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Kung Fu Panda 2Follow

2011 • PG • 1h 30m • Action, Adventure, Animation • DreamWorks

The future of Kung Fu hangs in balance.

🍅 82% 74%

67

3.77

7.3

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$47.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$165.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$664.80M

$499.60M international

Domestic legs3.46x

Budget$150M

2011 rank#15

Compare with other movies

Cast & crew

Full Nelson filmography

Jennifer Yuh Nelson

Jennifer Yuh Nelson Director

Jack Black

Jack Black Starring

Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie Starring

Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman Starring

Gary Oldman

Gary Oldman Starring

Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan Starring

ScreenplayLi Hong, Ed Gombert, Simon Wells, Chen-Yi Chang Produced byMelissa Cobb MusicHans Zimmer & John Powell Prod. DesignRaymond Zibach StudioDreamWorks SeriesKung Fu Panda

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 27-29 2 $47.7M — 3,925 $12,141 $53.5M

2 Jun 3-5 3 $23.9M −49.9% 3,952 $6,044 $100.0M

3 Jun 10-12 4 $16.5M −30.7% 3,929 $4,210 $126.8M

4 Jun 17-19 6 $9.0M −45.4% 3,469 $2,602 $143.7M

5 Jun 24-26 11 $4.2M −53.8% 2,527 $1,651 $153.1M

6 Jul 1-3 14 $1.7M −60.1% 1,281 $1,299 $156.9M

7 Jul 8-10 16 $865.1K −48.0% 650 $1,330 $159.0M

8 Jul 15-17 20 $460.8K −46.7% 354 $1,301 $160.1M

9 Jul 22-24 22 $317.5K −31.1% 250 $1,269 $160.8M

10 Jul 29-31 15 $662.2K +108.6% 319 $2,075 $161.7M

11 Aug 5-7 17 $500.3K −24.4% 290 $1,725 $162.7M

12 Aug 12-14 23 $351.1K −29.8% 252 $1,393 $163.4M

13 Aug 19-21 26 $284.5K −19.0% 237 $1,200 $163.9M

14 Aug 26-28 31 $209.7K −26.3% 194 $1,080 $164.3M

15 Sep 2-4 32 $334.2K +59.4% 305 $1,095 $164.7M

16 Sep 9-11 40 $122.9K −63.2% 164 $749 $165.0M

17 Sep 16-18 39 $97.5K −20.7% 142 $686 $165.1M

18 Sep 23-25 40 $78.6K −19.4% 113 $695 $165.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu May 26 #2 $5.8M — $5.8M 3,925 $1,478 1

