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Directed by	Thor Freudenthal
Screenplay by	Marc Guggenheim
Based on	The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
Produced by	Karen Rosenfelt Michael Barnathan
Starring	Logan Lerman Brandon T. Jackson Alexandra Daddario Jake Abel Douglas Smith Stanley Tucci
Cinematography	Shelly Johnson
Edited by	Mark Goldblatt
Music by	Andrew Lockington
Production companies	Fox 2000 Pictures Sunswept Entertainment 1492 Pictures TSG Entertainment
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	August 7, 2013
Running time	106 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$90 million[2]
Box office	$200.9 million[3]

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (also known as Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters) is a 2013 American fantasy adventure film directed by Thor Freudenthal. It is a sequel to the 2010 film Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief and the second film in the Percy Jackson film series. It is based on the 2006 novel The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan.

The film continues the adventures of Percy Jackson (Logan Lerman) and his friends, as they search for the Golden Fleece at the Sea of Monsters. Brandon T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario, and Jake Abel reprise their roles from the previous film, while Nathan Fillion and Anthony Head replace Dylan Neal and Pierce Brosnan. New additions to the cast include Leven Rambin, Douglas Smith, and Stanley Tucci. The film was produced by Karen Rosenfelt and Michael Barnathan. Chris Columbus, who directed the first film, serves as executive producer. The plot centers on Percy and his friends as they journey to the eponymous Sea of Monsters to retrieve the Golden Fleece in order to save the tree (barrier) that protects their home.

The film was released in North America on August 7, 2013. It grossed $200.9 million at the box office worldwide against a production budget of $90 million. The film was released on Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray, and DVD on December 17, 2013.^[4] The book series consists of five novels; a sequel based on The Titan's Curse was planned, but never produced.