15 Facts About Shrek 2

Shrek 2 premiered at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d'Or, and it was released in theaters on May 19, 2004.

Shrek 2 is DreamWorks Animation's most successful film to date, and it held the title of being the highest-grossing animated film of all time worldwide until Toy Story 3 surpassed it in 2010.

Shrek 2 initially refuses to attend, but Fiona convinces him, and along with Donkey, they travel to the kingdom of Far Far Away.

Unable to defeat Shrek 2, Puss reveals that he was paid by Harold and offers to be an ally.

Shrek 2 fails to prevent Charming from kissing Fiona, but instead of falling in love, Fiona knocks him out; Harold reveals that he didn't give Fiona the love potion.

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In 2001, soon after the original Shrek 2 proved to be a hit, Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, and Cameron Diaz negotiated an upfront payment of $10 million each for voicing a sequel to the film.

Shrek 2's writing of Shrek 2 was inspired by the 1967 comedy-drama film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, and was completed with the help of the film's co-directors, Kelly Asbury and Conrad Vernon, who spent most of the film's production duration in Northern California while Adamson spent most of his time with the film's voice actors in Glendale, California.

Shrek 2 appears much darker in terms of lighting when compared to the original film.

The design of Shrek 2 is always a twist on reality anyway, so we tried to [pack] as much detail and interest as we could in the imagery.

Soundtrack for Shrek 2 was composed solely by Harry Gregson-Williams, who previously composed the score for the first Shrek film, with John Powell, who did not return to score the sequel due to conflict.

Shrek 2 was released on VHS and DVD on November 5, 2004 and on Game Boy Advance Video on November 17, 2005.

Shrek 2 remained the highest-grossing animated film worldwide until the release of Toy Story 3, and held the record for the highest-grossing animated film at the North American box office until the release of Finding Dory (2016) as well as the highest-grossing non-Disney animated film at this box office.

Disney's 3D re-releases of The Lion King and Finding Nemo (in 2012), Despicable Me 2 (in 2013), Disney's Frozen ( in 2013), Minions (in 2015), Zootopia (in 2016), Finding Dory ( in 2016), Despicable Me 3 (in 2017), Incredibles 2 (in 2018), Toy Story 4, the remake of The Lion King, and Frozen II (all in 2019) respectively, surpassed Shrek 2 and relegated it as the fourteenth-highest-grossing animated film of all time.

Shrek 2 was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.

Shrek 2 has two sequels; they are Shrek the Third and Shrek Forever After.