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93-712: A sequel, Monster Hunt 2 , was released in China in 2018. The film takes place in ancient China , where the Humans existed alongside the Monsters. They once shared the world in peace and harmony until the Humans drove the Monsters out from their home, for they sought total dominion over their lands. Recently, a civil war took place in the Monster Realm which resulted in the usurpation of the Monster King's throne from

186-544: A frog after being struck with the Fairy Godmother's magic, and gives Shrek and Fiona his blessing. After Fiona tells Shrek she loves him just the way he is, they revert to ogres. Shrek and Fiona are reluctantly reigning over Far, Far Away during King Harold's prolonged illness. The King promises that if they can find Fiona's cousin Artie , he will make him the next in line, so both Shrek and Fiona would not have to run

279-599: A live-action film with computer graphics for him. Hui, who hadn't done any live-action movies simply said, "Sure, I'll give it a try." Kong introduced Hui to Hong Kong writer Alan Yuen to see what they could come up with. They started looking for comic books or other intellectual property to adapt, but to no avail. Alan finished the script alone by the summer of 2009 taking vague inspiration from monsters mentioned in classical Chinese literature, but with an original story. The three took inspiration from an old Chinese book " Classic of Mountains and Seas " ( Shan Hai Jing ). "It's

372-409: A 64% approval rating, based on 22 reviews, with a rating average of 5.7 out of 10. It has a score of 53% on Metacritic based on 14 reviews. Elizabeth Kerr of The Hollywood Reporter called it "A would-be epic adventure-fantasy that's epically muddled." Edmund Lee of South China Morning Post gave it three out of five stars, and says it is "a distinctly Chinese live-action debut", but it "tackles

465-507: A bad-tempered but good-hearted ogre , who begrudgingly accepts a quest to rescue a princess, resulting in him finding friends and going on many subsequent adventures in a fairy tale world. It includes four animated films: Shrek (2001), Shrek 2 (2004), Shrek the Third (2007), and Shrek Forever After (2010), with a fifth film, Shrek 5 , currently in production for a 2026 release. A short 4-D film , Shrek 4-D , which originally

558-466: A bounty on Shrek's capture, offering the "deal of a lifetime" as a reward. The Pied Piper captures most of the resistance excluding Shrek and Fiona. Shrek, unable to win Fiona's affection, turns himself in and offers to trade his life to free the captured ogres. The recently released ogres go back to free Shrek and Fiona. As the twenty-four hours are almost up and Shrek lies dying, Fiona kisses him, breaking

651-636: A character from a Hong Kong bakery, a Pineapple Bun Man. The idea for the film began in 2005 when Hui—who was living in Hollywood at that time—approached producer Bill Kong on the possibility of making an animated movie in China. But Kong who had no experience with animated film turned the proposal down. The two, who had known each other for 20 years, met as Kong used to distribute movies for DreamWorks Animation in China. But about three years later in 2008, Kong, while visiting Hollywood, invited Hui out for drinks on Sunset Boulevard and asked him if he could make

744-559: A common practice for Chinese theaters and production companies to offer free tickets to young children, seniors, key workers, police, teachers and the disabled and in the same month it was found that public welfare screenings of the film at three different theaters were completely empty. According to the SARFT , Monster Hunt grossed RMB2.43 billion during its summer theatrical run. Edko, the film's distributor stated that those figures incorporated RMB40.42 million worth of tickets handed out during

837-455: A day from his childhood in exchange for a day to exist as a real ogre again. However, Shrek suddenly finds himself in a twisted, alternate reality where ogres are hunted, Rumplestiltskin is king, Puss is obese, and Shrek has never met Donkey or Fiona. Shrek discovers he unknowingly traded the day he was born and will not exist after the day is over. Shrek becomes entangled with an underground resistance of ogres led by Fiona. Rumpelstiltskin places

930-465: A litany of clichéd Chinese attributes and is more engaging as cultural commentary than entertainment." Derek Elley of Film Business Asia gave the film a 7 out of 10, calling it a "well-packaged family entertainment [that] disguises its unoriginality with top CG animation." Simon Abrams, writing for Roger Ebert.com , awarded it 2.5 out of 4 stars, saying "The story never goes anywhere unexpected, but really, you should see "Monster Hunt" with your kids. It

1023-535: A new record with US$ 15.1 million, led by Monster Hunt 2 and Detective Chinatown 2 (US$ 6.7 million). In the United States and Canada, the film made US$ 120,000 on its opening day from 70 screens, and US$ 335,000 over its opening weekend. The film received an average rating of 8.5 out of 10 by moviegoers on Maoyan . On Rotten Tomatoes , the film has an approval rating of 50% based on 10 reviews, and an average rating of 5.1/10. Hui and producer Kong have

