Clerks II

Clerks II
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Kevin Smith
Written by	Kevin Smith
Based on	Characters by Kevin Smith
Produced by	Scott Mosier
Starring	Jeff Anderson Brian O'Halloran Rosario Dawson Trevor Fehrman Jennifer Schwalbach Jason Mewes
Cinematography	Dave Klein
Edited by	Kevin Smith
Music by	James L. Venable
Production companies	View Askew Productions The Weinstein Company
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release dates	May 26, 2006 (2006-05-26) (Cannes) July 21, 2006 (2006-07-21) (United States)
Running time	97 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$5 million[1]
Box office	$26.9 million[1]

Clerks II is a 2006 American black comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith, the sequel to his 1994 film Clerks, and his sixth feature film to be set in the View Askewniverse. The film stars Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Rosario Dawson, Trevor Fehrman, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, Jason Mewes, and Smith, and picks up with the original characters from Clerks: Dante Hicks, Randal Graves and Jay and Silent Bob ten years after the events of the first film. Unlike the first film, which was shot in black and white, this film was shot mostly in color.

The film screened out of competition at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival^[2] and won the Audience Award at the 2006 Edinburgh International Film Festival^[3] before receiving a theatrical release on July 21, 2006 to critical and commercial success, grossing $27 million worldwide from a $5 million budget. A third film was released in 2022.