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Kung Fu Panda 2

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Kung Fu Panda 2is a 2011 American animatedmartial artscomedy filmproduced byDreamWorks Animationand distributed byParamount Pictures.Directed byJennifer Yuh Nelsonand written by the writing team ofJonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger,the film is the sequel toKung Fu Panda(2008), and the second installment in theKung Fu Pandafranchise.It starsJack Black,Angelina Jolie,Dustin Hoffman,Seth Rogen,Lucy Liu,David Cross,James HongandJackie Chanreprising their roles from the first film, withGary Oldman,Michelle Yeoh,Danny McBride,Dennis Haysbert,Jean-Claude Van DammeandVictor Garbervoicing new characters. In the film,Poand his Furious Five allies (Tigress, Monkey, Viper, Crane and Mantis) travel to Gongmen City to stop the evil peacock Lord Shen from conquering China, while also rediscovering Po's forgotten past.

Kung Fu Panda 2
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJennifer Yuh Nelson
Written by
Produced byMelissa Cobb
Starring
Edited byClare Knight
Music by
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures[2]
Release dates
  • May 22, 2011(2011-05-22)(Hollywood premiere)
  • May 26, 2011(2011-05-26)(United States)
Running time
90 minutes[3]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$150 million[4]
Box office$665.6 million[3]

The film was released in theaters on May 26, 2011, to positive reviews. It grossed $665 million worldwide against its $150 million budget, becoming the highest-grossing film directed by a female director untilFrozen,as well as being the highest-grossing film solely directed by a female director untilWonder Woman.It was also thesixth-highest-grossing film of 2011,the highest-grossing animated feature film of the year, and the highest grossing film in theKung Fu Pandafranchise. The film was nominated for theAcademy Award for Best Animated Featureat the84thAcademy Awards,losing toRango.Nelson became the second woman to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, afterMarjane SatrapiforPersepolis.It was followed byKung Fu Panda 3in 2016 andKung Fu Panda 4in 2024.

Plot

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Long ago, thepeacockrulers of Gongmen City inventedfireworksfor peaceful purposes, but their son, Lord Shen, discovered that thegunpowdercould also be weaponized. Troubled by Shen's obsession, his parents consulted a soothsayer, who foretold them that if he continued too far down this path, he would be stopped by "a warrior of black and white". Overhearing the prophecy, Shen deduced that the warrior would be a panda and led hiswolfarmy to exterminate the pandas. Horrified by the genocide, Shen's parents banished him. In the present day, Shen and his wolf army raid villages for scrap metal, hoping to buildcannonsthat Shen can use to conquer all of China.

Meanwhile, Po is enjoying his new life as a kung fu master alongside the Furious Five, although Master Shifu warns him that he has not yet achieved inner peace. When the wolf army raids another village, Po and the Five intercept them, but a symbol on the leader's armor that resembles a red eye gives Po a flashback of his mother. Po questions his father, Mr. Ping, who reveals that he found Po as a cub in a shipment of radishes outside his restaurant, and adopted him as his son when no one came to claim him. Po and the Five are dispatched to Gongmen City after learning that Shen killed Master Thundering Rhino, aregentof the city, with a cannon. Shen imprisons the other regents, Masters Ox and Croc, and takes over the city, but the soothsayer constantly reminds him of the prophecy until he learns that Po is a panda.

Arriving in Gongmen City, Po and the Five free Masters Ox and Croc, but they refuse to help, believing that kung fu died alongside Master Rhino. Po and the Five feign surrender to Shen, secretly replacing Mantis with a dummy. The real Mantis frees the others when they are inside the palace, and they destroy the prototype cannon, but Po sees the same familiar symbol on Shen'splumage,which distracts him long enough for Shen to escape and destroy Gongmen Palace with his cannonade. When the masters are safe, Tigress confronts Po, and he reveals that he somehow remembered Shen on the day he last saw his biological parents. Tigress sympathizes but fears that Po's lack of focus will get him killed. The Five abandon Po for his safety and proceed to Shen's cannon factory to destroy it.

