This summer movie season has a lot to offer viewers. From "Lilo and Stich" live on Disney to Brad Pitt's "F1", it seems like there is something for everyone this year. Sony offers a fresh takeover of a very famous franchise in the form of a "karate child: legends". The terrain here is that every era of "Karate Child" will gather in one film, uniting around a new fighter. The question is, can this movie progress After Netflix's "Cobra Kai"? Or is the audience filling at home?

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"Karate Kid: Legends" by director Athonan Entwistl is currently looking Box office theory. This would not be a bad start to Sony's PG-13, a sequel to the big screen of the audience of the favorite 80's. The biggest problem is that this summer is flooded with hard competition. "Lilo and Stich" and "Mission After likely the lighting of the graphs of fire during the day of memory. But it's just the tip of the iceberg.

"Legends" will open directly against the A24 horror film "Return". Next weekend, Spinon Vick Spin-Off "Ballerina" arrives along with IC's "dangerous animals" and the neon "shac". After that, it's a live action "How to train your dragon", which figures are aimed at family audiences.

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Karate Kid in 2010 opened $ 55 million on the road to $ 359 million worldwide against a very reasonable $ 40 million production budget. Hope is that Sony retained the budget in the same range for this latest record, offering a similar path to success. For context, that film made about half of its global transportation abroad.

As the trailers promised about "Karate Kid: Legends"The new film will be returned by Ralph McCio as Daniel Laruso along with Mr -Hahn's Jackki Chan from the 2010 Restarting/Remake to Train a New Blend played by Ben Wang. The film focuses on Lee Jong (Wang), who moves to New York to attend a prestigious school. He soon attracts unwanted attention from a local karate champion and becomes motivated to defend himself. Lee strives to enter a karate match with the help of his teacher in Kung Fu, Mr -Jan (Jan) and the legendary Daniel Laruso (McCio).

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The elephant in the room this time around is "Cobra Kai". The show was a huge hit for Netflix and invited a new generation of fans to the "Karate Child" universe. But save on McCio's participation, this new movie is not explicitly tied to that show. For example, Nyoni Lawrence on William's tooth is not included. So will the show fans appear? That's the big question and that can be the element for making or pause.

We have already seen movies like "Final Destination Blood Lines" over-performance at box office this summer In no small part because the audience was underestimated. Is the Fan -Base "Cobra Kai" out of larger than expected numbers? Maybe. If so, this may mean that these tracking numbers are on the low side. But if the fans of the show do not feel forced or that "we have a karate child at home" line of thinking? Sony may drastically calculate the demand for this film.

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At the end of the day, as long as Sony retained the budget below $ 70 million or the like, this film will be relatively safe in the long run if these opening numbers are held. Whether it's a hit or not? It will rely on a good word and Cobra Kai fans gather around it. SeeEe see how it all shakes.

"Karate Kid: Legends" hit theaters on 30.05.2025.