Despite these issues, Scream 2 earned $172 million, received several awards and nominations. Combined with the film's rushed schedule, the script was rewritten often pages were sometimes completed on the day of filming. The film suffered controversy following its significant issues with plot information leaking onto the Internet, revealing the identity of the killers. Following a successful test screening of Scream and the film's financial and critical success, Dimension moved forward with the sequel while Scream was still in theaters, with the principal cast all returning to star, Craven to direct and Beltrami to provide music. Williamson provided a five-page outline for a sequel to Scream when auctioning his original script, hoping to entice bidders with the potential of buying a franchise. The film was followed by two sequels, Scream 3 (2000) and Scream 4 (2011). Like its predecessor, Scream 2 combines the violence of the slasher genre with elements of comedy and 'whodunit' mystery while satirizing the cliché of film sequels.

Sidney is accompanied by film-geek Randy Meeks (Kennedy), retired deputy sheriff Dewey Riley (Arquette) and news reporter Gale Weathers (Cox). Scream 2 takes place one year after Scream and again follows the character of Sidney Prescott (Campbell), now a student at the fictional Windsor College, who becomes the target of a copycat killer using the guise of Ghostface. and looks more girly with heels and hair in a bun etc & turquouse cardigan! I also think gale & sid sported similar haircuts through 1&2 chapters.The film was released on Decemby Dimension Films as the second installment in the Scream film series. Notice how she keeps Dereks necklace though in Scream 3, & by scream 4 she doesnt any longer wear the khaki green or long black pants. Beautuful timing of chapters in the franchise. From Start of scream 3 onwards she seems more stronger and a bit older and her hairs grown a bit from the scream 2 bob haircut. this is like the end of the younger, more vulnerable sidney from her schoolyears. She tried continuing as a student for scream 2 and it just didnt work. staying hidden and fed up as a working from home councellor. ready for the next couple of years when it would be Hollywood for the year 2000. and the school girl on the grass with her school dress uniform like the stage or year grade sidney would of been at in scream 1, and sids just there looking around the campus on the grass, with the tall windsor college pine trees & bell tower, pure 1997 late 90s cinematography, beautiful ending. To me it had the feeling of shes gone through thw next chapter, after a year before of horror in woodsboro also.

Scream 2 soundtrack and scenes