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{{Infobox film
| name           = Hotel Transylvania 2
| image          = Hotel Transylvania 2 poster.jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Genndy Tartakovsky]]
| producer       = Michelle Murdocca
| writer         = {{Plainlist|
* [[Robert Smigel]]
* [[Adam Sandler]]
}}
| based_on       = {{Based on|[[List of Hotel Transylvania characters|Characters]]|[[Todd Durham]]}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|<!-- Per poster billing block -->
* Adam Sandler
* [[Andy Samberg]]
* [[Selena Gomez]]
* [[Kevin James]]
* [[David Spade]]
* [[Steve Buscemi]]
* [[Keegan-Michael Key]]
* [[Molly Shannon]]
* [[Fran Drescher]]
* [[Mel Brooks]]
}}
| music          = [[Mark Mothersbaugh]]<ref name="film-music-reporter-mark">{{cite news |title=Mark Mothersbaugh to Return for ''Hotel Transylvania 2'' |url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2015/03/03/mark-mothersbaugh-to-return-for-hotel-transylvania-2 |access-date=March 4, 2015 |work=Film Music Reporter |date=March 3, 2015}}</ref>
| editing        = Catherine Apple<ref>{{cite web|title=Artists – Catherine Apple|url=http://www.sonypicturesanimation.com/about.php?p=artists&a=0|publisher=Sony Pictures Animation|access-date=August 20, 2015|archive-date=December 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215121312/http://www.sonypicturesanimation.com/about.php?p=artists&a=0|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| studio         = {{Plainlist|
* [[Columbia Pictures]]
* [[Sony Pictures Animation]]<ref name=VarietyReview>{{cite news|last1=Schager|first1=Nick|title=Film Review: 'Hotel Transylvania 2'|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/reviews/hotel-transylvania-2-film-review-1201600848/|access-date=September 26, 2015|work=Variety|date=September 24, 2015}}</ref>
* [[LStar Capital]]
* [[MRC (company)|MRC]]<ref>{{cite web |title=mrcentertainment.com |url=https://www.mrcentertainment.com/category/film |access-date=November 15, 2020 |archive-date=January 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109121658/https://www.mrcentertainment.com/category/film |url-status=dead }}</ref>
}}
| distributor    = [[Sony Pictures Releasing]]
| released       = {{Film date|2015|09|25}}
| runtime        = 89 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 89:09--><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/hotel-transylvania-2-film | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927115135/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/hotel-transylvania-2-film | url-status=dead | archive-date=September 27, 2015 | title=''HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2'' [2D] (U) | work=[[British Board of Film Classification]] | date=September 10, 2015 | access-date=September 10, 2015}}</ref>
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $80&nbsp;million<ref name="proj">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/09/the-intern-transylvania-hotel-2-green-inferno-everest-box-office-preview-1201544164/|title=Families To Crowd 'Hotel Transylvania 2' As Females Date 'The Intern' & Adults Trek To 'Everest' – Box Office Preview|author=Anthony D'Alessandro|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=September 22, 2015|access-date=September 23, 2015}}</ref>
| gross          = $474.8&nbsp;million<ref name="BOM">{{cite Box Office Mojo |id=2510894 |title=Hotel Transylvania 2 |access-date=March 4, 2021}}</ref>
}}
'''''Hotel Transylvania 2''''' is a 2015 American animated [[monster movie|monster]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Genndy Tartakovsky]] and written by [[Robert Smigel]] and [[Adam Sandler]]. Produced by [[Columbia Pictures]] and [[Sony Pictures Animation]], it is the second installment in the [[Hotel Transylvania|''Hotel Transylvania'' franchise]] and the sequel to [[Hotel Transylvania (film)|the 2012 film]]. Sandler, [[Andy Samberg]], [[Selena Gomez]], [[Kevin James]], [[David Spade]], [[Steve Buscemi]], [[Molly Shannon]] and [[Fran Drescher]] reprise their roles from the first film, with [[Keegan-Michael Key]] and [[Mel Brooks]] joining the cast.

The film takes place several years after the events of the first film. Mavis and Johnny have a young son named Dennis, whose lack of any vampire abilities worries both Mavis and his maternal grandfather Dracula for differing reasons. When the couple travel to Johnny's hometown in Santa Cruz, California, Drac calls his friends to help him make Dennis a vampire, much to Mavis's dismay.

''Hotel Transylvania 2'' was released theatrically on September 25, 2015, by [[Sony Pictures Releasing]]. The film received mixed reviews and grossed $474 million worldwide on an $80 million budget. It won a [[2016 Kids' Choice Awards|Kids' Choice Award]] for Favorite Animated Movie. A further sequel, ''[[Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation]]'', was released in 2018.

==Plot==
Sometime after the events of [[Hotel Transylvania (film)|the first film]], [[Hotel Transylvania characters#Mavis|Mavis]] and [[Hotel Transylvania characters#Jonathan (Johnny)|Johnny]] are finally married, with the approval of her father [[Count Dracula]]. One year after the wedding, Mavis reveals to Drac that she is pregnant and later gives birth to a baby boy whom the couple name Dennis, nicknamed “Denisovich” by Dracula.

As Dennis's fifth birthday nears, he has yet to grow his fangs and Drac worries that his grandson might not gain vampire powers. Noticing the potential dangers her son might face living in [[Transylvania]], Mavis starts to consider moving to Johnny's hometown in [[California]] in order to give Dennis a more “normal” childhood, much to Drac's disapproval. Drac tells Johnny, who does not want to leave the hotel either, to bring Mavis to California to visit his parents, Mike and Linda, but to make sure to keep her distracted and not too happy so that she will not move, leaving Drac to "babysit" Dennis.