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1116-464: A new sidekick called Puss in Boots . They have a lengthy quest to search the Fairy Godmother's cottage to get a love potion . Shrek and Donkey drink the potion and they become something quite unexpected. Shrek becomes human and Donkey becomes a horse . Since Shrek drank the potion, it also affected Fiona as she woke up to seeing her human form once again. At the end of the film, King Harold reverts to

1209-468: A story planned out through a fourth film. The two told The Hollywood Reporter in February 2018 that they plan to make an animated film after the fourth one which could serve as a potential spin-off. Shrek (franchise) Shrek is an American media franchise of DreamWorks Animation , loosely based on William Steig 's 1990 picture book Shrek! The series primarily focuses on Shrek ,

1302-483: A total of US$ 109 million ( Rentrak reported a Friday-to-Sunday gross of $ 72 million and $ 99 million Thursday-to-Sunday) debuting atop the Chinese box office as well as the international box office. IMAX contributed $ 8.7 million of the opening gross from 216 screens, a new record for a Chinese produced film. Earning US$ 46 in its second weekend — US$ 113 million in its full week from 19 million tickets sold — it topped both

1395-708: A treacherous minister, who later sought the Monster Queen and her unborn baby, and the Monster Queen fled to the Human Realm. The story begins with Song Tianyin, an unnerved young village mayor who becomes pregnant with the Monster Queen's baby, and he encounters an aspiring Monster-hunter named Huo Xiaolan, and they both embark on an adventure to protect the baby from villains of the Human and Monster worlds alike. The main theme in Monster Hunt , according to Hui

1488-414: A week. The film has been viewed by over 65 million people worldwide. In September 2015, following suspicions raised on the internet by netizens, an article by the Chinese state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) speculated that it achieved the feat of becoming the highest-grossing film in China by artificially boosting its ticket sales. This was followed by an article by the state media accusing

1581-555: A weird book from old China, a bit like Nat Geo [National Geographic] with descriptions of monsters living in the mountains. I kind of based the monsters on the descriptions in that book." Hui said. Although Hui admits that there wasn't any particular film he drew inspiration from for the film, he stated that Monster Hunt is partly influenced by various DreamWorks animated movies, Hollywood movies such as Men in Black , Jurassic Park , Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon , The Lord of

1674-408: A year into the development, Jeffrey Katzenberg decided that the story that we'd come up with was the right way for Shrek's journey to end." In February 2014, in an interview with Fox Business , Katzenberg hinted that a fifth film could still be made. "We like to let them have a little bit of time to rest," he said of the characters. "But I think you can be confident that we'll have another chapter in

1767-551: Is Netflix's first attempt at interactive television: during the program, the viewer is given points while using their remote control or other device to decide how the narrative should proceed. A television series, starring Puss from the Shrek franchise, debuted on Netflix on January 16, 2015. Peacock Kids YouTube channel (formerly known as DreamWorksTV) during 2014–2016 produced several web-series New Shrek , New Puss in Boots , Swamp Talk . These were later released separately on

1860-604: Is acceptance (similar to the Shrek series which Hui was involved in). The message in the film is to understand and accept differences, to see the world through others' perspective and to foster more understanding between people and groups. Hui had long wanted to produce a movie in China. In an interview with the South China Morning Post he said that while overseeing sequences for the Gingerbread Man character in Shrek, he daydreamed about animating

1953-543: Is an interactive five-minute short (but with multiple endings), released on November 5, 2004 as an extra on the Shrek 2 DVD and VHS. It is based on American Idol and guest stars Simon Cowell . Taking place right after Shrek 2 ends, the film's supporting characters hold a singing competition, with Shrek, Fiona, and Simon Cowell as the judges. Shrek the Halls is a 22-minute Christmas -themed television special , set after

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2046-464: Is foiled by Shrek. The film ends with Shrek and Fiona caring for their newborn ogre triplets. Shrek has become a domesticated family ogre, living happily with Princess Fiona and the triplets. Instead of scaring villagers away like he used to, a reluctant Shrek now agrees to autograph pitchforks. Longing for the days when he felt like a "real ogre", Shrek is tricked into signing a pact with the smooth-talking dealmaker Rumpelstiltskin . He agrees to trade

2139-539: Is more than double the feat achieved in 2017 (US$ 205 million) and 2016 (US$ 224 million) during the same time period. The previous weekend record was set in North America during the weekend of December 18–20, 2017, when the combined grosses of several films resulted in US$ 306 million led by Star Wars: The Force Awakens ' s US$ 248 million debut. Moreover, the combined IMAX earnings of the three films also set

