▁role ), ▁Ros ie ▁O ' D onn ell , ▁Barbara ▁E den ▁( re pr ising ▁her ▁role ▁as ▁Je ann ie ▁from ▁I ▁Dream ▁of ▁Je ann ie ), ▁David ▁Sp ade , ▁and ▁Richard ▁Bel zer . ▁ ▁Release ▁ ▁Box ▁office ▁A ▁Very ▁Br ady ▁Se quel ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁the aters ▁on ▁August ▁ 2 3 , ▁ 1 9 9 6 . ▁The ▁film ▁gross ed ▁$ 7 . 1 ▁million ▁on ▁its ▁opening ▁week end , ▁debut ing ▁on ▁ 2 , 1 4 7 ▁screens . ▁G ross ▁sales ▁are ▁estimated ▁at ▁$ 2 1 . 4 ▁million . ▁ ▁Home ▁media ▁A ▁Very ▁Br ady ▁Se quel ▁was ▁released ▁by ▁Param ount ▁Home ▁Video ▁on ▁V HS ▁on ▁February ▁ 1 1 , ▁ 1 9 9 7 . ▁It ▁was ▁released ▁on ▁DVD ▁June ▁ 1 0 , ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁and ▁April ▁ 2 5 , ▁ 2 0 1 7 . ▁The ▁film ▁has ▁also ▁been ▁released ▁digit ally ▁on ▁Google ▁Play . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁The ▁film ▁received ▁mixed ▁reviews ▁from ▁film ▁critics . ▁On ▁Rotten ▁Tomatoes ▁it ▁has ▁a ▁score ▁of ▁ 5 3 % ▁based ▁on ▁reviews ▁from ▁ 3 4 ▁critics . ▁Roger ▁E bert ▁jud ged ▁that ▁while ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁an ▁out standing ▁film , ▁it ▁was ▁notice ably ▁better ▁than ▁its ▁prede cess or . ▁He ▁elabor ated ▁that ▁it ▁addressed ▁his ▁chief ▁criticism ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁by ▁showing ▁more ▁of ▁the