Convinced that Dennis is a "late fanger", Drac enlists his friends [[Frankenstein's monster|Frank]], [[Werewolf|Wayne]], [[Griffin (The Invisible Man)|Griffin]], [[Mummy (undead)|Murray]], and [[The Blob|Blobby]] to help train Dennis to become a vampire, but every attempt that some of them try fails. Drac and the gang then go to Camp Winnepacaca, Dracula's childhood summer camp, only to sneak away after Drac finds out that the camp has become much safer and child-friendly. Drac attempts to hurl Dennis from a tall, unstable tower to pressure the boy's transformation into a bat, but he fails to transform and Drac flies down and rescues him at the last second. Afterwards, Frank ends up loosening the tower and it collapses onto the campfire setting both the tower and a screaming Frank on fire as he runs through all the buildings, setting the entire camp on fire.

Meanwhile, in California, Mavis enjoys exploring the more human world. When she and Johnny arrive at Linda and Mike's house, Linda unsuccessfully attempts to make Mavis feel more comfortable by covering her room with spooky, [[Halloween]] decorations and inviting other monster/human couples over. Feeling like a stranger, Mavis retreats up to the roof, and Johnny tells her that if they stay together, Dennis will live normally, persuading her to stay at the hotel. However, Johnny then discovers a video of Dennis falling that was filmed by the campers, and he and an enraged Mavis go back to Transylvania, with Drac and his friends reaching the hotel at the same time. Mavis berates her father for putting Dennis in danger and failing to let humans into his heart, by showing him a pop remix video the campers made of Dennis' fall from the tower, Drac arguing with the staff and calling Mavis crazy. She also says that they will move out of the hotel after Dennis' 5th birthday party.

The night before the party, Drac hosts Johnny's family, and finds out that Mavis invited his father [[Vlad II Dracul|Vlad]]. As Vlad is more hateful of humans than he was, Drac tells Johnny to have his family disguise themselves as monsters. The next day, Vlad arrives with his monstrous bat-like servant [[Bela Lugosi|Bela]] and meets Dennis for the first time. Believing that fear will cause Dennis' fangs to sprout, Vlad possesses a stage performer, named Brandon, dressed as Dennis' favorite TV monster Kakie to scare him, but when Drac sees Dennis too scared of the possessed Kakie, Drac shields his frightened grandson at the last moment realising that it was not worth it and frees Kakie from Vlad's control over the performer. Mavis mistakenly believes that Drac was responsible for the ruse, and while the family argues about whether or not Dennis could be happy in California, an upset Dennis flees the hotel and enters the forest, being followed by Wayne's daughter [[Hotel Transylvania characters#Winnie|Winnie]], whom had a mutual crush on him.

Irritated with Vlad, Johnny and his family reveal themselves, and an irate Vlad reprimands Drac for accepting humans before Drac rightfully tells off Vlad that he's a fool for not accepting Dennis as family just for being half human, reconciling with Mavis. Upon hearing that Dennis is a human, Bela attacks him and Winnie in their treehouse and abducts them. When Bela injures Winnie and threatens to destroy the hotel, Dennis' anger causes him to instantly grow his fangs and develop his vampire abilities, and he bashes up Bela. A furious Bela calls his giant-bat minions, but Drac, Johnny, Mavis, Dennis, and the rest of the monsters team up to defeat Bela's minions and drive them away, while Bela is shrunk by Vlad after making an attempt to kill Johnny. Vlad has been won over by Drac's claim that humans now coexist peacefully. With Dennis finally embracing his vampire abilities, Drac happily convinces Johnny and Mavis to continue raising him in Transylvania, and they resume the party with his friends and family.

