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Kung Fu Panda 3Follow

2016 • PG • 1h 38m • Animation, Action, Adventure • 20th Century Fox

The Master is back

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$41.30M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$143.50M
Final
Worldwide total
$520.20M
$376.70M international
Domestic legs3.47x
Budget$145M
2016 rank#20

Cast & crew

Full Nelson filmography
Jennifer Yuh Nelson Jennifer Yuh Nelson Director Jack Black Jack Black Starring Bryan Cranston Bryan Cranston Starring Dustin Hoffman Dustin Hoffman Starring Angelina Jolie Angelina Jolie Starring J.K. Simmons J.K. Simmons Starring
ScreenplayJonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger, Stephanie Ma Stine Produced byJennifer Yuh Nelson, Stephanie Ma Stine MusicHans Zimmer Prod. DesignRaymond Zibach Studio20th Century Fox SeriesKung Fu Panda

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jan 29-31 1 $41.3M — 3,955 $10,438 $41.3M
2 Feb 5-7 1 $21.2M −48.5% 3,987 $5,328 $69.3M
3 Feb 12-14 2 $19.8M −7.0% 3,844 $5,139 $94.0M
4 Feb 19-21 2 $12.5M −36.6% 3,448 $3,630 $117.1M
5 Feb 26-28 3 $8.9M −28.9% 3,296 $2,700 $128.4M
6 Mar 4-6 7 $3.6M −59.9% 2,700 $1,323 $133.9M
7 Mar 11-13 12 $1.7M −52.2% 1,650 $1,035 $136.5M
8 Mar 18-20 16 $971.4K −43.1% 719 $1,351 $138.4M
9 Mar 25-27 16 $561.8K −42.2% 480 $1,170 $139.4M
10 Apr 1-3 18 $517.2K −7.9% 396 $1,306 $140.3M
11 Apr 8-10 18 $443.6K −14.2% 341 $1,301 $141.0M
12 Apr 15-17 22 $273.8K −38.3% 293 $934 $141.3M
13 Apr 22-24 22 $274.5K +0.3% 273 $1,006 $141.7M
14 Apr 29-May 1 26 $270.6K −1.4% 258 $1,049 $142.0M
15 May 6-8 25 $184.9K −31.7% 239 $774 $142.2M
16 May 13-15 25 $187.2K +1.3% 216 $867 $142.5M
17 May 20-22 23 $223.6K +19.4% 219 $1,021 $142.8M
18 May 27-29 18 $256.1K +14.5% 193 $1,327 $143.1M
19 Jun 3-5 31 $62.0K −75.8% 134 $462 $143.3M
20 Jun 10-12 40 $34.8K −43.9% 88 $395 $143.4M
21 Jun 17-19 41 $23.4K −32.6% 53 $442 $143.4M
22 Jun 24-26 44 $23.3K −0.5% 47 $496 $143.4M
23 Jul 1-3 51 $14.4K −38.2% 29 $497 $143.5M
24 Jul 8-10 57 $10.9K −24.4% 23 $474 $143.5M
25 Jul 15-17 65 $5.6K −48.5% 18 $312 $143.5M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Cumulative total$140.5M
Jan 29Feb 15Mar 4Mar 21Apr 7
Weekend grossWk 10 · $517.2K
$41.3M
$21.2M
$19.8M
$12.5M
$8.9M
$3.6M
$1.7M
$971.4K
$561.8K
$517.2K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Theater countPeak 3,987 → 396 −90.1%
3,955 open396 now
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −7.9%
−48.5%
W1→2
−7.0%
W2→3
−36.6%
W3→4
−28.9%
W4→5
−59.9%
W5→6
−52.2%
W6→7
−43.1%
W7→8
−42.2%
W8→9
−7.9%
W9→10
Steepest −59.9%Best hold −7.0%

Run milestones

$100M in 18 days
$100M
Day 18
Feb 15

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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