In the US, audiences in several markets, including at LA-area theatres, have had the option of seeing the movie in either language.ДЇor Yuh Nelson and her co-director, Italian-born Alessandro Carloni, the dual languages added a layer of complexity to the $140 million production, and Chinese crews brought a new level of authenticity. So when everyone else started trying to find content for China, we just kept doing what we were doing.вЂќ We didnвЂ™t even expect anyone to see it there. вЂњNot only did they like the first movie in China, but they said it felt very Chinese,вЂќ Yuh Nelson said.

The most ardent audiences for the films about a pudgy panda named Po have been in China, and the latest instalment, which opened simultaneously in the US and China, is no exception: The well-reviewed movie (80 per cent on Rotten Tomatoes) made a respectable $41 million (Dh150 million) in the US in its opening weekend but a far more impressive and record-breaking $58 million in China, where its release was timed to the Chinese New Year. Kung Fu Panda 3 is the first movie to be animated in both English and Mandarin, and the first co-production between Glendale-based DreamWorks Animation and its Shanghai-based venture, Oriental DreamWorks. With China set to become the largest film market in the world by 2017, if it wasnвЂ™t a business decision at first, it is now. вЂњWe never thought of it as a business decision.вЂќ вЂњWe were just trying making a movie about kung fu вЂcause we liked kung fu,вЂќ said Kung Fu Panda 3 director Jennifer Yuh Nelson, who served as head of story on the first Kung Fu Panda and has shared directing duties on the last two films. The idea for one of the most ambitious collaborations to date between China and Hollywood didnвЂ™t come from an embassy office in Washington or Beijing, or from a power lunch in Beverly Hills, but from a bunch of Bruce Lee fans brainstorming in the San Fernando Valley over a decade ago.

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