Kung Fu Panda 3

For the soundtrack, see Kung Fu Panda 3 (soundtrack).

Kung Fu Panda 3
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Written byJonathan Aibel
Glenn Berger
Produced byMelissa Cobb
Starring
Edited byClare Knight
Music byHans Zimmer[1]
Production
companies
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release dates
  • January 23, 2016 (2016-01-23) (China)
  • January 29, 2016 (2016-01-29) (United States)
Running time
95 minutes[2]
Countries
LanguageEnglish
Budget$145 million[4]
Box office$521 million[4]

Kung Fu Panda 3 is a 2016 animated martial arts comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation, China Film Group Corporation, Oriental DreamWorks and Zhong Ming You Ying Film, and distributed by 20th Century Fox. It is the third installment in the Kung Fu Panda franchise and the sequel to Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011). The film was directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson and Alessandro Carloni (in his feature directorial debut) and written by the writing team of Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger.

Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan, Lucy Liu, Seth Rogen, David Cross, and James Hong reprise their roles from the previous films, and Randall Duk Kim reprises his role of Oogway from the first film. They are joined by Bryan Cranston (replacing Fred Tatasciore, who went on to voice Master Bear), J. K. Simmons and Kate Hudson as new characters. In the film, Po is reunited with his birth father, and discovers the existence of a secret Panda Village, but must soon learn to master chi and prepare the pandas to fight against Kai, a spirit warrior intent on destroying Master Oogway's legacy. The film is dedicated to the memory of Nancy Bernstein, who served as Head of Production at DreamWorks Animation, and died on September 18, 2015.

Kung Fu Panda 3 premiered at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles on January 16, 2016.[5] It received a limited release in China on January 23, for a sneak preview, and was released in the United States on January 29, in 3D. It grossed $521 million worldwide against its $145 million budget, becoming the second-highest-grossing film released in the month of January (behind American Sniper), and the lowest-grossing film in the Kung Fu Panda franchise. The film received generally positive reviews; the Rotten Tomatoes critical consensus praises the visuals and narrative.[6] A spin-off animated series, Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny, aired on Amazon Prime Video from November 16, 2018, to July 4, 2019. A sequel animated series, Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight, began airing on Netflix in July 2022, and features Black reprising his role as Po. A fourth film, Kung Fu Panda 4, was theatrically released on March 8, 2024.

  1. ^ "Hans Zimmer to Return for 'Kung Fu Panda 3'". Film Music Reporter. July 25, 2014. Archived from the original on October 25, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
  2. ^ "KUNG FU PANDA 3 [2D] (PG)". British Board of Film Classification. January 8, 2015. Archived from the original on December 29, 2019. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on April 17, 2022. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Kung Fu Panda 3". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  5. ^ Flores, Terry (January 16, 2016). "DreamWorks Animation Celebrates 'Kung Fu Panda 3' With Chinese Performers, Dragons and Noodles". Variety. Archived from the original on October 13, 2022. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
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