<P> Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again premiered at the Hammersmith Apollo in London on July 16, 2018 and was released in the United Kingdom and the United States on July 20, 2018, ten years to the week of its predecessor's release, in both standard and IMAX formats . The film has grossed over $345 million worldwide and received generally positive reviews, with critics praising the performances and musical numbers . </P> <P> Sophie Sheridan is preparing for the grand reopening of her mother Donna's hotel, following Donna's death a year earlier . She is upset because two of her fathers, Harry and Bill, are unable to make it to the reopening and she is having trouble in her relationship with Sky, who is in New York, over her memorializing her mother's life . </P> <P> In 1979, a young Donna has just graduated from university with Rosie and Tanya, and is getting ready to travel the world . While in Paris, she meets and parties with Harry . They spend the night together, but Donna leaves soon after . She later misses her boat to Kalokairi but is offered a ride by Bill, and along the way, they are able to help a stranded fisherman, Alexio, make it in time to stop the love of his life from marrying another . Unbeknownst to Donna, Harry has followed her to Greece; but he arrived too late, and sadly watches the boat sailing off in the distance . </P> <P> In the present, Tanya and Rosie arrive to support Sophie with the reopening and it's revealed that Rosie and Bill have split up . Sophie then visits Sam, who is still grieving over the death of Donna . Back in the past, Donna arrives on the island and while exploring the farmhouse, a sudden storm causes her to discover a spooked horse in the basement . She goes in search of help only to find a young Sam riding his motorcycle and he helps her to save the horse . Back in the present, a storm has caused serious disruption to Sophie's plans for the grand reopening and prevented media coverage of the event . </P>

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