China’s box office is no match for the awesomeness of ‘Kung Fu Panda’

Posted by Mack at 5:51am.

Posted in Box Office News, Comedy, Animation, Martial Arts, Action, Asia, USA & Canada.

Did you have any misgivings about how Chinese people would perceive the portrayal of their culture in Dreamworks’ Kung Fu Panda? Cause clearly they don’t have any. In just ten short days Kung Fu Panda became the highest grossing animated film EVER in mainland China. Killed it! It has done so well on the mainland that the film is also the first animated feature film that has grossed over RMB100m, which is generally seen as a benchmark for blockbuster films in China. Clearly the mainland population has embraced Kung Fu Panda‘s ‘awesomeness’. I personally thank them for bumping Garfield 2 out of the top spot.

1. Kung Fu Panda – $15.01m
2. Garfield 2 – $7.25m
3. The Lion King – $5.13m
4. TMNT – $5.02m
5. Ice Age 2 – $ 4.44m
6. Finding Nemo – $4.35m
7. Toy Story – 3.92m
8. Cars – $2.86m
9. Ratatouille – $2.85m
10. Secret Of The Magic Gourd – $2.75m

Reader Comments

M@rc 07/03/2008 @ 6:56am

Maybe they just love panda bears that much?
The Visitor 07/03/2008 @ 7:08am

if Dreamworks knows anything, it would donate part of the B.O. takings to the quake victims, instead of just keeping quiet. but then you know, Spielberg pulled out of the Olympics, the idiot.
IEDParty 07/03/2008 @ 7:18am

“ Garfield 2 “ ? Hehehehehehe
IEDParty 07/03/2008 @ 7:20am

Hehehehehehehe
cpa314 07/03/2008 @ 12:14pm

Yeah, that would be an admirable thing to do: donate some of the BO money to the earthquake victims. Really unfortunate natural disaster.
ChevalierAguila 07/03/2008 @ 2:42pm

I’m still not seeing this.