. United States. ChinaLanguageEnglishBudget$145 millionBox office$521.2 millionKung Fu Panda 3 is a 2016 produced by and distributed by worldwide and by Oriental DreamWorks in China. It is the third installment in the, and the sequel to 2011's.
When Po discovers a secret village of fun-loving, clumsy pandas, he must train them to defeat Kai, a supernatural villain who threatens to destroy Kung Fu.
In the film, enters the panda village and re-unites with his birth father and other pandas, but problems arise when a villainous undead warrior named Kai, returns to the mortal realm and steals from the kung fu masters, with the goal of ending Oogway's legacy. To prevent Kai from taking chi from all kung fu masters and pandas, Po forms the army of pandas to battle Kai's jade minions and Po must become a master of chi to defeat him and save his friends.The film is directed by and and written by., and reprise their roles from the previous films with reprising his role of Oogway from the. They are joined by (replacing, who went on to voice Master Bear), and in the roles of Li Shan, Kai, and Mei Mei, respectively.Kung Fu Panda 3 premiered on January 16, 2016, in Los Angeles. It received a in China on January 23 for a special three-hour sneak preview and was released in the United States on January 29 in, grossing $521 million worldwide against its $145 million budget. Like its predecessors, the film received generally positive reviews, with praise for the voice acting, animation, humor, and heart. Contents.Plot In the spirit realm, Oogway fights against his old adversary, an undead warrior named Kai, who has defeated all the other kung fu masters in the realm and taken their.
Oogway too is ensnared and has his chi stolen, but not before he warns Kai that the Dragon Warrior, Po, will stop him. Kai takes this as a challenge to steal the Dragon Warrior's chi and returns to the mortal realm.Meanwhile, Master Shifu announces his retirement from teaching and passes the role of teacher to Po. An initially excited Po realizes that teaching kung fu is not as easy as anticipated, and the Furious Five are injured as a result.
Po is demoralized because of his failure, but Shifu advises Po that instead of trying to be like Shifu, he should try to be himself. Po returns home where he meets a panda, Li Shan, whom they both realize is his long-lost biological father. They quickly bond with each other, much to the jealousy of Po's adoptive father Mr.
Ping.After introducing Li to Shifu and his friends, Po and the Five defend the Valley of Peace from that Kai has created from the chi of past kung fu masters. The team learns through research that Oogway and Kai were once brothers-in-arms and very close friends. After Oogway was injured in battle, Kai carried him to a village of pandas who healed him with their mastery of chi.
The pandas then taught Oogway how to utilize chi to help others. However, Kai wanted the power for himself and tried to steal the pandas' chi, forcing Oogway to banish him to the spirit realm. In order to defeat Kai, Po must learn to master the use of chi himself. Li offers to teach him by taking him to his secret panda village. While Shifu and the Furious Five stay behind to deal with Kai, Po and Li travel to the village. Ping comes along as a stowaway, worried that he will lose Po's affections to Li. Although Po is eager to learn chi, Li tells him he must first learn the relaxed life of a panda in the village.Kai takes the chi of nearly every kung fu master in China, including Shifu and the Furious Five except Tigress, who escapes to warn Po and the other pandas that Kai is coming.
Afraid, Li and the pandas prepare to run away. When Po demands that Li teach him how to use chi immediately, Li confesses that he lied to him about chi mastery and that he only brought Po to their village because he was afraid of losing him again. Furious over his father's misdirection, Po isolates himself to train vigorously in preparation for fighting Kai. Ping, who realizes Po has become happier with Li in his life, tells Li that Po being mad at him is part of being a father, but that Po will forgive him.
So Li goes back to Po, and says the pandas will help him fight Kai's army. Realizing what had previously made him fail as a teacher, Po agrees and teaches them to use their everyday activities as kung fu skills.Kai arrives and sends his minions to capture Po, who sets the pandas, Ping, and Tigress upon them, distracting Kai. They defeat the jade zombie army, but when Po tries to use his signature Wuxi Finger Hold on Kai to send him back to the spirit realm, Kai reveals that it only works on mortals, not a spirit warrior like himself. Kai gains the upper hand in their fight, but Po uses the Wuxi Finger Hold on himself while gripping Kai around the neck, transporting them both to the spirit realm.
