After We Collided

**After We Collided** is a 2020 American romantic drama film directed by Roger Kumble which was first released in selected European countries on September 2, 2020, and released in theaters & video-on-demand in the United States on October 23, 2020 by Open Road Films.

It is a sequel to the 2019 film, "After."

## Plot

Tessa Young finds herself struggling with her complicated relationship with Hardin Scott and faces a dilemma that could change their lives forever.

## Cast

* Josephine Langford as Tessa Young
* Hero Fiennes Tiffin as Hardin Scott
* Louise Lombard as Trish Daniels
* Dylan Sprouse as Trevor Matthews
* Candice King as Kimberly
* Charlie Weber as Christian Vance
* Max Ragone as Smith Vance
* Selma Blair as Carol Young
* Inanna Sarkis as Molly Samuels
* Shane Paul McGhie as Landon Gibson
* Khadijha Red Thunder as Steph Jones
* Pia Mia as Tristan
* Samuel Larsen as Zed Evans
* Dylan Arnold as Noah Porter
* Karimah Westbrook as Karen Scott
* Rob Estes as Ken Scott

## Production

In May of 2019, it was confirmed that a sequel to "After" was planned with Josephine Langford and Hero Fiennes Tiffin reprising their roles as Tessa Young & Hardin Scott respectively.

On August 4, 2019, it was announced that Roger Kumble would direct the sequel. The next day on August 5th, it was announced that Dylan Sprouse was cast as Trevor, Tessa's coworker.

On August 15, 2019, Charlie Weber, Rob Estes, Louise Lombard, Candice King, Karimah Westbrook and Max Ragone were announced to play Christian Vance, Ken Scott, Trish, Kim, Karen, and Smith, respectively.

However; Estes and Westbrook replaced Peter Gallagher and Jennifer Beals as Ken and Karen Scott respectively.

Author Anna Todd (who wrote "After") confirmed on her social media accounts that she wrote the script for "After We Collided", promising fans of the books that the film's sequels would stay truer to the books.

Todd also confirmed that in her new contract, this film would be rated R. Many speculations have surfaced about whether or not the production company would change, as well as the director, who was said to not be returning by a producer of the film(s).

### Filming

Principal photography began on August 12, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia and ended on September 17, 2019.

## Release

On September 2, 2020, "After We Collided" was theatrically released in Italy, Ireland, Portugal and the United Kingdom on September 2, 2020.

On September 3, 2020, it was released in Austria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, and Ukraine.

The film was then released in Sweden on September 9th; in Australia, Denmark, the Middle East and New Zealand on September 10th; and in Canada, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, and Romania on September 11th.

On October 23, 2020, "After We Collided" was released simultaneously to theaters and on-demand in the United States by Open Road Films.

## Box Office and VOD

"After We Collided" debuted to $10 million from 16 countries, with Italy ($2.6 million) being the largest market.

During its second weekend, the film grossed $4.2 million from 21 countries, for a 10-day running total of $21 million.

In Sweden, the film grossed $295,567 from 122 theaters during the first five days of its theatrical release, beginning on September 9.

Following the strong sophomore numbers, it was announced that "After We Collided" would have an increase in the theater totals in several countries, including the United Kingdom where its gross jumped 18% in the second weekend and was being distributed by Shear Entertainment would increase from 59 theaters to 360.

During its third weekend, "After We Collided" made $4.1 million from 31 countries. In its fourth weekend, it earned $3.25 million from 32 countries. In Spain the film earned (€3.2 million) $3.7 million.

In the film's domestic debut, it grossed $422,899 from 460 theaters. Over that same period, it was the number one most rented film on Google Play and Apple TV, and second at FandangoNow. The following weekend, it remained first at Google and Apple, while finishing third at both Fandango and Spectrum.

## Critical Reception

"After We Collided" was panned by critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, it holds an approval rating of 14% based on 14 reviews with an average rating of 3.90\10.

On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 14 out of 100 (based on four critics) indicating "overwhelming dislike."

Jessica Kiang from Variety called the film *"atrocious"* while Peter Sobczynski from RogerEbert.com called it *"a film so lazy and inane that it feels as contemptuous towards its audience as I am towards it."*

Molly Freeman from Screen Rant wrote: *"After We Collided is riddled with cliches and tired young adult tropes, but its dramatic romance and laughable dialogue offers some escapist fun."*

Caroline Siede from The A.V. Club said that the film *"is too invested in its central couple to know what to do with its new romantic rival"*, but said that Dylan Sprouse *"turns in one of the film’s livelier performances."*