With the indie-market now officially shit, and studios growing wary of the odds of live-action films at the box office, it appears they have decided to go back to their proven cash machine, the animated film. DreamWorks animation is already planning a third addition to their “Madagascar” series and are also in development of a second installment to this summers money machine, “Kung Fu Panda.”
“Kung Fu Panda” has raked in $560 million in global ticket sales so far this summer and the original “Madagascar” film managed to take in a cool $530 million globally. Kids buy up these things on DVD like they’re going out of style too. It’s not a bad business decision.