==Voice cast==
{{main|List of Hotel Transylvania characters}}
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| footer            = '''Top''': [[Adam Sandler]], [[Andy Samberg]] and [[Selena Gomez]] voices Count Dracula, Johnny Loughran and Mavis
'''Middle''': [[Kevin James]], [[Steve Buscemi]] and [[Keegan-Michael Key]] voices Frankenstein, Wayne and Murray
'''Bottom''': [[David Spade]], [[Nick Offerman]], [[Megan Mullally]] and [[Mel Brooks]] voices Griffin, Mike Loughran, Linda Loughran and Vlad
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{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* [[Adam Sandler]] as [[Count Dracula|Count "Drac" Dracula]], a [[vampire]], Mavis's father, Johnny's father-in-law, and Dennis's maternal grandfather who owns the hotel.
* [[Asher Blinkoff]] as Dennis Dracula-Loughran, Mavis and Johnny's [[dhampir]] son, and Dracula's grandson.
** [[Sunny Sandler]] as baby Dennis 
* [[Selena Gomez]] as Mavis Dracula-Loughran, Johnny's vampire wife, Dennis's mother, and daughter of Count Dracula and his late wife Martha.
* [[Andy Samberg]] as Jonathan "Johnny" Loughran, Mavis's human husband, Dennis's father, and son-in-law of Dracula.
* [[Mel Brooks]] as Vlad, an ancient vampire, Dracula's father, Mavis's paternal grandfather, and Dennis's great-grandfather.<ref name="USA Today">{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2014/11/25/mel-brooks-hotel-transylvania-2-movie-sneak-peek/19193423 |title=Mel Brooks checks in for ''Hotel Transylvania 2'' |author=Brian Truitt |date=November 25, 2014 |work=[[USA Today]] |access-date=November 26, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Kevin James]] as [[Frankenstein's monster|Frankenstein]],<ref name="USA Today" /> one of Dracula's best friends who acts as an uncle to Mavis and mostly hangs out with Murray.
* [[Steve Buscemi]] as Wayne, a [[werewolf]] who is one of Dracula's best friends and Wanda's husband.<ref name="USA Today" />
* [[Keegan-Michael Key]] as Murray, a short, fat [[Mummy (undead)|mummy]] who is one of Dracula's best friends and mostly hangs out with Frankenstein.<ref name="USA Today" /> He was previously voiced by [[CeeLo Green]] in [[Hotel Transylvania (film)|the first film]].
* [[David Spade]] as [[Griffin (The Invisible Man)|Griffin the Invisible Man]], one of Dracula's best friends.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/24dffi/david_spade_talks_about_his_fake_problems_ama |title=David Spade talks about his fake problems. AMA. : IAmA |publisher=Reddit |quote=I think the next thing I'm doing is the voice in ''Hotel Transylvania 2'', I thought that movie came out really well and especially Adam and Selena Gomez did a very good job with it. It was a very sweet, funny movie. The next one comes out next year. And there's talk of a ''Grown Ups 3'' next winter. |date=April 30, 2014 |access-date=July 13, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Sadie Sandler]] as Winnie, Wayne and Wanda's werewolf daughter and Dennis's best friend/love interest.
* [[Megan Mullally]] as Linda Loughran, Johnny's mother,<ref name=PeopleOffermanMullally /> Mavis's mother-in-law, and Dennis' paternal grandmother.
* [[Nick Offerman]] as Michael "Mike" Loughran, Johnny's father,<ref name=PeopleOffermanMullally>{{cite news|last1=Sokmensuer|first1=Harriet|title=Hotel Transylvania 2 Costars Nick Offerman and Wife Megan Mullally: Who's Funnier? Here's What He Says|url=http://www.people.com/article/nick-offerman-wife-megan-mullally-hotel-transylvania-2|access-date=June 17, 2015|work=People|date=June 16, 2015}}</ref> Mavis's father-in-law, and Dennis' paternal grandfather.
* [[Rob Riggle]] as [[Bela Lugosi|Bela]],<ref name=BFIHT2>{{cite web|title=Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/561898b341c64|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151226150800/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/561898b341c64|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 26, 2015|publisher=British Film Institute|access-date=October 14, 2015}}</ref> Vlad's vampire bat monster servant. Riggle was previously the voice of the Skeleton Husband from the first film.
* [[Dana Carvey]] as Dana,<ref name=BFIHT2 /> the vampire camp director at Camp Winnepacaca.
* [[Molly Shannon]] as Wanda, a werewolf, Wayne's heavily pregnant wife and Eunice's best friend.<ref name=AMHT2Teaser>{{cite news|last1=McLean|first1=Tom|title=Sony Unmasks 'Hotel Transylvania 2' Teaser|url=http://www.animationmagazine.net/features/sony-unmasks-hotel-transylvania-2-teaser/|access-date=May 24, 2015|work=Animation Magazine|date=March 12, 2015}}</ref>
* [[Fran Drescher]] as Eunice, Frankenstein's wife and Wanda's best friend.<ref name="USA Today" />
* [[Chris Kattan]] as Kakie,<ref name=BFIHT2 /> a cake monster from Dennis' favorite television series.
* [[Jon Lovitz]] as [[Erik (The Phantom of the Opera)|Erik, the Phantom of the Opera]] and the hotel's residential musician.<ref name=BFIHT2 /> Lovitz was previously the voice of [[Quasimodo]] in [[Hotel Transylvania (film)|the first film]].
* [[Luenell]] as a [[shrunken head]].
* [[Paul Brittain]] as Pandragora, an easygoing monster with tentacled hair that lives in Santa Cruz.
* [[Nick Swardson]] as Kelsey, a bearded man who is Mike and Linda's neighbor.
* [[Chris Parnell]] as [[The Fly (George Langelaan)|Fly]], Hotel Transylvania's fitness instructor.
* [[Doug Dale]] as Kal, a Mini-Mart worker in Santa Cruz.
* [[Jared Sandler]] as a tourist driver}}

==Production==
===Development===
[[File:Genndy Tartakovsky 2015.jpg|thumb|190px|Director Genndy Tartakovsky at the 2015 [[Annecy International Animated Film Festival]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=King|first1=Darryn|title=Annecy Will Host Genndy Tartakovsky, Masaaki Yuasa, 'Zootopia' Directors, Richard Williams|url=http://www.cartoonbrew.com/events/annecy-will-host-genndy-tartakovsky-masaaki-yuasa-zootopia-directors-richard-williams-112497.html|website=Cartoon Brew|access-date=October 24, 2015|date=April 30, 2015}}</ref>]]
Director [[Genndy Tartakovsky]] commented about the possibility of the sequel in October 2012, "Everyone is talking about it, but we haven't started writing it. There are a lot of fun ideas we could totally play with. It's a ripe world."<ref>{{cite news |last=Alexander |first=Bryan |title=New Bigfoot sighting in ''Hotel Transylvania'' short film |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2012/10/24/hotel-transylvania-goodnight-mr-foot/1649599 |access-date=October 26, 2012 |newspaper=USA Today |date=October 24, 2012}}</ref> The next month it was announced that a sequel had been greenlit, and was scheduled for release on September 25, 2015.<ref name="EWSequel">{{cite news |last=Schou |first=Solvej |title=''Hotel Transylvania 2'' scheduled for 2015 release |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2012/11/09/hotel-transylvania-sequel-2015?iid=sr-link3 |access-date=November 22, 2012 |newspaper=Entertainment Weekly |date=November 9, 2012}}</ref> On March 12, 2014, it was announced that Tartakovsky would return to direct the sequel, even though he was originally too busy due to his developing an adaptation of ''[[Popeye#Feature films|Popeye]]'',<ref name="A113Popeye2015">{{cite news |last=Jardine |first=William |title=Sony Pushes Genndy Tartakovsky's Popeye Back to 2015 |url=http://www.a113animation.com/2013/05/genndy-tartakovsky-popeye-delayed-to-2015.html |access-date=May 22, 2013 |newspaper=A113Animation |date=May 17, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Deadline">{{cite news |title=Sony Animation Shelves ''Smurfs 3'' For New Origin Tale in Franchise Reboot |url=https://deadline.com/2014/03/smurfs-origin-movie-replacing-smurfs-3-sony-kelly-asbury-697851/ |access-date=March 12, 2014 |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=March 12, 2014}}</ref> which would later get shelved.