Fri May 27 #2 $13.1M +126% $18.9M 3,925 $3,338 2

Sat May 28 #2 $18.5M +41% $37.4M 3,925 $4,717 3

Sun May 29 #2 $16.0M −13% $53.5M 3,925 $4,086 4

Mon May 30 #2 $13.2M −18% $66.7M 3,925 $3,366 5

Tue May 31 #2 $3.5M −74% $70.1M 3,925 $883 6

Wed Jun 1 #2 $3.0M −14% $73.1M 3,925 $757 7

Thu Jun 2 #2 $3.0M +2% −48% $76.1M 3,925 $770 8

Fri Jun 3 #3 $6.4M +112% −51% $82.5M 3,925 $1,630 9

Sat Jun 4 #3 $10.2M +60% −45% $92.8M 3,925 $2,604 10

Sun Jun 5 #3 $7.3M −29% −55% $100.0M 3,925 $1,851 11

Mon Jun 6 #3 $2.3M −68% −82% $102.4M 3,925 $594 12

Tue Jun 7 #3 $2.7M +16% −22% $105.1M 3,925 $688 13

Wed Jun 8 #3 $2.4M −10% −18% $107.5M 3,925 $618 14

Thu Jun 9 #3 $2.8M +15% −8% $110.3M 3,925 $709 15

Fri Jun 10 #4 $4.7M +67% −27% $114.9M 3,929 $1,183 16

Sat Jun 11 #4 $7.1M +52% −31% $122.0M 3,929 $1,794 17

Sun Jun 12 #3 $4.8M −31% −33% $126.8M 3,929 $1,232 18

Mon Jun 13 #4 $1.8M −63% −23% $128.6M 3,929 $454 19

Tue Jun 14 #3 $2.1M +18% −22% $130.7M 3,929 $535 20

Wed Jun 15 #3 $1.9M −7% −20% $132.7M 3,929 $495 21

Thu Jun 16 #3 $2.0M +2% −28% $134.6M 3,929 $507 22

Fri Jun 17 #6 $2.5M +28% −45% $137.2M 3,469 $732 23

Sat Jun 18 #6 $3.4M +34% −52% $140.6M 3,469 $985 24

Sun Jun 19 #5 $3.1M −10% −37% $143.7M 3,469 $884 25

Mon Jun 20 #6 $1.2M −62% −35% $144.8M 3,469 $334 26

Tue Jun 21 #5 $1.3M +14% −37% $146.2M 3,469 $380 27

Wed Jun 22 #5 $1.3M −1% −33% $147.5M 3,469 $375 28

Thu Jun 23 #4 $1.4M +11% −28% $148.9M 3,469 $415 29

Fri Jun 24 #10 $1.4M −5% −46% $150.3M 2,527 $543 30

Sat Jun 25 #11 $1.6M +16% −53% $151.9M 2,527 $632 31

Sun Jun 26 #11 $1.2M −25% −61% $153.1M 2,527 $475 32

Mon Jun 27 #10 $555.5K −54% −52% $153.6M 2,527 $219 33

Tue Jun 28 #11 $651.4K +17% −51% $154.3M 2,527 $257 34

Wed Jun 29 #10 $448.9K −31% −66% $154.7M 2,527 $177 35

Thu Jun 30 #12 $473.3K +5% −67% $155.2M 2,527 $187 36

Fri Jul 1 $468.8K −1% −66% $155.7M 1,281 $365 37

Sat Jul 2 $596.5K +27% −63% $156.3M 1,281 $465 38

Sun Jul 3 $599.5K +1% −50% $156.9M 1,281 $468 39

Mon Jul 4 #13 $421.9K −30% −24% $157.3M 1,281 $329 40

Tue Jul 5 #14 $287.4K −32% −56% $157.6M 1,281 $224 41

Wed Jul 6 #14 $290.7K +1% −35% $157.9M 1,281 $226 42

Thu Jul 7 #14 $289.9K n/c −39% $158.1M 1,281 $226 43

Fri Jul 8 $265.3K −8% −43% $158.4M 650 $408 44

Sat Jul 9 $346.2K +30% −42% $158.8M 650 $532 45

Sun Jul 10 $253.6K −27% −58% $159.0M 650 $390 46

Mon Jul 11 #16 $131.8K −48% −69% $159.1M 650 $202 47

Tue Jul 12 #14 $186.3K +41% −35% $159.3M 650 $286 48

Wed Jul 13 #15 $143.8K −23% −51% $159.5M 650 $221 49

Thu Jul 14 #15 $137.4K −4% −53% $159.6M 650 $211 50

Fri Jul 15 $139.8K +2% −47% $159.8M 354 $394 51

Sat Jul 16 $180.8K +29% −48% $159.9M 354 $510 52

Sun Jul 17 $140.2K −22% −45% $160.1M 354 $395 53

Mon Jul 18 $81.9K −42% −38% $160.2M 354 $231 54

Tue Jul 19 $108.7K +33% −42% $160.3M 354 $306 55

Wed Jul 20 $93.5K −14% −35% $160.4M 354 $264 56

Thu Jul 21 $100.0K +7% −27% $160.5M 354 $282 57

Fri Jul 22 $98.2K −2% −30% $160.6M 250 $392 58

Sat Jul 23 $125.7K +28% −30% $160.7M 250 $502 59

Sun Jul 24 $93.6K −26% −33% $160.8M 250 $374 60

Mon Jul 25 $56.6K −40% −31% $160.8M 250 $226 61

Tue Jul 26 $74.1K +31% −32% $160.9M 250 $296 62

Wed Jul 27 $56.7K −23% −39% $161.0M 250 $226 63

Thu Jul 28 $56.0K −1% −44% $161.0M 250 $223 64

Fri Jul 29 $198.9K +255% +103% $161.2M 319 $623 65

Sat Jul 30 $254.8K +28% +103% $161.5M 319 $798 66

Sun Jul 31 $208.4K −18% +123% $161.7M 319 $653 67

Mon Aug 1 $125.7K −40% +122% $161.8M 319 $394 68

Tue Aug 2 $148.1K +18% +100% $162.0M 319 $464 69