They fight again, and Kai subdues Po and begins to steal his chi. Using what they learned from Po, his friends and family use their chi to empower him. Po harnesses their chi to create a giant dragon figure with which he overpowers and defeats Kai, destroying him and restoring all of the fallen masters to normal.In an ethereal golden pond, Oogway appears to Po and informs him that his journey as the Dragon Warrior has come full circle, declaring Po to be his successor.
He reveals that he sent Li to find Po. Po chooses to return to the mortal world, and brings with him a mystic jade staff bestowed by Oogway. He and his extended family all return to the valley, where they continue practicing kung fu and chi.Voice cast. as. as Li Shan.
Cranston replaces, who had voiced Li Shan in, goes on to voice Master Bear in this film, and voices Master Shifu (below) in. as Master Shifu. as Master Tigress. as Kai. as Master Mantis. as Master Viper.
as Master Crane. as Mei Mei. as Mr. Ping.
as Grand Master Oogway. as Master Monkey. Steele Gagnon as Bao.
as Grandma Panda. as Master Croc. as Master Bear. Tatasciore briefly voiced Li Shan in. Stephen Kearin as Master Chicken.
as Big Fun, Hom-Lee. Knight had voiced one of the warriors in the prologue of. as Dim. as Sum. Pax Jolie-Pitt as Yoo. Knox Jolie-Pitt as Ku Ku. Zahara Jolie-Pitt as Meng Meng.
Shiloh Jolie-Pitt as Shuai Shuai. Liam Knight as Lei Lei. as Ming. as Male Palace Goose, Smart Panda Villager. Kelly Cooney as Female Palace Goose. as the Goose and Rabbit farmers.
Wingert voices Po in Legends of Awesomeness and.Production Development In 2010, CEO announced that the franchise was planned to have six movies, or 'chapters', altogether. In July 2012, Kung Fu Panda 3 was officially confirmed by, DWA's chief creative officer.The film was made as a co-production between DreamWorks Animation and, a -based studio, founded in 2012 as a partnership between DreamWorks Animation and Chinese companies. One third of the film was made in China, and the rest in the United States, at DWA. This was the first time that any major American animated feature film had been co-produced with a Chinese firm. The filmmakers worked closely with to ensure the film's release in China. As a film with a co-production status in China, it allowed the production companies to circumvent the country's strict import quota and take a greater share of box-office revenue than imported films. To ensure the film's success in China, in addition to the English version, the Chinese version of the film was also fully animated, making them the only versions that have the characters' lips synchronized with their voices.
Casting Kung Fu Panda 3 saw the crew from the second film reunite, including director, producer Melissa Cobb, screenplay writers, and as executive producer. Initially, Nelson was directing the film alone, but by February 2015, had joined her as a co-director.
According to the report, Carloni, who was an animation supervisor on the first film and a story artist on the second, joined Nelson following her request to strengthen 'the director's bench' to ensure that the film is completed in a timely manner.On April 9, 2013, DreamWorks Animation announced that, and had joined the cast of the film. By April 2015, had replaced Mikkelsen, whose character had been rewritten. Five months later, Wilson was replaced by due to an extended production schedule. The studio had to reanimate previously completed scenes to reflect Hudson's interpretation of the character.The film's antagonist, Kai, is the first supernatural villain of the Kung Fu Panda series. Described by del Toro as 'the most formidable villain yet,' the creators wanted him to stand apart from his predecessors. Nelson reasoned: 'You can't go brawler because Tai Lung was brawler.
You can't go smarter because Shen was smarter. Where can you go?
You have to go supernatural, bigger, and even more intimidating.' Music On July 25, 2014, it was announced that would return to score the film. The score includes performances from renowned Asian musicians such as Chinese pianist, Chinese cellist, musician, and Taiwanese pop singer and Canadian-Taiwanese young singer.
The soundtrack album was released on January 22, 2016., who collaborated with Zimmer on the first two films, did not return for the third installment.Release In September 2012, it was announced that Kung Fu Panda 3 would be released on March 18, 2016. On April 9, 2013, the film's release date was moved forward to December 23, 2015. In December 2014, the film was moved back to its original release date of March 18, 2016, to avoid competition with. In April 2015, the release date was once again shifted, this time to January 29, 2016.
Partnered with Fox and DWA to play the movie in Mandarin at seven theaters and in Spanish at 14 locations in the U.S and Canada meaning there will be a mix of subtitled and dubbed formats of Kung Fu Panda 3. This will mark the first time that AMC is playing a major theatrical release in dubbed/subtitled Mandarin.
