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2000's Final Destination was a pleasant surprise for both audiences and New Line Cinema. With an incredibly effective (and incredibly creepy) trailer, the story of teens who escape the plan Death has for them opened to $10 million, and had enough word-of-mouth to finish at a solid $53 million.

Since no one in Hollywood can leave a good thing alone, it didn't take too long for New Line to green-light a sequel to the sleeper hit. In this one, more teens avoid certain death, only to find out the Grim Reaper catches up with them later. Devon Sawa will not be returning, but Ali Larter and Tony Todd (whose role was really just a glorified cameo) have been confirmed as the leads, along with A.J. Cook (The Virgin Suicides).

Also not returning are the writing/directing team of Glenn Morgan and James Wong. David Ellis will make his directorial debut. Most recently, he was the second-unit director on The Matrix Reloaded. The sequel is written by J. Mackeye Gruber and Eric Bress, the first effort for both.

With a moderate budget and the likely promise of just the same number of thrills and people getting blindsided by speeding buses, Final Destination 2 should be another profitable film for New Line. (Tim Briody/BOP)

Vital statistics for Final Destination 2 Main Cast A.J. Cook, Michael Landes, Ali Larter Supporting Cast David Paetkau, James N. Kirk, Nora Carpenter, Tony Todd Director David R. Ellis Screenwriter J. Mackye Gruber, Eric Bress Distributor New Line Cinema Trailer Click Here for Trailer Official Site http://www.deathiscoming.com/ Rating R Running Time 90 minutes Screen Count 2,834 Also see Kim Hollis reviews Final Destination 2 David Mumpower reviews Final Destination 2 Talent in red has entry in The Big Picture

Comparison films for Final Destination 2
Title	Date	Opening	Adjusted Opening	Screens	PSA	Adj PSA	Total BO	Adjusted Total	Mult
Scream 3	2/4/00	34.71	38.83	3465	10017.00	10779.0	88.36	98.84	2.55
Scream 2	12/12/97	33.00	43.35	2663	12392.00	15658.7	101.36	133.15	3.07
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer	11/13/98	16.50	21.21	2443	6754.00	8352.5	40.00	51.42	2.42
I Know What You Did Last Summer	10/17/97	15.82	20.78	2524	6268.00	7920.3	72.22	94.87	4.57
Urban Legend	9/25/98	10.52	13.52	2257	4661.00	5764.1	38.08	48.95	3.62
Final Destination	3/17/00	10.02	11.20	2585	3876.00	4170.8	53.30	59.62	5.32
Urban Legend: The Final Cut	9/22/00	8.51	9.52	2539	3352.00	3607.0	21.47	24.01	2.52
Scream	12/20/96	6.35	8.66	1413	4494.00	5897.1	103.03	140.56	16.23