[[CeeLo Green]] did not reprise the role of Murray the Mummy for the sequel after he was charged for giving a woman [[MDMA|ecstasy]] in July 2012<ref>{{Cite web |last=Renshaw |first=David |date=2015-08-03 |title=CeeLo Green apologises for rape tweets, says he wanted to call new album 'Girl Power' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/cee-lo-green-4-1225729 |access-date=2022-12-12 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Grow |first=Kory |date=2013-10-21 |title=Why Is CeeLo Being Prosecuted? |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/cee-lo-green-charged-with-giving-a-woman-ecstasy-81639/ |access-date=2022-12-12 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> which led to [[Sony Pictures Animation]] parting ways with Green and replacing him with [[Keegan-Michael Key]].

It was suggested by director Genndy Tartakovsky that Adam Sandler had more creative control over this film than its [[Hotel Transylvania (film)|predecessor]], and that at times he was difficult to work with.<ref>{{cite web|title=A Conversation With Genndy Tartakovsky About 'Hotel Transylvania 2,' 'Popeye,' 'Can You Imagine?' and 'Samurai Jack'|url=http://www.cartoonbrew.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-genndy-tartakovsky-about-hotel-transylvania-2-popeye-can-you-imagine-and-samurai-jack-119737.html|work=Cartoon Brew|date=September 23, 2015|access-date=May 28, 2016}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
In March 2015, it was announced that [[Mark Mothersbaugh]], who scored the first film, had signed on to score the sequel.<ref name="film-music-reporter-mark"/>

American girl group [[Fifth Harmony]] recorded a song for the film entitled "[[I'm in Love with a Monster]]". It was featured in the film's official trailer and was also played when the film itself was released.<ref>{{cite web|title = Fifth Harmony Checks iNTO 'Hotel Transylvania 2' With New Song 'I'm in Love with a Monster' |website=Broadway World |url = http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Fifth-Harmony-Checks-iNTO-Hotel-Transylvania-2-With-New-Song-Im-In-Love-With-A-Monster-20150616|access-date = June 16, 2015}}</ref>

==Release==

===Theatrical===
[[Columbia Pictures]] released the film in the United States on September 25, 2015, and in the United Kingdom on October 16, 2015.

===Home media===
''Hotel Transylvania 2'' was released on [[DVD]] and [[Blu-ray]] (2D and 3D) on January 12, 2016, by [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]]. The film was also released in Digital HD on December 22, 2015.<ref>{{cite press release|publisher=Sony Pictures Animation|title=HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2 Arriving on Digital HD Dec. 22 in time for the Holidays! On Blu-ray 3D™ Combo Pack, Blu-ray™ Combo Pack & DVD Jan. 12|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hotel-transylvania-2-arriving-on-digital-hd-dec-22-in-time-for-the-holidays-on-blu-ray-3d-combo-pack-blu-ray-combo-pack--dvd-jan-12-300183463.html|agency=PR Newswire|access-date=November 28, 2015|date=November 23, 2015}}</ref>

In April 2021, Sony signed a deal giving Disney access to their legacy content, including past ''Hotel Transylvania'' films to stream on [[Disney+]] and [[Hulu]] and appear on Disney's linear television networks. Disney's access to Sony's titles would come following their availability on [[Netflix]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-04-21 |title=Sony Films Will Move to Disney After Netflix Window Expires |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/disney-nabs-post-pay-1-rights-for-sonys-feature-films-4170479/ |access-date=2022-12-13 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref>

==Reception==
===Box office===
''Hotel Transylvania 2'' has grossed $169.7&nbsp;million in North America and $303.5&nbsp;million elsewhere, for a worldwide total of $473&nbsp;million, against a budget of $80&nbsp;million.<ref name=BOM /> ''[[Deadline Hollywood]]'' calculated the net profit of the film to be $159.48&nbsp;million, when factoring together all expenses and revenues for the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/03/hotel-transylvania-2-profit-box-office-2015-adam-sandler-1201724249/|title=No. 9 'Hotel Transylvania 2' – 2015 Most Valuable Movie Blockbuster Tournament|author=Mike Fleming Jr|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=March 23, 2016|access-date=March 24, 2016}}</ref> It was [[Sony Pictures Animation]]'s highest-grossing film worldwide until its sequel, ''[[Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation]]'', surpassed it in September 2018,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2018/09/hotel-transylvania-3-summer-vacation-sony-highest-grossing-animated-film-worldwide-1202455847/|title='Hotel Transylvania 3' Now Sony's Biggest Animated Pic WW; Franchise Tops $1.3B|last=Tartaglione|first=Nancy|date=September 1, 2018|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=January 31, 2019}}</ref> with ''[[Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse]]'' also surpassing the film's domestic gross in January 2019.<ref name="ForbesV">{{cite news |last1=Mendelson |first1=Scott |title=A 'Batman Beyond' Movie Needs Michael Keaton Or Kevin Conroy |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2019/01/31/a-batman-beyond-movie-needs-either-michael-keaton-or-kevin-conroy/ |access-date=January 31, 2019 |work=[[Forbes]] |date=January 31, 2019 }}</ref>