The film had a day-and-date release starting from January 28 in, and and and the U.S. And Canada on January 29, 2016. Other markets will follow on March and April. According to, the strategy behind such a staggered release was to take advantage of certain opportunistic dates which presented themselves such as the in February for China. Reception Box office Kung Fu Panda 3 grossed $143.5 million in the United States and Canada, and $377.6 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $521.2 million, and is the lowest-grossing film in the series. According to, the film made a net profit of $76.65 million, when factoring together all expenses and revenues for the film, making it one of the top twenty most profitable release of 2016.In the United States and Canada, early tracking suggests the film would open to about $40–45 million from 3,955 theaters with reporting as high as $53 million opening, which is on par with 's $47.7 million opening in 2011 but much lower than the 's $60.2 million opening in 2008. However, DreamWorks Animation and Fox are being more conservative suggesting a 'mid $40 million' opening.
Paul Dergarabedian, senior analyts at said the film 'should land somewhere between the first two installments' noting that after moviegoers – mostly from the – were affected by the, patrons, mostly families, would be on the look-out for entertainment movies which Kung Fu Panda 3 delivers. On January 27, two days before the film's release, reported that Kung Fu Panda 3 was the top advance ticket seller for the weekend, outstripping previous DWA films as well as Kung Fu Panda 2 at the same point in their sale cycles. Box office pundits also noted that the film didn't face any serious competition with its counterparts of newly released films such as and, as well as holdovers and, as all are expected to gross around $10 million. In North America, Kung Fu Panda 3 topped the box office in its debut weekend with $41.3 million, which made it the best opening weekend for animated film in January and the third highest weekend debut ever for the month. It retained the No. 1 spot at North American box-office during its second weekend, by grossing $21.2 million.
In China, expectations were high for the film with Nancy Tartaglione of reporting a bigger opening weekend than the U.S. And a bigger total gross. Conservative estimates for its China opening were at $35 million and rising to well upwards of $50 million.
Main article:Kung Fu Panda: Showdown of Legendary Legends is a single and multiplayer RPG martial arts video freefiregame that features characters from all three Kung Fu Panda films. Developed by and published by Little Orbit, the game was released on December 1, 2015 for,. The version was released on December 15, 2015. Sequels On December 3, 2010, DreamWorks Animation CEO officially confirmed that the series could see three more sequels after Kung Fu Panda 3, bringing it to a six-film series. In January 13, 2016, asked the filmmakers of Kung Fu Panda 3 about the possibility of a fourth film. Co-director said, 'It’s one at a time. We want to make this a perfect jewel, and then we’ll see what happens after that'.
Co-director said, 'With the sequels, we don’t want to try to have them feel open-ended. We want it to feel like a completed journey, and we feel this movie does. And then, if a fantastic story presents itself, great'. On August 2, 2018, when asked on news about Kung Fu Panda 4, Nelson replied that she doesn't know as she always saw the series as a trilogy, but that she is open for a fourth installment as long as the franchise focuses on Po. References.
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GoofsIt's shown in that Li along with the over Panda's had to hide from Shen as he was killing all of the pandas, so Li and the others made the panda village. In the film Li claims that they can't share the location of the village, as if they didn't know Shen was still alive which made sense and all. But judging how word gets around fast in this world they would've known. Then it's revealed that their village was the panda village in the flash back but how would the pandas know that seeing how Li didn't even know what Chi was until Shifu told them that flashback story.
Though even the pandas have no idea what Chi is there would have been no reason for them to hide still even after Shen's death. I went with my 14-year old son to watch Kung Fu Panda 3. We both loved it. It's definitely a feel-good movie. We've watched every Kung Fu Panda movie, and we are definitely fans. The cast is incredible!
Jack Black is awesome as Po, as usual. We particularly enjoyed the music score (which nicely emphasized the emotional parts) and the artwork. I appreciated that there were morals woven into this movie, especially with regard to finding your true self, appreciation of what it means to be a family and the importance of family, and Po's learning about chi, the life force in all living things. This all added depth to Po's character. There were, of course, many funny moments in the movie that made us both laugh. At the end of the movie (and we always stay to the very end, reading all the credits), the artwork was particularly beautiful, where they took images from the movie and made it look like an ancient, Chinese watercolor.
We left feeling very good about having spent time together at this movie!