2232-407: Is replaced by Mark Moseley as Donkey . Shrek 4-D , also known as Shrek 3-D , Shrek 4D Adventure , Shrek's Never Before Seen Adventure , and The Ghost of Lord Farquaad , is a 4-D film / ride at various theme parks around the world. It premiered in 2003 at Universal Studios Florida , and was released on DVD. The short takes place right after the first Shrek film. Lord Farquaad returns from

2325-445: Is silly and over-the-top and a great time-killer." The A.V. Club gave a mixed review, saying "Monster Hunt combines a lot of qualities from the other items on the all-timer’s list: epic action, elaborate special effects, broad comedy, and a style that could best be described as "exhausting."" Monster Hunt 2 is a sequel to 2015's Monster Hunt directed by Raman Hui, starring Tony Leung, Bai Baihe, Jing Boran, Li Yuchun and Tony Yang. It

2418-409: Is the sequel to Puss in Boots , that was released on December 21, 2022. In November 2012, executive producer Guillermo del Toro said that a couple of drafts for a sequel were already done, and that the director Chris Miller wanted to take Puss on an adventure to exotic places. In April 2014, Antonio Banderas, the voice of Puss, said that the work on the sequel had just begun. On June 12, 2014,

2511-478: The RMB 1.05 billion ($ 169 million) milestone, doing so in 8 days. The success of the film has been attributed to several factors, such as positive reaction and word of mouth from audiences, and also due to China's State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SAPPRFT) implementation of the "domestic film protection period" or the "mid-summer domestic film protection period" or simply "blackout";

2604-443: The Shrek series. We're not finished, and more importantly, neither is he." On June 15, 2016, after NBCUniversal purchased DreamWorks Animation for $ 3.8 billion, NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke discussed plans to continue the franchise, as well as other DreamWorks films. In July 2016, The Hollywood Reporter cited sources saying that the fifth film was planned for a 2019 release. In September 2016, Eddie Murphy confirmed that

2697-545: The incidental music for Monster Hunt . In China, Monster Hunt was originally planned to open in February 2015, during the Chinese New Year holiday. However, following the arrest of Kai Ko , much of the film needed reshoots and a subsequent replacement. This led to film's delay release to 16 July 2015. The film was also released in countries like Malaysia and Singapore. As for a United States and Europe release, Hui and Kong were initially skeptical and dubious if

2790-450: The 18th highest-grossing film franchise of all time , the second highest-grossing animated franchise , as well one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time . Shrek , a solitary ogre, is angered when fairy tale creatures are sent to live in his swamp ordered by Lord Farquaad . He befriends a talking donkey named Donkey , and they set off to meet with Farquaad. The lord needs Princess Fiona to marry him so he will become

2883-607: The Caribbean film series , Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince , Elysium and Tomorrowland and others. Base FX in Beijing was responsible for the film's visual effects. According to Christopher Bremble, chief executive of Base FX, his initial reaction about refilming was fear and concern for Kong, who had made a big investment in the project. In total, the film took 7 years to complete. Leon Ko composed

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2976-422: The Chinese as well as the international box office for two consecutive weekends making it a rare occurrence for a non-Hollywood film to top the international box office for more than one weekend. After four consecutive weekends at No. 1 at the Chinese box office, it was finally replaced by Go Away Mr. Tumor in its fifth weekend, another film also starring Bai Baihe . It became the fastest Chinese movie to reach

3069-579: The Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular DVD and the Shrek Forever After Blu-ray. The short takes place inside Shrek's house, with the fireplace as the only place seen throughout the entire short. Shrek prevents Rumpelstiltskin from dousing the fire, Donkey does the same eye gag (seen from Shrek Forever After ), Fiona puts out cookies for Santa, and Puss puts on weight from cookies and cookie dough. Other characters such as Gingy, Pinocchio,

3162-601: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year ". Shrek, Fiona, the Ogre children, and the army of ogres sing an ogre version of " Jingle Bells " (such as "Bug Cocoon, Lick the spoon. Try our cricket slurp"). Puss in Boots sings " Feliz Navidad ", although he titles it "Fleas Navidad". Then everyone sings " Jingle Bell Rock " as "Fairy Tale Rock". Shrek's Yule Log is a 30-minute short released on December 7, 2010, featured on both

3255-579: The Musical is a musical based on the first film of the franchise. After a try out in Seattle, Washington , it began performances on Broadway from November 8, 2008, before opening on December 14. Despite mixed reviews, the musical received eight Tony Award nominations including Best Musical . At the time, the most expensive musical on Broadway ran for over a year and closed, at a loss, on January 3, 2010, after 478 performances. A re-imagined version of