Predictions for the opening of ''Hotel Transylvania 2'' in North America were continuously revised upwards, starting from $35—$48&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4089&p=.htm|title=Forecast: 'Transylvania', 'Intern' & 'Inferno' Highlight Stacked Weekend|author=Brad Brevet|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|publisher=[[Amazon.com]]|date=September 24, 2015|access-date=September 26, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Proj">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/09/the-intern-hotel-transylvania-2-the-green-inferno-weekend-box-office-1201550112/|title='Hotel Transylvania 2' Set To Deliver New September Opening Record & Adam Sandler's Second Best Debut|author=Anthony D'Alessandro|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=September 24, 2015|access-date=September 26, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-intern-earns-650k-827227|title=Box Office: 'Hotel Transylvania 2' Biting Off Record $46M-$48M Debut|author=Pamela McClintock|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=September 25, 2015|access-date=September 26, 2015}}</ref> ''Hotel Transylvania 2'' earned $13.3&nbsp;million from 3,754 theaters on its opening day in North America, which was the second-biggest Friday opening day in September, behind ''[[Insidious: Chapter 2]]'' ($20.3&nbsp;million).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2015/09/26/box-office-adam-sandlers-hotel-transylvania-2-bites-huge-13-25m-friday-for-possible-50m-bow/|title=Box Office: Adam Sandler's 'Hotel Transylvania 2' Bites Huge $13.25M Friday For Possible $50M Bow|author=Scott Mendelson|work=[[Forbes]]|date=September 26, 2015|access-date=September 27, 2015}}</ref> During its opening weekend, ''Hotel Transylvania 2'' earned $48.5&nbsp;million from 3,754 theaters, which at the time set new records such as the highest opening for a Sony Pictures Animation film, the biggest opening in Adam Sandler's career, beating 2005's ''[[The Longest Yard (2005 film)|The Longest Yard]]'' ($47.6&nbsp;million),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/09/the-intern-hotel-transylvania-2-the-green-inferno-weekend-box-office-1201550112/|title='Hotel Transylvania 2' At $48.5M Marks Record Opening For Adam Sandler; 'Intern' Slacks On Sunday – Monday Postmortem|author=Anthony D'Alessandro|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=September 28, 2015|access-date=September 29, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weekends/month/?mo=09&p=.htm|title=TOP OPENING WEEKENDS BY MONTH – SEPTEMBER|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|publisher=[[Amazon.com]]|access-date=September 27, 2015}}</ref> and previously held the biggest opening in the month of September (record overtaken by ''[[It (2017 film)|It]]'' in 2017). Regarding the film's successful opening, Josh Greenstein, Sony's president of marketing said, "We had a great date, and this is a big win for Sony Pictures Animation."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-hotel-transylvania-2-827467|title=Box Office: 'Hotel Transylvania 2' Sets September Record With $47.5M; 'Intern' Solid No. 2|author=Pamela McClintock|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=September 27, 2015|access-date=September 27, 2015}}</ref> The largest demographic of the opening weekend audience was under the age of 25 (60%) and female (59%), followed by male (41%), 25 and over (40%) and kids (38%).<ref name="Demo">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/09/the-intern-hotel-transylvania-2-the-green-inferno-weekend-box-office-1201550112/|title=Sony's Luxury 'Hotel Transylvania 2' Setting Records; 'The Intern' Eyes $18.2M Weekend Salary – Sunday AM First Update|author=Anthony D'Alessandro|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=September 27, 2015|access-date=September 27, 2015}}</ref> According to [[Rentrak]]'s [[PostTrak]] reports, 23% of the audience bought tickets because it was an animated film, while 16% were attracted to the toon's subject matter and plot.<ref name="Demo"/>

