‘Kung Fu Panda 4’ Overtakes ‘Kung Fu Panda 3’ at the Global Box Office

It's the kind of franchise resurrection that would make Godzilla and King Kong proud; Kung Fu Panda 4 has successfully reignited interest in the animated series, eight years after the last installment concluded its run as the lowest-grossing film of the lot. This week, the the successful sequel surpassed its immediate predecessor, Kung Fu Panda 3, at the worldwide box office, having already surpassed it a few weeks ago in the domestic field. Despite playing in theaters for two months, the film is still far from over as it takes advantage of a lean period for family audiences before The Garfield Movie later in May.

With $188 million domestic and another $336 million from foreign markets, Kung Fu Panda 4's cumulative global gross total is $525 million. In comparison, 2016 Kung Fu Panda 3 it concluded its run with $521 million worldwide. Kung Fu Panda 4 now follows the first two films in the franchise, which were released over a decade ago. The original Kung Fu Panda — Are you ready to feel old? – He is now 16 years old. Released in 2008, the film concluded its global run with $631 million. Kung Fu Panda 2 was released in 2011 and remains the biggest film in the series with $664 million worldwide.

while Kung Fu Panda 4 probably won't be able to match, let alone top, these movies, it has one a good chance to reach $600 million worldwide before the end of his career. Animated films tend to deliver multiple multiples as seen in the box office of recent films such as Puss in Boots: The Last Wishi elementalwhich bounced back from a near-record opening for Pixar, but ultimately grossed nearly $500 million worldwide. Kung Fu Panda 4 grossed $57 million in its first weekend at the domestic box office, finishing first. He also held the top spot in weekend two, and has yet to break out of the top 10 even two months into his run.

The “Kung Fu Panda” series has grossed more than $2.3 billion worldwide

what he does Kung Fu Panda 4The next day's box office performance is even more admirable that it is by far the cheapest installment in the series. While previous films cost between $130-150 million, Kung Fu Panda 4 was produced on a budget of 85 million dollars. This is in line with post-pandemic animated films like now migration, The Badeven The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Collectively, the Kung Fu Panda film series has grossed over $2.3 billion worldwide. Designed to launch a new trilogy, Kung Fu Panda 4 follow the “Dragon Warrior” Po, with the voice Jack Blackon a mission to defeat a formidable new villain named The Chameleon, with the voice Viola Davis. He does so knowing that his days as a “Dragon Warrior” are numbered and that he will have to hand over the mantle to a worthy successor.

Amid reports of behind-the-scenes strife emerging from the director Mike Mitchell's methods, comments for Kung Fu Panda 4 they were some of the most lukewarm the franchise has ever seen. It holds up a passing score of 72%. on aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, with Collider's Ross Bonaime writing in his review that Kung Fu Panda 4 shows “that there's still a lot of juice left in these movies.” You can see the film in theaters and at home, and stay tuned to Collider for more updates.