Making Friends 2: Back to the Drawing Board

Making Friends 2: Back to the Drawing Board (also referred to as simply Making Friends 2) is a 2024 American computer-animated/traditionally-animated comedy film based on Kristen Gudsnuk's Making Friends book series, produced by Columbia Pictures, Scholastic Entertainment, Aleka Entertainment, and Sony Pictures Animation, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. The sequel to Making Friends (2021), the film was directed by Nicholas Stroller and co-directed by Ken Keeler (in his directorial debut) and is adapted from Making Friends: Third Time's a Charm (2021). Kristen Schaal, Chloë Grace Moretz, TBA, Jeff Garcia, Will Forte, Sarah Silverman, and Kylie Jenner reprise their roles from the first film, with newcomers Kimiko Glenn, TBA, Will Arnett, Ben Scwartz, and Benedict Cumberbach joining the ensemble cast. In the film, Danielle and Madison must find out how to get things back to normal after somebody steals Danielle's sketchbook and drastically alters the universe with it.

Production on a sequel to Making Friends began in November 2020 after the third book was announced, and was put into full production in February 2021. Mark Mothersbaugh returned to compose the film's score with artists such as Junkie XL and Wiz Khalifa contributing tracks for the film.

The film was theatrically released on July 31, 2024. Met with favorable reviews like its predecessor, the film grossed $874 million worldwide.