First of all, Green tea Movie would like to congratulate United International Pictures Malaysia as their distributed animated feature "Kung Fu Panda 2" or known as "Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom of Doom" in Malaysia for breaking the record for the highest grossing animation, according to a news we picked up from Cinema Online.
According to Cinema Online also, the record was achieved after the movie was released in the cinemas here for 28 days, eclipsing the previous champion - which was also the fellow UIP's animation, Madagascar 2. The firtst Kung Fu Panda movie is now pushed down a notch to hold the third highest in the history. Unfortunately, the news from Cinema Online does not come with an official box office tally. So we do some digging.
A check on the reliable-box office tracking, Box Office Mojo, here are the grosses for the three films:
KUNG FU PANDA: THE KABOOM OF DOOM - $ 5,787,494 (converted into RM 17.5 million)
* US$1 = RM3.036
MADAGASCAR: ESCAPE 2 AFRICA - $ 2,589,522 (converted into RM 9.2 million)
* US$1 = RM3.55
KUNG FU PANDA - $ 2,779,067 (converted into RM 9.1 million)
* US$1 = RM3.26
Although Kung Fu Panda 2 did not raked as much money as its predecessor in the United States, here, the Malaysians are having so much fun with Po and his Furious Five gang. Currently, it is the top grossing film of the year 2011. By the way, read Green Tea Movie's review on Kung Fu Panda 2.
