DreamWorks just broke a huge box office record with a new animated film

Kung Fu Panda 4 helped DreamWorks break a huge box office record. The new film features the return of Jack Black as the voice of Po, the anthropomorphic panda who has become a kung fu master over the course of the previous films in the animated series, which debuted in 2008 with a three-day box office total of $57.9 million -dollars at the domestic box office, marking the franchise's second-best opening after the original film's debut gross of $60.2 million.

Per deadlineThe Kung Fu Panda 4 The release has crossed the $500 million mark at the global box office and is grossing a total of $503.4 million. This gigantic gross has also led the four-film franchise as a whole to surpass $2 billion worldwide, becoming the seventh-highest-grossing animated film franchise in history. This in turn led to DreamWorks Animation breaking an even bigger record by becoming the Owner of the most animated franchises that have surpassed the $2 billion mark between Kung Fu Panda, ShrekAnd Madagascar.

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Source: Deadline

Kung Fu Panda 4

Kung Fu Panda 4 is the fourth film in the animated martial arts adventure series. In the film, Po leaves home and enters the city to search for his future dragon warrior replacement, while dealing with a dangerous shapeshifter called the “Chameleon.”

director

Mike Mitchell, Stephanie Stine

Release date

March 8, 2024

Studio(s)

DreamWorks Animation

Sales partner

Universal images