Claim: Pitch Perfect 2 grossed 184.2 million in North America, and is the highest grossing musical-comedy of all time; the soundtrack peaked at number one in four music charts.
Evidence: Pitch Perfect 2 grossed $184.2 million in North America and $103.2 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $287.5 million, against an estimated gross production budget of $29-31 million, and the film was offered up to $8.9 million in production incentives and write-offs by the state of Louisiana. In its first five days, the film surpassed the total gross of the original ($115.4 million), and also overtook School of Rock ($131.3 million) for the highest grossing musical-comedy of all-time and the second greatest musical debut ever (behind Beauty and the Beast's $174.8 million in 2017). See also: Pitch Perfect 2 (soundtrack) Chart (2015) 1 1 1 1