| Kung Fu Panda 2 | |
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| Directed by | Jennifer Yuh Nelson |
| Written by | |
| Produced by | Melissa Cobb |
| Starring | |
| Edited by | Clare Knight |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures[2] |
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Running time | 90 minutes[3] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $150 million[4] |
| Box office | $665.6 million[3] |
Kung Fu Panda 2 is a 2011 American animated martial arts comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson (in her feature directorial debut) and written by the writing team of Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, the film is the sequel to Kung Fu Panda (2008), and the second installment in the Kung Fu Panda franchise. It stars Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, David Cross, James Hong and Jackie Chan reprising their roles from the first film, with Gary Oldman, Michelle Yeoh, Danny McBride, Dennis Haysbert, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Victor Garber voicing new characters. In the film, Po and 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.
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 until Frozen, as well as being the highest-grossing film solely directed by a female director until Wonder Woman. It was also the sixth-highest-grossing film of 2011, the highest-grossing animated feature film of the year, and the highest grossing film in the Kung Fu Panda franchise. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 84th Academy Awards, losing to Rango. Nelson became the second woman to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, after Marjane Satrapi for Persepolis. It was followed by Kung Fu Panda 3 in 2016 and Kung Fu Panda 4 in 2024.
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