However, Po follows and confronts Shen, inadvertently spoiling the plan and allowing the Five to be captured. Shen lies, claiming Po's parents hated him, and shoots him with a cannon. Badly wounded but alive, Po floats downriver and is rescued by the soothsayer, who tells him about the panda genocide and encourages him to embrace his past. Po, finally achieving inner peace, is able to remember his father fighting off the army while his mother hid him in a radish crate, drawing off Shen's army so he could survive. Rejuvenated, Po returns to Gongmen City, where Shen is sailing downriver with his cannons and army. Po frees the Five, and with the help of Masters Ox, Croc, and Shifu, they are able to wreck the foremost ships and prevent the army from reaching the harbor, but Shen fires a cannon, killing some of his own soldiers, to clear the way.

Po stands alone against Shen, using his newfound inner peace skills to deflect the cannonballs shot at him back at the fleet, destroying it. Po offers mercy to Shen, but he rejects it and attacks Po with a spear, accidentally severing the lines holding up one of the cannons, which falls onto the ship and kills Shen. Po is congratulated by Shifu and the Five, and while returning to the Valley, Po reaffirms his identity as Mr. Ping's son and his love for his adoptive father. Meanwhile, at a secret panda village in the mountains, Po's biological father is revealed to still be alive, and he senses his son is alive.[a]

Voice cast

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Main article:List ofKung Fu Pandacharacters

Production

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WhenKung Fu Pandawas released in 2008,DreamWorks Animationplanned a second film with the subtitlePandamonium,[5]which was changed by 2010 toKaboom of Doom[6]before being wholly retitled toKung Fu Panda 2.Jennifer Yuh Nelson,who was head of story for the first film, was hired to replaceJohn StevensonandMark Osborneas director for the sequel when it became evident that they would not be returning for the sequel. The first film's cast members reprised their voice roles. As with every DreamWorks Animation film fromMonsters vs. Aliensonward,Kung Fu Panda 2was produced in DreamWorks'sstereoscopic 3D technology.[citation needed]

Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger,screenwriters and co-producers for the first film, returned to write and co-produce the sequel,[7]withCharlie Kaufmanconsulting[8][9]on the screenplay early in the development process.[10]

InKung Fu Panda 2,the production crew showed increased familiarity withChinese culture.In 2008, after the release ofKung Fu Panda,DreamWorks CEOJeffrey Katzenberg,director Nelson, and other DreamWorks members, including production designer Raymond Zibach, visitedChengdu,which is considered the "panda hometown".[11]In addition to seeing real pandas at the Giant Panda Research Centre, the production-design crew learned about the local culture. Katzenberg has stated that the sequel incorporates many elements of Chengdu in the film.[12]

The film's landscape and architecture also found inspiration from those found atMount Qingcheng,a renownedTaoistmountain.[13]In an interview with theChina Daily,Zibach recounted that the Panda research center influenced the movie in a big way, as did their experience of holding a month-old panda cub named A Bao, which gave them the idea for baby Po in a flashback.[14]It also gave them the idea of featuringSichuan food,such asMapo tofuandDandan noodles.[15]In an interview withMovieline,Berger stated, "We never really thought of this as a movie set in China for Americans; it's a movie set in a mythical, universalized China for everyone in the world."[16][17]

Release

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Kung Fu Panda 2was screened at the 2011Cannes Film Festivalin early May, before its commercial release.[18]In the United States, it premiered on May 22, 2011, atGrauman's Chinese Theatrein Hollywood, California.[19]The film was widely released in the United States and South Korea on May 26, 2011, in the United Kingdom on June 10, 2011, and in Australia on June 23, 2011. It was also released inIMAXtheaters in theEMEAregion.[20]

Home media

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The film was released onDVDandBlu-rayon December 13, 2011, accompanied by the short film,Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters,and an episode of theKung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomenesstelevision series.[21]As of February 2013, 6.5 million home entertainment units were sold worldwide.[22]

Reception

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Critical reception

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On the review aggregator siteRotten Tomatoes,the film has an approval rating of 82%, based on 186 reviews, with an average rating of 6.9/10. The site's consensus reads: "The storyline arc may seem a tad familiar to fans of the original, butKung Fu Panda 2offers enough action, comedy, and visual sparkle to compensate. "[23]OnMetacritic,the film has a weighted average score of 67 out of 100, based on 34 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[24]Audiences polled byCinemaScoregave the film an "A" grade on a scale of A+ to F.[25]

