Kung Fu Panda is set to become DreamWorks' #2 franchise (sequel coming)

Kung Fu Panda is set to become DreamWorks' #2 franchise (sequel coming)





DREAMWORKS ANIMATION
Rank, Title, Studio, Gross, Gross Theaters, Opening income, Opening Theaters, Date

1 Shrek 2
DW
$441,226,247 4,223 $108,037,878 4,163 5/19/04

2 Shrek the Third
P/DW
$322,719,944 4,172 $121,629,270 4,122 5/18/07

3 Shrek
DW
$267,665,011 3,715 $42,347,760 3,587 5/16/01

4 Madagascar
DW
$193,595,521 4,142 $47,224,594 4,131 5/27/05

5 Kung Fu Panda
P/DW
$182,662,882 4,136 $60,239,130 4,114 6/6/08

6 Shark Tale
DW
$160,861,908 4,070 $47,604,606 4,016 10/1/04

7 Over the Hedge
P/DW
$155,019,340 4,093 $38,457,003 4,059 5/19/06

8 Bee Movie
P/DW
$126,631,277 3,984 $38,021,044 3,928 11/2/07

9 Chicken Run
DW
$106,834,564 2,953 $17,506,162 2,491 6/23/00

10 The Prince of Egypt
DW
$101,413,188 3,218 $14,524,321 3,118 12/18/98

11 Antz
DW
$90,757,863 2,929 $17,195,160 2,449 10/2/98

12 Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
DW
$73,280,117 3,362 $17,770,036 3,317 5/24/02

13 Flushed Away
P/DW
$64,665,672 3,707 $18,814,323 3,707 11/3/06

14 Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
DW
$56,110,897 3,656 $16,025,987 3,645 10/5/05

15 The Road to El Dorado
DW
$50,863,742 3,223 $12,846,652 3,218 3/31/00

16 Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
DW
$26,483,452 3,086 $6,874,477 3,086 7/2/03



It’s going to easily catch up with Madagascar before its run is done.


Look at that! It opened making more than Shrek or Madagascar did!




Sequel planned (maybe 2011?)




Here’s their list chronologically:
Title, Studio, Gross, Gross Theaters, Opening income, Opening Theaters, Date

Antz
DW
$90,757,863 2,929 $17,195,160 2,449 10/2/98

The Prince of Egypt
DW
$101,413,188 3,218 $14,524,321 3,118 12/18/98

The Road to El Dorado
DW
$50,863,742 3,223 $12,846,652 3,218 3/31/00

Chicken Run
DW
$106,834,564 2,953 $17,506,162 2,491 6/23/00

Shrek
DW
$267,665,011 3,715 $42,347,760 3,587 5/16/01

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
DW
$73,280,117 3,362 $17,770,036 3,317 5/24/02

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
DW
$26,483,452 3,086 $6,874,477 3,086 7/2/03

Shrek 2
DW
$441,226,247 4,223 $108,037,878 4,163 5/19/04

Shark Tale
DW
$160,861,908 4,070 $47,604,606 4,016 10/1/04

Madagascar
DW
$193,595,521 4,142 $47,224,594 4,131 5/27/05

Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
DW
$56,110,897 3,656 $16,025,987 3,645 10/5/05

Over the Hedge
P/DW
$155,019,340 4,093 $38,457,003 4,059 5/19/06

Flushed Away
P/DW
$64,665,672 3,707 $18,814,323 3,707 11/3/06

Shrek the Third
P/DW
$322,719,944 4,172 $121,629,270 4,122 5/18/07

Bee Movie
P/DW
$126,631,277 3,984 $38,021,044 3,928 11/2/07

Kung Fu Panda
P/DW
$182,662,882 4,136 $60,239,130 4,114 6/6/08




First, you can see that Paramount bought DreamWorks in 2006.

Second, you’ll notice that their last 2D film was Sinbad in 2003.

Third, their last two Ardent films didn’t perform (Wallace and Flushed), and they dropped the studio.


It looks like they officially reached the goal of releasing two films a year in 2004.


It looks like their sequels are three years apart. My guess is that’s their average production cycle.

I think





UPCOMING RELEASES

Title, Studio, Release Date

Madagascar sequel
P/DW
11/7/08

Monsters and Aliens
P/DW
3/27/09

How to Train Your Dragon
P/DW
3/26/10

Shrek Goes Fourth
P/DW
5/21/10

Master Mind
P/DW
11/15/10