3348-533: The Nintendo Video service for Nintendo 3DS owners. The Pig Who Cried Werewolf is a six-minute 3D Halloween short film, directed by Gary Trousdale and released on October 4, 2011, for a limited time, exclusively on the Nintendo Video service on Nintendo 3DS . It was released on DVD and Blu-ray on August 28, 2012, as a part of Shrek's Thrilling Tales ( DreamWorks Spooky Stories ). The Three Little Pigs find themselves in trouble when they ignore

3441-525: The Peacock website. Despite the advances in computing power over the 2000s decade, the increasing usage of novel techniques like global illumination , physics simulation , and 3D demanded ever more CPU hours to render the films. DreamWorks Animation noticed that every Shrek film took roughly twice the CPU hours than the previous film and thus labeled this trend as "Shrek's law". Similar to " Moore's law "

3534-516: The Rings film series and Indiana Jones franchise , Hong Kong films like CJ7 and Drunken Master II , works of Steven Spielberg and James Cameron and visual references at once recalling ancient Chinese landscape painting, a 1970s breakfast cereal called Freakies , and the Oddball Art of Mark Ryden . Kong took the first draft of the script to many friends in the film industry and all of

3627-618: The Shrek's law says, "The CPU render hours needed to complete production on a theatrical sequel will double compared to the amount of time needed on the previous film." In 2001, Shrek required approximately 5 million CPU render hours. In 2004, Shrek 2 required over 10 million CPU render hours. In 2007, Shrek the Third required over 20 million CPU render hours, and the 2010 3D release of Shrek Forever After demanded more than 50 million CPU render hours on account of rendering an increased amount of frames. Puss in Boots , which

3720-689: The Three Little Pigs, Cookie, the Ogre Triplets, the Dronkeys, and Pied Piper appear. Thriller Night is a six-minute short film parody of Michael Jackson 's music video Thriller . It was directed by Gary Trousdale , and released on September 13, 2011, on the Scared Shrekless DVD. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray on August 28, 2012, as a part of Shrek's Thrilling Tales ( DreamWorks Spooky Stories ). None of

3813-643: The West: The Demons Strike Back and The Mermaid hit that mark three and four days prior to their release respectively. At around 7:30 pm ( GMT ) of its opening day, ticket sales surpassed those of The Fate of the Furious to record the biggest opening day in the Middle Kingdom. On its full opening day, the film earned an estimated RMB545 million (US$ 85.9 million), setting a new single day box office record and occupying 44% of

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3906-741: The Whisperer. Reluctantly accompanied by three little kittens, The Three Diablos, Puss must tame them before they endanger the mission. Puss in Boots: The Trident is a 4-minute animated short film, directed by Matt Flynn, and was released on the digital release of Puss in Boots: The Last Wish: Collector's Edition on February 21, 2023 and on the 4K, Blu-ray, and DVD releases of Puss in Boots: The Last Wish on February 28. Far Far Away Idol

3999-514: The audience and the audience to liken the monsters. The first filming lasted about 85 days, including holidays (over 3 months). Principal photography and production ended in December 2013 and by summer of 2014 the team was working on the special effects which was about 70% done. However, in August of the same year lead actor Kai Ko was arrested in Beijing for drug charges. Hui's initial reaction

4092-499: The completion of Shrek 5 . Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party is a three-minute musical short film included on home media releases of Shrek . It takes place during the last scene of Shrek (before Shrek and Fiona leave on their honeymoon), with the film's characters performing a medley of modern pop songs. Most of the voice cast from the film reprise their roles, with the exception of Eddie Murphy , who

4185-503: The country after his death. As Shrek, Donkey and Puss set off to find Artie, Fiona reveals she is pregnant. Shrek is shocked as he believes he will not be a good father and will ruin his child's life. This is reinforced by his relationship with his own father, where "he tried to eat me." After finding Artie, Artie is frightened of being king, and they end up on an island where they meet Artie's former magic teacher, Merlin . Meanwhile, Charming plots to overthrow Artie and become king, but this

4278-647: The dead to kidnap Princess Fiona and it is up to Shrek and Donkey to rescue her. Donkey's Caroling Christmas-tacular (promoted as Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular ) is a five-minute short which was released on December 7, 2010, with the Shrek: The Whole Story box set and Shrek Forever After . This short takes place in the Candy Apple, the new version of the Poison Apple. Donkey suggests everyone sing Christmas carols. Donkey sings " It's

