Escape Room: Tournament of Champions

Escape Room: Tournament of Champions
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Adam Robitel
Screenplay by	Will Honley Maria Melnik Daniel Tuch Oren Uziel
Story by	Christine Lavaf Fritz Bohm
Based on	Characters by Bragi F. Schut
Produced by	Neal H. Moritz
Starring	Taylor Russell Logan Miller
Cinematography	Marc Spicer
Edited by	Steven Mirkovich Peter Pav
Music by	Brian Tyler John Carey
Production companies	Columbia Pictures Original Film
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Releasing
Release dates	July 1, 2021 (2021-07-01) (Australia) July 16, 2021 (2021-07-16) (United States)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$15 million[1]
Box office	$65.8 million[2]

Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (released in some markets as Escape Room: No Way Out and Escape Room 2: Deadly Game) is a 2021 American survival horror film directed by Adam Robitel and written by Will Honley, Maria Melnik, Daniel Tuch, and Oren Uziel. A sequel to 2019's Escape Room, it stars Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, and Deborah Ann Woll reprising their roles from the first film, alongside new cast members Indya Moore, Holland Roden, Thomas Cocquerel, and Carlito Olivero, and follows a group of six people trying to survive a new series of more deadly escape rooms.

After the first film became a surprise hit in 2019, Columbia Pictures approved a sequel. Robitel returned as the director with Melnik writing the script, and Russell and Miller reprised their roles alongside the addition of new cast members. Filming took place in Cape Town, South Africa, from November 2019 to January 2020, with additional filming in January 2021.^[3]

Escape Room: Tournament of Champions was theatrically released in Australia on July 1, 2021, and in the United States on July 16, by Sony Pictures Releasing, following several delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The film grossed $66 million and received mixed reviews from critics, who praised its cast, atmosphere, and elaborate puzzles, but noted the film's failure to improve upon its predecessor. An "extended cut" version was released the following October 5, featuring a different opening and ending, as well as large differences in the story and characters featured; Woll is notably completely absent from the new version, while Isabelle Fuhrman and James Frain both appear as new key characters.