Kung Fu Panda 3 | 1/29/2016 | New Trailer on Page 26!

[CJohn]

51 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

23.1M OD in China per Olive, didn't even beat Minions' OD.

Lmao  So much for moving this to January because of China. They must be glad they kept the same March release date in pretty much everywhere else to take advantage of Easter.

[Mojoguy]

China... the destroyer of dreams since TFA.

[a2k]

59 minutes ago, MinaTakla said:

I didn't expect that at all. KFP is way more popular than Minions or any other toon franchise in China...or so we assumed.

It will still end up more than Minions and BH6 in China for sure though.

 

But it did burn off some demand in previews(6.5m) too right?

What total do you expect now with this opening?

Edited January 29, 2016 by a2knet

[MinaTakla]

16 minutes ago, a2knet said:

 

But it did burn off some demand in previews(6.5m) too right?

What total do you expect now with this opening?

I think:

200m in China

350m elswehere

175m domestic

Total: 725m WW

[narniadis]

And to be honest that 725m would be respectable. KFP2 showed us that this isn't a franchise that people just Have to see.

[bangbingchan]

1 hour ago, CJohn said:

Lmao  So much for moving this to January because of China. They must be glad they kept the same March release date in pretty much everywhere else to take advantage of Easter.

Even March is a better release date in China.The week before new year is too cold for boxoffice.But dominic OW is an another thing.And Panda may faces competition from Zootopia in OS-C in March

Edited January 29, 2016 by bangbingchan

[Jandrew]

Wait this comes out today? Wow. Maybe we'll check it out later, I love the last 2, but I can't be in a theater full of kids again.

[Dementeleus]

It's kinda bleakly ironic that after KFP2 -- the sure thing -- under-performed* in the US, KFP3 -- the new sure thing -- is gonna under-perform* in China.

 

 

 

 

 

*under-perform compared to expectations

[AniNate]

A wildly uneven affair, but overall I enjoyed it more than 2.

It's very much in the vein of a "don't think too much" action movie

[Jonwo]

27 minutes ago, Telemachos said:

It's kinda bleakly ironic that after KFP2 -- the sure thing -- under-performed* in the US, KFP3 -- the new sure thing -- is gonna under-perform* in China.

 

 

 

 

 

*under-perform compared to expectations

 

I'm sure it'll be profitable but how profitable remains to be seen, DWA's stock will take a battering if it does underperform. OS in some markets it faces Zootopia/Zootropolis and I think that'll be a factor in it not increasing much if at all in those markets.

 

 

[AniNate]

I wonder how much animating the characters twice affected the budget

[Jonwo]

17 minutes ago, tribefan695 said:

I wonder how much animating the characters twice affected the budget

 

Probably not by much, the budget is $140m and being partly animated in China saved a lot of money. 

 

 

[WrathOfHan]

Just listened to Double Toasted's review. No film spoilers, but I'm tagging their thoughts in case you haven't listened yet:

 

Korey and Martin both thought it was a mediocre movie. They praised the voice acting for Cranston but complained about a weak plot, thin characters, and a longer than necessary runtime. Both of them gave it very low Matinees because of the animation but were on the verge of giving it a Rental.

[DAJK]

Seeing it tonight at 9:10 PST, this is my #10 most anticipated of the year, so let's see how it goes

[AniNate]

1 hour ago, WrathOfHan said:

Just listened to Double Toasted's review. No film spoilers, but I'm tagging their thoughts in case you haven't listened yet:

 

 

Hidden Content

 

 

I won't contest any of that, though I'd say it needed different scenes filling that runtime rather than just be shorter.

[Yandereprime101189]

4 hours ago, WrathOfHan said:

Just listened to Double Toasted's review. No film spoilers, but I'm tagging their thoughts in case you haven't listened yet:

 

 

Hidden Content

 

 

Lol, the movie is just a little over 1 hour,20 minutes without credits, it was already short.

 

Anyway, I thought the film was wonderful 

[DAJK]

Pretty good movie guys. Not quite in par with the first two, but it's still definitely worth seeing in theatres. 7.5/10 the KFP trilogy is officially now in my top 5 trilogies (both the star wars', LOTR, Toy Story and this).

[AniNate]

DreamWorks at their best is kind of like Marvel. They keep the engine running but don't give it many upgrades

[DAJK]

2 minutes ago, tribefan695 said:

DreamWorks at their best is kind of like Marvel. They keep the engine running but don't give it many upgrades

I can totally see where you're coming from with this. But I'm good as long as they keep making colourful, entertaining and heartfelt movies like The Panda Trilogy.

[MrFanaticGuy34]

I think......when we get into the talks of The Croods 2 & HTTYD3.......what i can remind you is....don't get overly shocked if those films doesn't increase from their predeccesors, WW-wise.

 

Cause guess what.....those ain't gonna fail anyway.