series), Nick Swardson (who appears as his show character "Terry"), and Dwayne Johnson (professional wrestler The Rock). All members of The State appear in the film. The theme song, "Police and Thieves", is performed by Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters and subsequent theme song "Do Little Things", is performed by "Changing Faces and Ivan Matias". This is alluded to by Lennon, Garant, and Kenney-Silver on one of the audio commentaries, who say they are not allowed to discuss who performed the song, but say viewers should "Google it" to find the answer. The film reprises some jokes from the original series for the benefit of first-time viewers, an example being Dangle's explanation for wearing shorts on the job, which was also featured in the first episode of the series. Filming Principal photography took place throughout March 2006 in Miami and Southern California. Reception Box office Reno 911!: Miami opened in 2,702 venues and earned $10,273,477 in its debut, ranking fourth in the North American box office and second among the week's new releases. The film ended its run on May 3, 2007 with $20,342,161 domestically and $1,679,101 overseas for a worldwide total of $22,021,262. Based on a $10 million budget, the film was a moderate success. Critical response The film received mostly mixed reviews from critics. It holds a 34% rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes based on 96 reviews, with an average of 5/10. The site's consensus states: "Reno 911! anarchic brand of comedy loses much in translation to the big screen where it feels slapdash and shallow." Metacritic reports a 47 out of 100 score based on 22 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Home media In North America, the DVD was released in two versions on June 19, 2007, an unrated version and the theatrical version. The DVD sold 894,739 units, which gathered a revenue of $16,282,178. A second unrated cut was released on September 9, 2008. Cancelled and potential sequel Writers Garant and Lennon stated in their book Writing Movies for Fun and Profit, that a sequel would not be produced because of insufficient box office returns with the first movie. In the book, a treatment, or extensive outline of what the sequel would have been is included, entitled Reno 911!: SOS. The plot involved the characters of Reno 911! getting stuck on a deserted island with a serial killer on the loose. References