4371-522: The deal and reverting everything back to normal. After finding himself back at his triplets' birthday party where he previously lost his temper and stormed out, Shrek joyfully reunites with his family and friends realizing he has everything he ever wanted. Puss in Boots is an animated American action comedy film that was released on October 28, 2011. The film is based on and follows the character Puss in Boots on his adventures with Kitty Softpaws and mastermind Humpty Dumpty . Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

4464-623: The end, all of them fight, rescuing Wuba from the evil monsters. Finally, Wuba is reunited with its family. Following the success of the first film, Edko Films upped the production phase of the sequel by doubling the number of visual effects shots, adding more monsters, building bigger sets, boosting merchandising output and marketing alliances, and adding veteran star Tony Leung to the cast. Principal photography began in Beijing in October 2016. The film took three years to complete compared to

4557-527: The events of Shrek the Third but before the events of Shrek Forever After . It follows Shrek, who has never celebrated Christmas before, attempting to make the perfect day for his family. It premiered on the American television network ABC on November 28, 2007. Scared Shrekless is a 21-minute Halloween -themed television special set after the events of Shrek Forever After . Shrek challenges Donkey, Puss in Boots, and his other fairy tale friends to spend

4650-516: The executive producer of both Shrek 5 and Puss in Boots 2 , with the cast of the previous films potentially returning. In April 2023, Meledandri revealed that a fifth film was still in talks with the original cast expected to return. In June 2024, Eddie Murphy revealed that production on the film had commenced in January of the same year. He also stated that the film is expected to be released in 2025. On July 9, DreamWorks officially announced

4743-538: The experience of working in a live-action film Hui said, "It was all new to me. I still recall I was so excited to see a costume being made. Before that, all the Shrek costumes were inside a computer. You can't touch it. For this movie, you could touch the fabric. It was like a toy shop, so exciting." Hui and his team decided to make the monsters in the film look more friendly, humanlike and anthropomorphic —in contrary to typical monsters being vicious and scary—because they wanted them to carry emotions and get attached with

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4836-539: The feedback was that it had potential but it would be too tough to make since the film would need visual effects because of its depiction of monsters. Finally, Hui and Yuen went to a Beijing-based visual effects house, Base FX , and made a four-minute test film in 2012. That gave the team confidence to move ahead. Before Hui went to China, DreamWorks Animation sent him to India for 2 years. Upon arriving in China in early 2013, he began assembling his crew, even as he continued to do consulting work for DreamWorks Animation. On

4929-400: The film could find a general audience there since the film was made to aim at Chinese speaking audience. Hui said If they do release it there, they might need to think about making some adjustments. In September 2015, FilmRise acquired the rights to distribute the film in North America and will release the film in early 2016. In the same month, Hui told Forbes about the possibility to dub

5022-704: The film in English since younger audiences would find it difficult to read the subtitles. In December 2015, an English version of the trailer premiered. The film was released in the United States and Canada on January 22, 2016 in 2D and 3D in two versions; the original Mandarin version with English subtitles and an English dubbed version. The film will remain in theaters for a traditional 90 days before becoming available on VOD . It ended its theatrical run in China on September 17, 2015, playing in theaters for 59 days. The film opened in South Korea on November 12, 2015 and

5115-535: The film of inflating its ticket sales. According to the Financial Times , beginning in late August, netizens reported cases of theater scheduling screenings of the film in the middle of the night and multiple showings of the film on the same theater screen scheduled less than 30 minutes apart. Furthermore, in September, CCTV also reported that the company might have exploited the "public welfare screening" –

5208-435: The film such as the character of Wuba which aided the film in its box office success and in a way delivered free marketing for the film. Hui's only concern was the quality of the goods which were poorly designed. Monster Hunt grossed US$ 382 million China and including revenues from other countries it grossed a total of US$ 385 million worldwide. According to Hui, the film needed to make US$ 125–141 million to break-even due to

5301-458: The film was expected to be released in 2019 or 2020, and that the script had been completed. The original story for the film was written by Michael McCullers , based on his own idea. When asked about the script in March 2017, McCullers said it featured "a pretty big reinvention" for the film series. On November 6, 2018, it was reported by Variety that Chris Meledandri had been tasked to be

5394-459: The film was released in mainland China and Hong Kong on February 16, 2018. Wuba is on his own journey through monster realm. The darker forces of the evil monster king are in search for Wuba. Peace is not restored in the monster world. Wuba meets Tu and BenBen, a human-monster team, and they rescue Wuba multiple times. Meanwhile, Huo and Song are in search of Wuba and reach Monster Hunter Bureau. They upgrade their weapons and find new friends. In

