The Karate Kid
A challenge he never imagined. A teacher he never expected.
12-year-old Dre Parker could've been the most popular kid in Detroit, but his mother's latest career move has landed him in China.Dre immediately falls for his classmate Mei Ying but the cultural differences make such a friendship impossible.Even worse, Dre's feelings make him an enemy of the class bully, Cheng.
- Worldwide
- $359M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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12-year-old Dre Parker could've been the most popular kid in Detroit, but his mother's latest career move has landed him in China. Dre immediately falls for his classmate Mei Ying but the cultural differences make such a friendship impossible. Even worse, Dre's feelings make him an enemy of the class bully, Cheng. With no friends in a strange land, Dre has nowhere to turn but maintenance man Mr. Han, who is a kung fu master. As Han teaches Dre that kung fu is not about punches and parries, but maturity and calm, Dre realizes that facing down the bullies will be the fight of his life.
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The record
Awards
1 win
Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie
1 win
- WinnerKids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Karate Kid returned 9.0× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $40M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $359M
- Release date
- Jun 10, 2010
- Runtime
- 2h 20m
- MPAA rating
- PG
- Language
- English, Mandarin
- Country
- China, Hong Kong
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