Wed Aug 3 $125.9K −15% +122% $162.1M 319 $394 70

Thu Aug 4 $114.3K −9% +104% $162.2M 319 $358 71

Fri Aug 5 $149.1K +30% −25% $162.3M 290 $513 72

Sat Aug 6 $199.7K +34% −22% $162.5M 290 $688 73

Sun Aug 7 $151.5K −24% −27% $162.7M 290 $522 74

Mon Aug 8 $81.8K −46% −35% $162.8M 290 $282 75

Tue Aug 9 $117.3K +43% −21% $162.9M 290 $404 76

Wed Aug 10 $98.4K −16% −22% $163.0M 290 $339 77

Thu Aug 11 $89.0K −9% −22% $163.1M 290 $306 78

Fri Aug 12 $100.0K +12% −33% $163.2M 252 $396 79

Sat Aug 13 $139.4K +39% −30% $163.3M 252 $553 80

Sun Aug 14 $111.7K −20% −26% $163.4M 252 $443 81

Mon Aug 15 $56.3K −50% −31% $163.5M 252 $223 82

Tue Aug 16 $65.3K +16% −44% $163.6M 252 $259 83

Wed Aug 17 $51.8K −21% −47% $163.6M 252 $205 84

Thu Aug 18 $51.4K −1% −42% $163.7M 252 $203 85

Fri Aug 19 $82.5K +61% −18% $163.7M 237 $348 86

Sat Aug 20 $121.2K +47% −13% $163.9M 237 $511 87

Sun Aug 21 $80.7K −33% −28% $163.9M 237 $340 88

Mon Aug 22 $31.1K −62% −45% $164.0M 237 $131 89

Tue Aug 23 $36.4K +17% −44% $164.0M 237 $153 90

Wed Aug 24 $28.3K −22% −45% $164.0M 237 $119 91

Thu Aug 25 $28.9K +2% −44% $164.1M 237 $121 92

Fri Aug 26 $51.3K +78% −38% $164.1M 194 $264 93

Sat Aug 27 $92.5K +80% −24% $164.2M 194 $476 94

Sun Aug 28 $65.9K −29% −18% $164.3M 194 $339 95

Mon Aug 29 $19.5K −70% −37% $164.3M 194 $100 96

Tue Aug 30 $24.5K +25% −33% $164.3M 194 $126 97

Wed Aug 31 $21.1K −14% −26% $164.3M 194 $108 98

Thu Sep 1 $18.4K −13% −37% $164.4M 194 $94 99

Fri Sep 2 $70.8K +286% +38% $164.4M 305 $232 100

Sat Sep 3 $133.7K +89% +45% $164.6M 305 $438 101

Sun Sep 4 $129.7K −3% +97% $164.7M 305 $425 102

Mon Sep 5 #31 $132.2K +2% +576% $164.8M 305 $433 103

Tue Sep 6 $22.1K −83% −10% $164.8M 305 $72 104

Wed Sep 7 $16.1K −27% −24% $164.9M 305 $52 105

Thu Sep 8 $13.5K −16% −26% $164.9M 305 $44 106

Fri Sep 9 $26.9K +99% −62% $164.9M 164 $164 107

Sat Sep 10 $59.5K +121% −55% $165.0M 164 $363 108

Sun Sep 11 $36.4K −39% −72% $165.0M 164 $221 109

Mon Sep 12 $7.2K −80% −95% $165.0M 164 $44 110

Tue Sep 13 $7.6K +5% −66% $165.0M 164 $46 111

Wed Sep 14 $6.9K −8% −57% $165.0M 164 $42 112

Thu Sep 15 $7.4K +7% −45% $165.0M 164 $45 113

Fri Sep 16 $20.6K +179% −23% $165.1M 142 $145 114

Sat Sep 17 $43.9K +113% −26% $165.1M 142 $309 115

Sun Sep 18 $32.9K −25% −10% $165.1M 142 $231 116

Mon Sep 19 $6.4K −81% −12% $165.1M 142 $44 117

Tue Sep 20 $6.0K −6% −21% $165.1M 142 $42 118

Wed Sep 21 $5.4K −9% −22% $165.1M 142 $38 119

Thu Sep 22 $5.7K +5% −23% $165.2M 142 $40 120

Fri Sep 23 $18.7K +228% −9% $165.2M 113 $165 121

Sat Sep 24 $38.2K +104% −13% $165.2M 113 $337 122

Sun Sep 25 $21.7K −43% −34% $165.2M 113 $191 123

Mon Sep 26 $5.0K −77% −21% $165.2M 113 $44 124

Tue Sep 27 $4.3K −14% −28% $165.2M 113 $38 125

Wed Sep 28 $4.3K n/c −21% $165.2M 113 $38 126

Thu Sep 29 $5.2K +20% −9% $165.2M 113 $45 127

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$162.1M

May 26Jun 12Jun 30Jul 17Aug 3

Weekend grossWk 10 · $662.2K

$47.7M

$23.9M

$16.5M

$9.0M

$4.2M

$1.7M

$865.1K

$460.8K

$317.5K

$662.2K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,929 → 319 −91.9%

3,925 open319 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +108.6%

−49.9%

W1→2

−30.7%

W2→3

−45.4%

W3→4

−53.8%

W4→5

−60.1%

W5→6

−48.0%

W6→7

−46.7%

W7→8

−31.1%

W8→9

+108.6%

W9→10

Steepest −60.1%Biggest gain +108.6%

Run milestones

$100M in 11 days

$100M

Day 11

Jun 5

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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