BoBoiBoy Movie 2 is a 2019 Malaysian computer-animatedsuperherocomedy film directed by Nizam Razak. The film follows BoBoiBoy and friends as they have to fight an ancient villain named Retak’ka who wants to take over BoBoiBoy's elemental powers. It is the second film to be produced by Animonsta Studios from sequel of . It is a standalone sequel to the first season of BoBoiBoy Galaxy. It is co-written by Nizam himself and Anas Abdul Aziz. This is the first film to use settings and characters from BoBoiBoy Galaxy. It was released simultaneously in 4 countries, including Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, and Singapore on 8 August 2019. The Vietnamese dub version of the film was released in Vietnam on 30 August 2019.
Background
BoBoiBoy and friends Yaya, Ying, Gopal, and Fang are 14-year-old teenagers who all have different unique superpowers. BoBoiBoy has seven elemental powers: Fire, Water, Lightning, Wind, Leaf, Earth and Light. Power Spheres are robots that contain powers and are protectors of the galaxy. Together they travel the galactic world in a spaceship to save Power Spheres that are controlled by the evil.
Synopsis
In this film, BoBoiBoy and his friends are being hunted by an ancient villain named Retak’ka who wants to seize BoBoiBoy's elemental powers. He is the original user of BoBoiBoy’s elemental powers and now he seeks to take back his full powers to become the most powerful one and dominate the galaxy. The team must find a way to stop and defeat Retak’ka from taking BoBoiBoy's powers and destroying the Galaxy.
Anas Abdul Aziz as Cici Ko, Adu Du, Probe, Tok Aba and Encik Kumar
Muhammad Abdurrahman Solahuddin as Ochobot
Hazwani Hamizah Mahayuddin as Ayu Yu
Nur Iman Andaliz as Tarung
Production
The director Nizam Razak stated that the process of filmmaking for this second film is faster than the first film and only took one year to be finished. They enforced a 12-month deadline to see if they can make a film without jeopardising the quality or the storyline of the animation. He admitted there is pressure in completing the movie on time but his production team of 100 people managed to do that within that time. They used better technology such as Redshift and comprehensive simulation method even though the cost will be higher to give the best quality to the audience. If the reaction to this film is positive, they plan to make movies consistently, with a new film every one year or every one-and-a-half year.
Music
The official song for this movie is created and sung by Faizal Tahir after he was offered to sing the song from Animonsta Studios. He described the opportunity to sing the movie theme song as a platform to approach young fans. Its official lyric video was released on 27 June 2019 and the music video was released on 26 July 2019. The iTunes release came on 2 August 2019, alongside all songs in his newest and last album, Rojak.
Release
Before the release of BoBoiBoy: The Movie in 2016, Nizam Razak stated that they already have their ideas for the second film. Monsta officially announced this film when they released a poster reveal video on 15 September 2018. The first official teaser for this film was released on 8 March 2019. On 10 May 2019, Monsta released a video of the date announcement for Malaysian cinemas, which is 8 August 2019. It was later revealed that four other countries also have the same release date. Monsta released their official trailer for this movie on 25 June 2019. Initially, this would be the first Malaysian film to be released simultaneously in 5 countries including Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Singapore, and Vietnam. However, the Vietnam release was postponed to 30 August to make a full Vietnamese dub version. For the Indonesian market, it is distributed by CBI Pictures while for the Vietnamese market, the film is distributed by CGV Cinemas and Mani Entertainment. It will be screened in more than 500 cinemas, consists of over 144 cinemas in Malaysia, 8 in Singapore, 4 in Brunei, 150 in Indonesia and 120 in Vietnam. For now, there are requests from Thailand and the Philippines but no announcement has been made yet. Monsta also targets South Korea, India and Chinafor the future releases.
Reception
Monsta targets the film to collect more than the first film as the number of cinemas that show this film is higher. This film collected the biggest-grossing local animation film on its first day, raking in RM1.18 million. It successfully achieved its target by overtaking the first movie after just 8 days, collecting RM15.80 million. In 18 days, the film has collected RM25 million within three weeks. It has overtaken to be the 4th highest-grossing local film in Malaysia and the highest-grossing animation film in Malaysia, including all local and international animation films, after collecting RM27.70 million for 26 days. However, the title of the highest-grossing animation film in Malaysia did not hold for too long as and Frozen II have surpassed it after only 3 months, which grossed RM 30.8 million and RM 41.67 million respectively. In 70 days, BoBoiBoy Movie 2 has reached RM30 million for Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore and Vietnam with RM29.57 million to be the 3rd highest-grossing local film within Malaysia at that time.
