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Directed by | Jennifer Yuh Nelson |
Produced by | Melissa Cobb |
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Based on | Characters created by Ethan Reiff Cyrus Voris |
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Music by |
Hans Zimmer John Powell |
Edited by | Clare Knight |
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Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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90 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $150 million |
Box office | $665.7 million |
Kung Fu Panda 2: Music from the Motion Picture |
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Soundtrack album by Hans Zimmer & John Powell | |||||
Released | May 24, 2011 | ||||
Recorded | 2011 | ||||
Genre | Score | ||||
Length | 64:26 | ||||
Label | Varèse Sarabande | ||||
Producer | Hans Zimmer John Powell |
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Kung Fu Panda 2 is a 2011 3D American computer-animated comedy-drama martial arts film, directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson, produced by DreamWorks Animation, and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is the sequel to the 2008 film Kung Fu Panda and the second installment in the Kung Fu Panda franchise.
Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, David Cross, James Hong, and Jackie Chan reprise their character roles from the original film. They are joined by Gary Oldman, Michelle Yeoh and Danny McBride. In the film, Po and the Furious Five battle an evil peacock named Lord Shen who has a powerful weapon that he plans to conquer China with. However Po discovers a terrifying secret about his past in the process.
The film was released in theatres May 26, 2011 in Real D 3D and Digital 3D. Kung Fu Panda 2 grossed $665 million worldwide against its $150 million budget. The film was the highest-grossing animated feature film of the year and was nominated for the 2011 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 84th Academy Awards.