''Hotel Transylvania 2'' was released in a total of 90 countries.<ref name="Overseas13thOpening">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/10/paranormal-activity-ghost-dimension-witch-hunter-martian-ant-man-hotel-transylvania-international-box-office-results-1201592886/|title='The Martian' Orbits $400M Global; 'Straight Outta Compton' Nears $200M; 'Ghost Dimension' Solid – Intl B.O. Update|author=Nancy Tartaglione|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=October 26, 2015|access-date=October 27, 2015}}</ref> It was released in 42 markets between September 25 and 27, 2015, the same weekend as its North American release, and earned $30.18&nbsp;million from 6,500 screens that weekend. Its overall rank for the weekend was second, behind ''[[Everest (2015 film)|Everest]]''.<ref name="Overseas9thOpening">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/09/hotel-transylvania-2-the-intern-pan-sicario-lost-in-hong-kong-box-office-international-1201553347/|title='Hotel Transylvania 2,' 'The Intern' Bow Amidst Holdovers 'Everest' And 'Scorch Trials' – Intl Box Office Update|author=Anita Busch|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=September 28, 2015|access-date=September 29, 2015}}</ref> Its opening weekends in the U.K., Ireland and Malta ($9.5&nbsp;million including previews), Mexico ($7.84&nbsp;million), South Korea ($4.2&nbsp;million), Russia and the CIS ($6&nbsp;million), Germany ($3.9&nbsp;million), Italy ($3.7&nbsp;million) and France and Spain ($3.2&nbsp;million respectively) in October represented its largest takings.<ref name="Overseas13thOpening"/><ref name="Overseas9thOpening"/><ref name="Overseas11thOpening">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/10/the-martian-pan-hotel-transylvania-2-inside-out-the-walk-international-box-office-results-1201575166/|title='The Martian' Crosses $118.5M Offshore; 'Pan' Serves Up Est. $20.4M – Intl B.O. Final|author=Nancy Tartaglione|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=October 12, 2015|access-date=October 13, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Overseas12thOpening">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/10/crimson-peak-ant-man-martian-hotel-transylvania-scorch-trials-pan-international-box-office-results-1201586990/|title='Ant-Man' Supersizes With $43.2M China Bow; 'Crimson Peak' Reaps $13.4M – International Box Office|author=Nancy Tartaglione|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=October 18, 2015|access-date=October 19, 2015}}</ref><ref name="OverseasLastOpening">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/12/star-wars-daddys-home-mojin-devil-angel-peanuts-international-box-office-results-1201673407/|title='Star Wars', China Trio, 'Peanuts' Lead Weekend – International Box Office|author=Nancy Tartaglione|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=December 27, 2015|access-date=December 28, 2015}}</ref> In China, it opened with an estimated $12.1&nbsp;million debuting at second place behind the Chinese local film ''[[The Witness (2015 Chinese film)|The Witness]]'' which grossed $18.5&nbsp;million. While the China figures are low in comparison to recent Hollywood movie openings, it actually excelled the first film's local lifetime gross by 19% in just the first six days.<ref name="Overseas14thOpening">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/11/spectre-sony-hotel-transylvania-2-martian-last-witch-hunter-scouts-guide-zombie-apocalypse-international-box-office-results-1201602038/|title=Sony's Sizzling 'Spectre', 'Hotel Transylvania 2' Top Charts in Strong Frame – Intl Box Office Update|author=Nancy Tartaglione|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=November 2, 2015|access-date=November 4, 2015}}</ref> In terms of total earnings, its largest market outside of North America is the U.K. ($29.4&nbsp;million) followed by Mexico ($23.7&nbsp;million) and Venezuela ($19.9&nbsp;million).<ref name="Overseas15thOpening">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/11/spectre-prem-ratan-dhan-payo-martian-peanuts-paris-attacks-international-box-office-results-1201624317/|title='Spectre' Adds $152.6M In Overseas Hat Trick – International Box Office Update
|author=Nancy Tartaglione|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date= November 15, 2015|access-date=November 16, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Overseas16thOpening">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/11/hunger-games-mockingjay-part-2-spectre-international-box-office-results-1201634041/|title='Mockingjay' Lands At $144.5M As China & Caution in Europe Squeeze Hwd – Intl B.O. Final|author=Nancy Tartaglione|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=November 24, 2015|access-date=November 25, 2015}}</ref>

===Critical reception===
''Hotel Transylvania 2'' has an approval rating of 57% based on 109 professional reviews on the [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], with an average rating of {{RT data|average}}. Its critical consensus reads, "''Hotel Transylvania 2'' is marginally better than the original, which may or may not be enough of a recommendation to watch 89 minutes of corny, colorfully animated gags from Adam Sandler and company."<ref>{{Cite Rotten Tomatoes|title=Hotel Transylvania 2|id={{RT data|rtid|noprefix=y}}|type=m|access-date={{RT data|access-date}}}}{{RT data|edit}}</ref> [[Metacritic]] (which uses a weighted average) assigned ''Hotel Transylvania 2'' a score of 44 out of 100 based on 24 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.<ref>{{cite Metacritic |id=hotel-transylvania-2|type=movie|title=Hotel Transylvania 2|access-date=March 4, 2021}}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.<ref name="Proj"/>

Max Nicholson of [[IGN]] awarded it a score of 6.5 out of 10, saying "While Genndy Tartakovsky's animation is top-notch, ''Hotel Transylvania 2'' doesn't live up to the first monster mash."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ign.com/articles/2015/09/24/hotel-transylvania-2-review |title=Hotel Transylvania 2 Review |website=IGN |date=September 24, 2015 |access-date=October 1, 2015}}</ref> Nick Schager of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' gave the film a negative review, saying "Its plot comes across as just a rickety skeleton designed to prop up Sandler and company's litany of cornball punchlines and gags, only a few of which cleverly play-off of these characters' iconography"<ref>{{cite web|author=Nick Schager |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/reviews/hotel-transylvania-2-film-review-1201600848/ |title='Hotel Transylvania 2' Review: Sandler's Big Granddaddy Dracula Comedy |work=Variety |date=September 24, 2015 |access-date=October 1, 2015}}</ref> Alonso Duralde of ''[[The Wrap]]'' gave the film a positive review, saying "Whereas the jokes in the ''Grown Ups'' series feel reactionary and bullying, the family-friendly ''Hotel Transylvania'' gags instead come off as clever and humane, even when they're making fun of helicopter moms and lawsuit-sensitive summer camps."<ref>{{cite web|author=Alonso Duralde |url=https://www.thewrap.com/hotel-transylvania-2-review-adam-sandler-andy-samberg-selena-gomez/ |title='Hotel Transylvania 2' Review: Adam Sandler Proves He's Not Entirely a Lost Cause |website=Thewrap.com |date=September 24, 2015 |access-date=October 1, 2015}}</ref> Stephen Whitty of the ''[[Newark Star-Ledger]]'' gave the film one and a half stars out of four, saying "Great movies like ''[[ParaNorman]]'' and ''[[Frankenweenie (2012 film)|Frankenweenie]]'' showed the laughs you could get out of funny fiends; ''Hotel Transylvania 2'' just digs up a few corny gags."<ref>{{cite web|author=Stephen Whitty |url=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2015/09/hotel_transylvania_2_review_fangs_a_lot.html |title='Hotel Transylvania 2' review: Fangs a lot |website=The Star-Ledger |date=September 24, 2015 |access-date=October 1, 2015}}</ref> Bruce Demara of the ''[[Toronto Star]]'' gave the film two and a half stars out of four, saying "While the first ''Hotel Trans'' had humour for both younger and older audiences, this one will likely fall short in its appeal to adults, although there's plenty for the little monsters to enjoy."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2015/09/24/hotel-transylvania-2-has-a-few-new-faces-same-old-gags-review.html |title=Hotel Transylvania 2 has a few new faces, same old gags: review |website=Toronto Star |date=September 24, 2015 |access-date=October 1, 2015}}</ref>