Varietycalled the film "a worthy sequel that gets an extra kick from the addition of dynamic3Dfight sequences ",[26]whileThe Hollywood Reportersimilarly praised the film.[27]Roger Ebertof theChicago Sun-Timesgave the film 3.5 stars out of 4, praising the sequel as superior to the original, and as an ambitious extension of the previous story.[28]

Some critics noted the influences of executive producerGuillermo del Toro's works in the film's darker themes.[29]Jim Tudor ofTwitchFilm.netsaid that, with del Toro on board, the film "effectively probes deeper into Po's emerging hero's journey and personal issues, evoking a truly fulfillingCampbellian archetype,but also remains fully viable as mainstream entertainment suitable for all ages ".[30]

As with the first film, the animation has been praised.Frank LoveceofFilm Journal Internationaldescribed the film as "truly beautiful to behold", and stated that it "works on both aesthetic and emotional levels".[31]Betsy Sharkey of theLos Angeles Timeswrote that "Panda 2is not just wall-to-wall animation, it is artistry of the highest order ".[32]

Many critics praised Gary Oldman's voice acting and developed characterization of Lord Shen, with some comparing him favorably toIan McShane's voice performance asTai Lungin the first film. Angie Errigo ofEmpirecalled him "fabulous as the feathered fiend and his character animators do his performance proud with a stunning, balletic fighting style, the fan tail flicking with lethal fascination".[33]

Box office

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The film grossed $165.2 million in the United States and Canada, along with $500.4 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $665.6 million.[3]In total, 3D contributed approximately 53% of the film's worldwide gross.[34]Worldwide, it was thesixth-highest-grossing film of 2011,[35]and the28th highest-grossing animated film.During its first weekend, it earned $108.9 million worldwide, ranking third behindPirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger TidesandThe Hangover Part II.[36]It was the highest-grossing film directed by a woman untilFrozentwo years later, as the well as the highest-grossing film directed solely by a woman untilWonder Woman.[37]

In North America, the film earned $5.8 million on its opening day (Thursday, May 26, 2011), ranking second behindThe Hangover Part II.[38]On Friday, the film earned $13.1 million, which was behind the first film's $20.3 million opening Friday.[39]Over the three-day weekend (Friday-to-Sunday), the film earned $47.7 million, which was behind the first film's $60.2 million debut; it also finished second at the box office, behindThe Hangover Part II.[40]The film made $13.2 million onMemorial Day,bringing its four-day weekend total to $60.9 million.[41]

Outside North America, the film debuted with $55.5 million on the same weekend as its North American debut, topping the box office in nine of eleven countries in which it was released. It ranked third overall, behindPirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger TidesandThe Hangover Part II.[42]The film topped the box office outside North America on two consecutive weekends (its third and fourth weekend).[43][44]

In China, its highest-grossing market after North America, two different grosses were reported: a $19.3 million two-day weekend and a $16.7 million two-day weekend. Either way, the film set an opening-day record in the country.[45][46]It earned $93.19 million in total, making it the highest-grossing animated film released in China, surpassing the previous record-holder,Kung Fu Panda($26 million).[47]It held the record until 2015, when it was surpassed by the Chinese film,Monkey King: Hero Is Back.[48]The Asian-themed film scored the largest opening weekend for an animated film inMalaysia,thePhilippines,Singapore,South KoreaandThailand.[49][50]It became the highest-grossing film released inVietnam,surpassingAvatar.[51][52]