5487-422: The film would've broken the all-time opening day record. The film topped the daily box office for two days but was eventually overtaken by Detective Chinatown 2 on its third day. Earning a total of RMB1.14 billion (US$ 178.7 million) or US$ 190 million including online ticket surcharges, it broke a new all-time opening weekend in the country, topping Wolf Warrior 2 ' s previous record, and securing 81% of

5580-506: The film's increased budget and marketing for the reshoot. After just two weeks of release Monster Hunt became the highest-grossing Chinese local movie of all time and in September overtook Furious 7 as the highest ever. On Saturday, September 12—on its 58th day after release—it surpassed Furious 7 to become the highest-grossing film in China with 2.428 bn yuan (US$ 380.99 million) over Furious 7 ' s 2.426B yuan (US$ 380.67 million). However, that's reflective of market fluctuations over

5673-510: The film's official release on July 16, 2015 the film made US$ 930,000 in previews, and on its opening day, Thursday, July 16, 2015, it grossed US$ 27.5 million, setting a new opening-day and single-day record for a Chinese local film, breaking The Monkey King ' s record and a single day IMAX record of $ 2.7 million on Saturday. The following morning, Hui received a congratulatory phone call from Jeffrey Katzenberg, his former boss at DreamWorks Animation. Through its 4-day opening weekend, it earned

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5766-445: The final 15 days of release for the film – an average of RMB2.7 million a day which according to calculations by National Business Daily accounts for virtually all of the film's box office earnings in that period. The company also issued a statement on Chinese social media site Weibo , saying it had "instituted serious criticism" to those responsible for the suspect screenings. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , it has

5859-435: The footsteps of its predecessor. Moreover, the film was released during the lucrative Chinese New Year period which aided the sequel in its continued success despite heavy competitions. In its hometown market, the film pre-sold around US$ 7.8 million tickets for its opening day (which later grew to RMB70.6 million or US$ 11.3 million fourteen days shy of release ), seventeen days ahead of its premiere. By comparison, Journey to

5952-648: The franchise. They also partnered with SM Supermalls , China's biggest mall. Moreover, Lionsgate is discussing Monster Hunt attraction in the Middle East. The film was released in China and Hong Kong on February 16, 2018 to coincide with Chinese New Year . It was screened at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival at the out-of-competition category. At the 2018 Cannes Film Festival , Lionsgate acquired rights to its North American and UK theatrical distribution as well as rights to

6045-406: The king of Duloc. When Shrek and Donkey visit him, they are forced to rescue her from an enormous fire-breathing dragon named Dragon in exchange for Shrek's swamp being vacated. The Dragon turns out to be female, and after a minute or two falls in love with Donkey. Donkey, Shrek, and Fiona escape, and Dragon chases them. Once Shrek and Donkey rescue Fiona, they take her back to Lord Farquaad. Along

6138-406: The last chapter, we will understand how Shrek came to be in that swamp, when we meet him in the first movie." After the release of Shrek the Third in 2007, Katzenberg announced that the fifth film would be released in 2013. In May 2009, DreamWorks announced that the fourth film's title would be Shrek Forever After , indicating that it would be the last in the Shrek series. Later in 2009, that

6231-622: The market share. It is also the fourth biggest single-day in any territory behind the North American openings of Star Wars: The Force Awakens (US$ 119 million), its sequel, Star Wars: The Last Jedi (US$ 105 million) and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (US$ 91 million). Including ticketing fees, the opening was worth RMB603 million (US$ 95.7 million), while others reported US$ 97 million. The Hollywood Reporter noted that had there been less to no competition,

6324-492: The movie was titled Puss in Boots 2: Nine Lives & 40 Thieves . On February 26, 2019, it was confirmed that the sequel was still in development, and Bob Persichetti was set to direct the film. In August 2020, the name Puss in Boots: The Last Wish had been trademarked by DreamWorks, revealing the new title of the sequel. In March 2021, Joel Crawford replaced Persichetti as director, having previously helmed DreamWorks' The Croods: A New Age . Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

6417-416: The movie's star quotient, Hui initially felt wary and skeptical if the film would find success at the box office. But following the success of Painted Skin: The Resurrection in 2012, it boosted enough confidence that the team moved ahead with production the following year. The film's visual effects was supervised by Jason H. Snell among others, who previously worked on the visual effects for Pirates of

6510-580: The mystical Last Wish in order to restore his nine lives. Following the success of Shrek 2 in May 2004, then– DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg revealed that the Shrek story had been outlined into five films almost from the beginning. "Before the first one was finished we talked about what the whole story of Shrek is, and each of the chapters answers questions about the first movie and gives us an insight," said Katzenberg. " Shrek 3 and 4 are going to reveal other unanswered questions and, finally, in