Peter Hartlaub of the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' gave the film one out of four stars, saying "''Hotel Transylvania 2'' is an unfortunate throwback to about 20 years ago, when animated movies were more widely accepted as cinematic babysitters."<ref>{{cite web|last=Hartlaub |first=Peter |url=http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Transylvania-2-script-never-rises-from-the-6525391.php |title='Transylvania' sequel bites off more than it can chew |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=September 24, 2015 |access-date=October 1, 2015}}</ref> Sandie Angulo Chen of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' gave the film two out of four stars, saying "Tartakovsky hasn't created the sort of sequel that eclipses the original, but then again the original wasn't exactly ''[[Toy Story]]'' or ''[[How to Train Your Dragon (2010 film)|How to Train Your Dragon]]''."<ref>{{cite web|last=Angulo |first=Sandie |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/hotel-transylvania-2-review-sequel-is-just-enough-of-a-halloween-treat/2015/09/23/50a44ee6-6151-11e5-b38e-06883aacba64_story.html |title='Hotel Transylvania 2' review: Sequel is just enough of a Halloween treat |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=October 1, 2015}}</ref> Jesse Hassenger of ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' gave the film a C+, saying "It's an episodic, energetically animated gag factory from the pen of Adam Sandler, and while it's the best screenplay to bear his name in years, it also warps some overfamiliar family-movie concerns until they become unavoidable in their ickiness."<ref>{{cite web|last=Hassenger |first=Jesse |url=https://www.avclub.com/review/hotel-transylvania-2-mixes-fun-gags-and-creepy-mes-225593 |title=Hotel Transylvania 2 |website=Avclub.com |date=September 24, 2015 |access-date=October 1, 2015}}</ref> Michael Rechtshaffen of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' gave the film a positive review, saying "This time around, greater attention has been paid to story and character development (while scaling back on all the sight gags) and the substantial results give the ample voice cast and returning director Genndy Tartakovsky more to sink their teeth into, with pleasing results."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie/hotel-transylvania-2/review/826542 |title='Hotel Transylvania 2': Film Review |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=September 24, 2015 |access-date=October 1, 2015}}</ref> Josh Kupecki of ''[[The Austin Chronicle]]'' gave the film one out of five stars, saying "Channeling your inner child, you may find solace in ''Hotel Transylvania 2'', but in the end it has no bite, doing continued disservice to the Universal monsters it scabs out, and adding another soiled feather to Sandler's cap of mediocrity."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2015-09-25/hotel-transylvania-2/ |title=Hotel Transylvania 2 – Film Calendar |work=The Austin Chronicle |date=September 25, 2015 |access-date=October 1, 2015}}</ref>

