LOS ANGELES, March 11 — Kung Fu Panda 4 opened at the top of the North American box office this weekend and Dune: Part Two became the year’s first film to pass the US$150...
‘Kung Fu Panda 4’ opened at the top of the North American box office this weekend. — Picture courtesy of X/DreamWorks Animationbecame the year’s first film to pass the US$150 million mark domestically as movie-world glitterati gathered in Hollywood for Sunday’s Oscars ceremony., a martial-arts comedy from DreamWorks and Universal, took in an estimated US$58.
The film’s numbers were good enough — for part four of an animated series — to earn it a spot in an “elite” group includingsequel from Warner Bros. meantime enjoyed a strong second weekend, earning a solid US$46 million. That pushed the domestic total for the extravagant sci-fi flick with its lavish cast to US$157 million. It has taken in an additional US$210 million internationally.