CATDOLL: Kung Fu Panda 3 surpasses The Monkey King: Hero is Back in box office

The highest box office record of domestic animated films of "The Monkey King: Hero is Back" was broken by "Kung Fu Panda 3"! As of 15:41 on February 27, 2016, the box office record of Kung Fu Panda 3 was 958.37 million yuan, 1.74 million yuan more than "The Monkey King: Hero is Back". Since the filming period of "Kung Fu Panda 3" was extended to March 27, 2016, it is believed that it will be no problem to exceed 1 billion yuan.

Box office records of "Kung Fu Panda 3" (left) and "The Monkey King: Hero is Back" (right)

Kung Fu Panda 3 is the third film in the Kung Fu Panda series, directed by Lu Yinrong and Alessandro Carloni, starring Jack Black, Kate Hudson, and Bryan Cranston in their original voice acting roles, and dubbed in Chinese by Huang Lei, Jackie Chan, Bai Baihe, Wang Zhiwen, Jay Chou, and Yang Mi. The film premiered in China and North America on January 29, 2016, and was released in the UK on March 11 of the same year, and in Australia on March 28. The film follows the story of its predecessor Kung Fu Panda 2, and revolves around the dragon warrior panda Po, who reunites with his biological father in the process of exploring the mystery of his life experience, and discovers the whereabouts of his compatriots who have been separated for many years. However, at this time, evil forces begin to sweep across the Central Plains, and the pandas may encounter disasters again.

The world view of the film "Journey to the West: Hero is Back" is based on the original novel "Journey to the West". This film has made new developments and interpretations based on traditional Chinese mythology. The film was directed by Tian Xiaopeng and was released in China on July 10, 2015 in 2D, 3D and giant screen formats.

The world of Journey to the West consists of the Heaven, the Human World and the Underworld. The mission from the Heaven is to have Tang Seng go to the West to retrieve the scriptures to benefit the human world where monsters are rampant. Wukong and Bajie are both extraordinary monsters. But they are different from other monsters. They once entered the order of gods in the Heaven, but because they violated the rules of the Heaven, they were successively demoted to the human world. Because of the same mission, their growth with Tang Seng was intertwined, from being strangers to each other, estranged from each other, avoiding each other, and even becoming enemies... It was not until Tang Seng's tenth life that they were willing to protect Tang Seng to the West with all their hearts and minds.