252,446 8/21/16
Latvia 6/10/16 - - $283,858 9/4/16
Lebanon 7/5/16 $121,363 34.3% $354,108 8/21/16
Lithuania 6/10/16 $41,222 26.1% $157,922 9/4/16
Malaysia 6/16/16 - - $2,795,235 9/11/16
Mexico 7/22/16 $3,636,159 33.6% $10,823,214 9/25/16
Netherlands 6/9/16 $490,595 22.3% $2,201,945 9/11/16
New Zealand 6/9/16 $308,484 33.9% $909,833 8/28/16
Norway 6/17/16 $88,666 21% $422,539 9/11/16

11. Oman 6/16/16 - - $115,128 7/31/16
Pakistan 6/17/16 - - $141,899 9/11/16
Panama 7/14/16 - - $368,220 9/11/16
Paraguay 8/25/16 - - $20,863 10/2/16
Peru 6/29/16 $393,602 25.6% $1,536,873 9/11/16
Philippines 6/8/16 - - $2,162,443 9/11/16
Poland 7/8/16 $753,499 22.9% $3,297,379 9/25/16
Portugal 6/16/16 $273,130 19.3% $1,418,782 9/11/16
Qatar 6/16/16 - - $395,250 7/31/16
Romania 6/17/16 $289,154 26.8% $1,077,521 9/18/16
Russia - CIS 6/9/16 $7,116,826 41% $17,357,569 10/9/16
Serbia & Montenegro 6/16/16 - - $100,034 9/4/16
Singapore 6/16/16 $920,446 37.6% $2,445,503 9/11/16
Slovakia 6/16/16 $105,720 24.6% $430,380 9/11/16
Slovenia 6/16/16 $19,740 18.9% $104,515 9/25/16
South Africa 6/10/16 $118,521 16.3% $728,121 7/31/16
South Korea 7/13/16 $8,013,968 36.9% $21,711,248 9/4/16
Spain 7/22/16 $1,152,959 20.9% $5,504,161 9/25/16
Sweden 6/15/16 $278,423 27.4% $1,017,670 9/11/16
Switzerland 6/8/16 - - $1,721,827 10/23/16
Taiwan 6/8/16 - - $6,265,817 8/7/16
Thailand 6/9/16 $1,390,417 50% $2,778,430 7/17/16
Turkey 6/10/16 $376,119 12.7% $2,962,006 9/18/16
Ukraine 6/9/16 - - $1,018,171 9/4/16
United Arab Emirates 6/16/16 $827,968 26.8% $3,085,188 9/11/16
United Kingdom 7/4/16 $3,912,308 49.8% $7,858,234 10/9/16
Uruguay 6/23/16 $39,155 18.1% $216,037 9/11/16
Venezuela 7/1/16 $51,899 10.1% $514,811 8/28/16
Vietnam 6/10/16 - - $1,797,922 9/4/16

12. Posters

13. The first posters were a series of
character one-sheets that put all
the new and returning characters
in a glass mirrored room to create
the sense of illusion. There’s not
much to the posters outside of
that, with the title appearing as
“NYSM2” (which seems like a
hashtag more than anything) and
the promise that it’s “reappearing”
on June 10.

14. Another set of character one-sheets came
next that took more of an artistic bent,
presenting the members of the Four
Horsemen in images that look like promo
posters from the late 19th/early 20th
century. They all give off a “carnival
sideshow” vibe and are pretty cool.
Finally there was a theatrical one-sheet
that brought together the whole cast,
placing them in a maze of cards. It’s a lot
of fun and works, in case there was any
doubt, to set the story in the world of
magic. It also helps to convey the same
loose, jazzy kind of tone and attitude that
made the first movie such fun. “You
haven’t seen anything yet,” promises the
copy toward the bottom, acknowledging
that yes, this is a sequel.

15. Three more character posters came out
later that grouped all the main characters
in various ways. So the Four Horsemen
appear on one, Caine, Radcliffe and Cho
on another and Freeman and Ruffalo on
the third. The various settings of the
movie’s story are hinted at by the
transparent nature of the rooms the
actors are standing in, showing the
background of London and so on.

16. Now you see me 2 trailer was launched on 16 March 2016 and later they
started to promote on social media and merged with few companies too.
Partners included:
BMW Motorrad : BMW provided cars for movie .
Fantasma Magic: Created a movie-themed set of beginner magic tricks to get
you up to speed.
The Venetian: The movie shot in part at the hotel.
Sands Resort: Same as above.
Theory11: Created a set of special edition movie-themed playing cards which
are, presumably, perfect for your magic trick needs.
There were also plenty of online ads run that used various versions of the key
art. And with so many posters on outdoor billboard ; they also promoted
posts and profiles on Twitter and Facebook, so there was a significant social
ad spend too.

17. Awards
Golden Trailer Awards 2016
Nominate:
Golden Trailer Summer 2016 Blockbuster
Lionsgate
AV Squad
Teen Choice Awards 2016
Nominated
Teen Choice Award Choice Summer Movie
Choice Summer Movie Star: Male
Dave Franco
Choice Summer Movie Star: Female
Lizzy Caplan

18. Jason’s review on now you see me 2
The Horsemen are back with their second magic act in Now You
See Me 2. Director Jon M. Chu follow-up sequel to the original
2013 movie has its moments of shining, offering up a breezy
feature of magical tricks a plenty and a great cast. Unfortunately,
while entertaining, the film is a shallow endeavor, playing with the
“same old tricks” as the first installment with a befuddled plot,
thinly cutout caricatures, and a sort of “deja vu” premise.
Personally, the movie was just okay (a bit predictable and
formulaic) and didn’t really warrant a theatrical sequel. Unless
you were a die-hard fan of the first movie, Now You See Me 2 is
best viewed as a rental. With tricks, magic, and a heist plot
device returning again with a shell of a script, this second go-
round with “The Horsemen” is underwhelming and unnecessary.