

It is currently tracking at $11.6 million for the entire weekend, based on a $22 million budget for the Coen brothers’ sendup of old Hollywood.Īlso Read: 'The Choice' Review: Nicholas Sparks' Latest Adaptation Won't Set Fans on Fire

Universal’s “Hail, Caesar!” starring George Clooney, earned $4.3 million on Friday night. Its current domestic total stands at $48 million. The DreamWorks Animation sequel is projected to ring up $22 million for the weekend as Saturday draws on and families are venturing to the movies theaters. 1 weekend despite the distraction of Sunday’s Super Bowl and a bunch of new wide-release challengers. While making the movie, artists from the two crews intermingled often - during brainstorming, a group from Oriental DreamWorks embedded in Glendale with a translator, and during production, the two crews connected daily via video conference.“Kung Fu Panda 3” kicked up another $5.3 million on Friday, solidly securing a second No.

On her first trip to meet the Shanghai artists, many of whom were fresh out of college, Yuh Nelson got an indication of how seriously they took the endeavor when the crew all showed up in traditional Chinese ceremonial outfits. “Eventually, I asked the consultant to stop coming, because I wanted the audience to recognize Jackie’s voice and I was worried that if he was too concentrated on his pronunciation, he would not focus enough on conveying the emotions,” Teng said. Chan speaks Mandarin with a pronounced Hong Kong accent, which he enlisted a voice consultant to help him lose for the Mandarin version. Among his tasks was directing Jackie Chan, who has voiced the part of a monkey kung fu master in the English versions of the films and takes on an additional role as Po’s father in the Mandarin version. Teng Huatao, a TV and film director in China, came aboard as consulting director to helm the Chinese language version of the film.