===Accolades===
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|+ style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | List of awards and nominations
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! Award
! Date of ceremony
! Category
! Recipient(s)
! Result
! {{Refh}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Annie Award]]s
| rowspan="3"| [[43rd Annie Awards|February 6, 2016]]
| Outstanding Animated Effects in an Animated Production
| Chris Logan, Brian Casper, Gavin Baxter and William Eckroat
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="3"|<ref name="43annies">{{cite web|title=43rd Annie Award Nominations Announced|url=http://www.asifa-hollywood.org/43rd-annie-award-nominations-announced/|website=ASIFA-Hollywood|date=December 2015|access-date=December 3, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| Outstanding Character Design in an Animated Production
| Craig Kellman and Stephen DeStefano
| {{nom}}
|-
| Outstanding Storyboarding in an Animated Production
| Mike Smukavic
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[British Academy Children's Awards]]
| November 20, 2016
| BAFTA Kids' Vote
| ''Hotel Transylvania 2''
| {{nom}}
|<ref name="BAFTAChild">{{cite web |url=http://kidscreen.com/2016/10/19/horrible-histories-truetube-lead-bafta-childrens-noms/ |title=Horrible Histories, TrueTube lead BAFTA Children's noms |last=Foster |first=Elizabeth |publisher= Kidscreen|date= October 19, 2016 |access-date= October 23, 2016}}</ref><ref name="BAFTAChild2">{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2016/childrens/bafta-kids-vote-film |title=2016 Children's BAFTA Kids' Vote – Film |publisher= [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]]|date= November 21, 2016 |access-date= December 2, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards|Kids' Choice Awards]]
| rowspan="2"| [[2016 Kids' Choice Awards|March 12, 2016]]
| Favorite Voice From an Animated Movie
| [[Selena Gomez]]
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="2"|<ref>{{cite news|title=Kids' Choice Awards – Nominations 2016 |url=http://www.nick.com/kids-choice-awards/ |access-date=February 2, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| Favorite Animated Movie
| ''Hotel Transylvania 2''
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[People's Choice Awards]]
| rowspan="3"| [[42nd People's Choice Awards|January 6, 2016]]
| rowspan="2"| Favorite Animated Movie Voice
| [[Adam Sandler]]
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="3"|<ref>{{cite news|title=People's Choice Awards – Nominations 2016|url=http://www.peopleschoice.com/pca/awards/nominees/|access-date=November 7, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| Selena Gomez
| {{won}}
|-
| Favorite Family Film
| ''Hotel Transylvania 2''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Teen Choice Awards]]
| [[2016 Teen Choice Awards|July 31, 2016]]
| Choice Music: Song from a Movie or TV Show
| "[[I'm in Love with a Monster]]" by [[Fifth Harmony]]
| {{won}}
|<ref name="TeenChoice">{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/767635/teen-choice-awards-2016-nominations-announced-see-the-first-wave-of-potential-winners |title=Teen Choice Awards 2016 Nominations Announced: See the "First Wave" of Potential Winners |last=Vulpo |first=Mike |publisher=[[E!]] |date=May 24, 2016 |access-date=May 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160526090121/http://www.eonline.com/news/767635/teen-choice-awards-2016-nominations-announced-see-the-first-wave-of-potential-winners |archive-date=May 26, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[Visual Effects Society|Visual Effects Society Awards]]
| [[Visual Effects Society Awards 2015|February 2, 2016]]
| Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature
| Alan Hawkins, Karl Herbst, Skye Lyons, Genndy Tartakovsky
| {{nom}}
|<ref>{{cite news|title=VES Awards – Nominations 2016|url=https://www.visualeffectssociety.com/14th-annual-ves-awards-nominees|access-date=March 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607181849/https://www.visualeffectssociety.com/14th-annual-ves-awards-nominees|archive-date=June 7, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|}

==Sequel==
{{main|Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation}}
Michelle Murdocca, the film's producer, said before the film's release that the studio was "talking about number 3 and moving forward and taking the franchise to the next level."<ref name=Collider20Things>{{cite web|last1=Roberts|first1=Sheila|title=20 Things to Know About 'Hotel Transylvania 2′|url=https://collider.com/hotel-transylvania-2-20-things-to-know-about-the-sequel/|publisher=Collider.com|access-date=September 26, 2015|date=September 25, 2015}}</ref> On November 2, 2015, it was announced ''Hotel Transylvania 3'' would be released on September 21, 2018.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lesnick|first1=Silas|title=Hotel Transylvania 3 Opens Its Doors in 2018!|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/628529-hotel-transylvania-3-2018#/slide/1|access-date=November 3, 2015|work=ComingSoon.net|date=November 2, 2015}}</ref> Despite previously leaving the series to direct other projects, [[Genndy Tartakovsky]] would return as director for this installment.<ref name=CBGenndyDirectThird>{{cite web|last1=Amidi |first1=Amid |author-link=Amid Amidi |url=http://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/genndy-tartakovsky-isnt-done-hotel-transylvania-will-direct-third-film-franchise-140820.html |title=Genndy Tartakovsky Isn't Done With 'Hotel Transylvania,' Will Direct Third Film in Franchise |website=Cartoon Brew |date=June 20, 2016|access-date=June 20, 2016}}</ref> According to Tartakovsky, he returned after he got an inspiration from a "miserable" family vacation.<ref name=DeadlineSPADetailsSlate>{{cite web|last1=Grobar|first1=Matt|title=Sony Pictures Animation Details Upcoming Slate, Including Julia Roberts' 'Smurfs' Role|url=https://deadline.com/2017/01/sony-pictures-animation-the-emoji-movie-spider-man-hotel-transylvania-3-the-star-news-1201889122/|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=January 22, 2017|date=January 18, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Mendelson|first1=Scott|title=Sony Pictures Animation Unveils 'Spider-Man,' 'Hotel Transylvania 3,' 'Smurfs' And More|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2017/01/19/sony-pictures-animation-unveils-spider-man-hotel-transylvania-3-smurfs-and-more/|access-date=January 22, 2017|work=Forbes|date=January 19, 2017}}</ref> Adam Sandler, Selena Gomez, and Andy Samberg also reprised their previous roles as Drac, Mavis and Johnny in the film, which was written by ''[[Austin Powers (film series)|Austin Powers]]'' writer [[Michael McCullers]].<ref name=CBGenndyDirectThird /> The film took place aboard a cruise ship.<ref name=DeadlineSPADetailsSlate /> On February 6, 2017, the release date was moved up to July 13, 2018. It has been released and ''Hotel Transylvania: Transformania'' has also been released.<ref name=CSShiftsHotelBoysGoose>{{cite web|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/811563-sony-pictures-2018-schedule#/slide/1|title=Sony Pictures 2018 Schedule Shifts Hotel Transylvania, Bad Boys, Goosebumps and More|website=Comingsoon.net|date=February 6, 2017|access-date=February 7, 2017}}</ref> A fifth installment will follow.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lang |first=Jamie |date=January 14, 2026 |title=‘Hotel Transylvania 5’ Confirmed By Keegan-Michael Key, Who Praises Voice Acting As A ‘Sacred Connection To The Drawings’ |url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/hotel-transylvania-5-keegan-michael-key-258213.html|url-status=live |website=[[Cartoon Brew]]}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of films set around Halloween]]

==References==
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==External links==
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