Accolades

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Accolades received byKung Fu Panda 2
Award Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
Academy Awards Best Animated Feature Jennifer Yuh Nelson Nominated [53]
[54]
Alliance of Women Film Journalists Best Animated Film Kung Fu Panda 2 Nominated [55]
[56]
Best Animated Female Angelina Jolie Nominated
Best Woman Director Jennifer Yuh Nelson Nominated
Annie Awards Best Animated Feature Melissa Cobb Nominated [57]
Animated Effects in an Animated Production Dave Tidgwell
Jason Mayer 		Nominated
Character Animation in a Feature Production Dan Wagner
Pierre Perifel 		Nominated
Directing in a Feature Production Jennifer Yuh Nelson Won
Production Design in a Feature Production Raymond Zilbac Won
Storyboarding in a Feature Production Gary Graham
Philip Craven 		Nominated
Voice Acting in a Feature Production Gary Oldman Nominated
Voice Acting in a Feature Production James Hong Nominated
Editing in a Feature Production Clare Knight Nominated
British Academy Children's Awards Feature Film Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger, Melissa Cobb, Jennifer Yuh Nelson Nominated [58]
Critics' Choice Awards Best Animated Feature Jennifer Yuh Nelson Nominated [59]
[60]
Golden Reel Awards Best Sound Editing – Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR in an Animation Feature Film Kung Fu Panda 2 Nominated [61]
[62]
Houston Film Critics Society Best Animated Film Kung Fu Panda 2 Nominated [63]
Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Animated Movie Kung Fu Panda 2 Nominated [64]
Favorite Voice From an Animated Movie Jack Black Nominated
Online Film Critics Society Best Animated Feature Melissa Cobb Nominated [65]
People's Choice Awards Favorite Movie Animated Voice Jack Black Nominated [66]
Producers Guild of America Awards Best Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures Melissa Cobb Nominated [67]
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards Best Animated Film Jennifer Yuh Nelson and Mellisa Cobb Nominated [68]
Satellite Awards Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media Kung Fu Panda 2 Nominated [69]
Saturn Awards Best Animated Film Kung Fu Panda 2 Nominated [70]
[71]
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards Best Animated Film Jennifer Yuh Nelson Nominated [72]
Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie Animated Voice Jack Black Nominated [73]
[74]
Visual Effects Society Awards Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature Motion Picture Melissa Cobb, Alex Parkinson,Jennifer Yuh Nelson,Raymond Zibach Nominated [75]
[76]
Women Film Critics Circle Best Animated Females Kung Fu Panda 2 Nominated [77]

Marketing

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APoparade balloon at the 2011Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

DreamWorks Animation has invested$100 millionin creating promotional partners and building up marketing for its films. ForKung Fu Panda 2,DWA had partnerships withMcDonald's,AT&T,Best Buy,General Mills,Sun-Maid,Airheads,Hint WaterandHP.The film's characters were used in products and advertising campaigns across various media. The studio also pursued social media efforts to promote the film.[78]

DWA partnered withHouse Foods Americato brand its products, notably tofu, with advertising of the film.Varietyreported that the partnership was the first ever between a film studio and a tofu company. The studio also enlisted the parade balloon of Po from theMacy's Thanksgiving Day Paradeto tour in six cities, concluding with Los Angeles during Memorial Day weekend in late May 2011.[78]

Merchandise was also produced for the film:Fisher-Price,THQ,Hallmarkand Jem Sportswear. PublishersVTech,Penguin Books,Dalmatian PressandApe Entertainmentreleased books tied to the film.[78]

Soundtrack

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Main article:Kung Fu Panda 2(soundtrack)

Kung Fu Panda 2is the soundtrack of the film,[79][80]collaboratively scored byHans ZimmerandJohn Powell,and originally released May 24, 2011.[81]

Video game

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Main article:Kung Fu Panda 2(video game)

A video-game adaptation of the film was developed byGriptonite Gamesand published by THQ May 23, 2011. The game was released for thePlayStation 3,Xbox 360,WiiandNintendo DSplatforms. The plot takes place after the events of the film, and features Po and the rest of the Furious Five troubled by an evil group ofKomodo dragonmercenaries. With the help of the other kung fu masters, Po has to uncover the plot behind this siege and put a stop to it.

Sequels

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Further information:Kung Fu Panda

Kung Fu Panda 2was followed byKung Fu Panda 3.[82]It became one of thehighest-grossing animated films of 2016.[83]Kung Fu Panda 4released on March 8, 2024.[84]

Notes

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  1. ^As depicted inKung Fu Panda 3(2016)

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