6603-529: The night in Lord Farquaad's haunted castle, telling scary stories to see who can resist becoming scared and stay the longest. The special premiered on the American television network NBC on October 28, 2010. Puss in Book: Trapped in an Epic Tale is an interactive special developed by DreamWorks Animation Television which debuted on Netflix in 2017, featuring the character Puss in Boots. It

6696-403: The original main voice actors reprised their roles and are replaced by their replacement voice actors, with the exception of Dean Edwards , who reprises Donkey from Scared Shrekless . Deceased characters such as Lord Farquaad, Mongo, Rumpelstiltskin, Fifi, Fairy Godmother, Prince Charming and King Harold in his frog form appear as zombies. A 3D version of the short was added in October 2011 to

6789-511: The past few months: when Furious 7 ended its China run in mid-May, the conversion from the yuan came to US$ 391.2 million. Monster Hunt is the first Chinese film to top the all-time Chinese box office charts in the 21 years since the market re-opened to foreign films. It became the highest-grossing film in China for five months until surpassed by The Mermaid in February 2016, and the highest-grossing IMAX film in China with $ 27 million until surpassed by Mojin: The Lost Legend in 2016. Before

6882-418: The property's location-based entertainment venues in select territories. The film was released day-and-date in North America along with its Chinese release. Lionsgate secured 70 screens there for its opening. Buoyed by the groundbreaking success of the first film and its impact on China's cinema, its sequel was highly anticipated by audiences and was already envisioned to be a huge commercial success following

6975-460: The release date for the film as July 1, 2026, with Myers, Murphy and Diaz returning. At the same time that Shrek 5 was revealed to be in development in April 2023, it was revealed that a spin-off film revolving around Donkey was in early talks as well. In June 2024, Eddie Murphy announced that the project was officially greenlit by DreamWorks, and stated that it would begin production following

7068-712: The seven years taken by the first film. The visual effects were rendered by half a dozen companies and required a multinational effort, Industrial Light & Magic and Whiskytree from the U.S., and China’s BaseFX in Beijing, Original Force in Nanjing , Trouper Visual Effects in Shanghai and CGCG in Taiwan . Edko Films tied-up with many licensing partners for marketing the film. They partnered with Alibaba on merchandising, and with Chimelong , China’s largest domestic theme park, for developing theme park attractions inspired by

7161-782: The show ran as a tour of the United States from July 2010 to July 2011. The second tour launched in two months. A West End production opened in London , United Kingdom in June 2011, to positive reviews. It received five Laurence Olivier Award nominations including Best New Musical . A differently staged production ran in Israel in 2010, with international productions running since 2011 in Poland and Spain, and since 2012 in France. The show

7254-462: The swamp who tells them he and Dragon are going through a rough patch. They then get invited to the land of Far Far Away by Fiona's parents who want to bless their marriage. When they arrive, Shrek and Fiona are not what they expected. The Fairy Godmother and her son, Prince Charming, are trying to break up Shrek's marriage by making Fiona fall in love with Prince Charming. However it does not work and Shrek and Fiona stay together. Shrek and Donkey get

7347-516: The two marry there. After a karaoke party, the newlyweds set off on their honeymoon. The second film opens with Prince Charming on a quest to rescue Princess Fiona from the Dragon. When he gets there, he finds the wolf from Little Red Riding Hood and The Three Little Pigs in Fiona's bed. He asks the wolf where Fiona is and the wolf tells him that she is on her honeymoon with Shrek. Once Shrek and Fiona return from their honeymoon, they find Donkey in

7440-420: The unofficial session which lasts six to eight week when fewer foreign films are released in Chinese theaters in order to open up more screen time for Chinese movies. In South Korea, the film had a "modest" opening at No. 9 with $ 130,000. In the United States and Canada, it opened with $ 21,074 from 45 theaters on an average of $ 468 per theater. It went on to earn a paltry $ 32,766 after playing in theaters for only

7533-544: The warning signs of a new neighbor moving in next door who takes on a ferocious form during a full moon. Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos is a 13-minute animated short film, directed by Raman Hui , and was released on the DVD and Blu-ray releases of Puss in Boots on February 24, 2012. The short tells a story of Puss in Boots on a mission to recover a princess's stolen ruby from the notorious French thief,

7626-457: The way, Shrek begins to fall in love with Fiona. Donkey finds out from Fiona that she is cursed and turns into an ogre at night. The only way the curse can be broken is by true love's first kiss. Fiona and Farquaad have a marriage ceremony, but they are interrupted by Shrek, who tells Fiona he loves her. Donkey and Dragon enter, and Dragon eats Farquaad. Shrek and Fiona kiss and Fiona is permanently turned into an ogre. Shrek gets his swamp back, and

7719-448: The weekend total box office. An estimated US$ 7 million alone came from IMAX showings. The film along with the combined grosses of Detective Chinatown 2 (US$ 154 million), The Monkey King 3: Kingdom of Women (US$ 79.9 million), Operation Red Sea (US$ 70.3 million) and Boonie Bears: The Big Shrink (US$ 40.9 million) amounted to a record breaking RMB3.21 billion (US$ 506 million) or US$ 543 million weekend with online ticket sales, which

7812-522: Was a normal business decision and that there wasn't much heroism involved. However, such a massive undertaking would have to cost millions of dollars; they would have to refilm 70% and redo 25% of the special-effects work, call back the cast and crew, find a new leading man and rebuild sets. Hui admitted that he cried after hearing this due to the turmoil he endured. The second filming took almost five weeks (32 days), finishing in late March 2015. Jing Boran , who had starred in one of Kong's other recent films,

7905-523: Was a theme park ride, was released in 2003. Two television specials, the Christmas television special Shrek the Halls (2007) and the Halloween television special Scared Shrekless (2010), have also been produced. Two spin-off films were made centered around the character Puss in Boots : 2011's Puss in Boots and its sequel, 2022's The Last Wish . Additionally, a stage musical adaptation

7998-435: Was confirmed by Bill Damaschke , the former head of creative production at DWA, with him saying: "All that was loved about Shrek in the first film is brought to the final film." Josh Klausner , one of the writers of Shrek Forever After , explained in 2010 the script's evolution: "When I first came onto the project, it wasn't supposed to be the final chapter — there were originally going to be five Shrek movies. Then, about

8091-403: Was made and premiered at Broadway for more than a year (2008–2010). In May 2010, The New York Times described the principal Shrek characters as "brilliantly realized" and said "nearly a decade after the first Shrek film they remain as vital and engaging fusions of image, personality, and voice as any characters in the history of animation ." The series was a financial success, becoming

8184-435: Was released in 2D format only in contrary to its 3D release in China. Due to time constraints, the producers of the film were unable to put licensing deals in place which resulted in a loss of potential ancillary revenue. Hui estimates they lost over a few million dollars for failing to procure merchandising right sales. However, due to the sheer popularity of the film, certain pirate companies produced illegal goods inspired by

8277-606: Was released in China on February 16, 2018. A third film was also announced. In February 2017, Hui and Kong discussed about a fourth film and a potential spin-off. The idea is the turn these films into a franchise, a first time in China and expanding the franchise with sub-licensing agreements, merchandising deals and theme park attractions. Monster Hunt 2 Monster Hunt 2 is a 2018 mainland Chinese-Hong Kong fantasy comedy adventure film directed by Raman Hui . It stars Tony Leung , Bai Baihe , Jing Boran , Li Yuchun and Tony Yang . A sequel to 2015's Monster Hunt ,

8370-412: Was released only one year after the previous Shrek film, utilized 63 million render hours. Shrek and Shrek 2 have collectively raised over $ 1.6 billion in home video sales. Together with the rest of the films in the series with combined editions, the franchise's total revenue is over $ 2 billion. This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in in the franchise. Shrek

8463-561: Was so eager to help Kong and Hui that he volunteered to take over Kai Ko's role without collecting a salary. More than 90% of the original crew returned for the reshoots, with many also working for free or at a reduced rate. Every day, as he completed his shots, Hui would edit and send the footage to Base FX so that effects work could start immediately. In addition to redoing all the scenes that had previously contained Ko, Hui and Kong added several new sequences and new roles and cameos for some additional well-known actors, such as Yao Chen to boost

8556-439: Was that the incident and subsequent arrest of Ko would give him more time to work on the special effects even better. Despite no officials directly ordering the film to be reshot, in fall of the same year, producers Doris Tse and Kong informed Hui of the decision to reshoot 70% of the film with a new actor in place since Chinese authorities were unwilling to show the film with a drug-using headliner anytime soon. Kong admitted that it

8649-410: Was theatrically released on December 21, 2022, by Universal Pictures . The film was originally scheduled to be released on November 2, 2018, but was delayed a month to December 21, 2018 before cancellation. It was also scheduled to be released on September 23, 2022. The story takes place after Shrek Forever After and follows Puss, who has burned all but the last of his nine lives, on a quest to find

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