On Rotten Tomatoes, the film received a score of 48%, based on 23 critics' reviews. The film opened at number 1 in Singapore, earning $1.85 million, during its weekend debut of 28 January 2017. In comparison, it was a commercial failure in India, where it grossed ₹40 million (US$530,000) on its opening day. The film was a major box-office success in China, where it became Jackie Chan's highest-grossing film in China and one of the top ten highest-grossing films of all time, grossing ¥1.753 billion ( US$254,531,595). In India, the film was released by Tanweer Films on 3 February 2017. It was released in the Philippines by Star Cinema (replacing Viva International Pictures as distributor ) on 1 February 2017. Kung Fu Yoga was released in China on 28 January 2017. Nathan Wang composed the background score. The ending dance number in Kung Fu Yoga was choreographed by Bollywood musical dance choreographer Farah Khan. Īccording to director Stanley Tong, Bollywood star Aamir Khan was initially offered a major role in the film, but he could not take up the offer due to scheduling conflicts, as he was busy shooting for his own film, the blockbuster Dangal (2016).
The film was produced primarily by the Chinese studios Taihe Entertainment and Shinework Pictures. But we are optimistic about more such partnerships in the future." Viacom 18 stated: "We had every intent to collaborate with ‘Kung Fu Yoga.’ However things didn't work out as planned. However, its Indian production partner Viacom 18 eventually pulled out of the production. The film originally was intended to be a Sino-Indian co-production. Filming then continued in Beijing and India in December. Principal photography began in Beijing in September, before moving to Xi'an and Dubai on 27 September and ended on 30 October. The groups that were fighting, realizing their pettiness, stop fighting and happily join with the joyous expression. Meanwhile, a group of Sannyasis comes down through the new opening above ground and, upon seeing the magnificence of the deity in the underground temple, they start to sing and dance in joy.
Jack uses principles of yoga and kung fu to defeat Randall and convinces him of the significant importance of this finding. In despair, Randall tries to destroy everything, but Jack, Ashmita and their team fight to stop them. Reaching there, Randall's group begins to extract gems and diamonds from the temple decorations and searches for the treasure, but to his despair, they find that the legendary treasure is ancient knowledge about medicine, Buddhism, mechanical structures, and many more. They reach an underground Shiva temple made out of gold that is nearby a secluded waterfall. They all together find the map room which happens to be a puzzle room where a wrong move can cost lives. Randall kidnaps Jack and Ashmita, demands to find the treasure for him because it belonged to his family. They further find the diamond artifact is a part of a scepter that opens a map room built using vastu shastra and astronomical positions of that period in a closed part of a sacred temple. She asks Jack to help her find the real treasure and protect it from wrong hands. Ashmita explains the diamond artifact is known as the "Eye of Shiva" in their family chronicles and it is the key to immense treasure hidden somewhere. Jack investigates Ashmita's whereabouts and finds she isn't who she claimed to be before but the youngest descendant of Magadha royalty. In the ensuing chase, Ashmita snatches it from them. Jack wins the auction but Randall strikes again with his goons which results in a high speed car chase through heavy traffic in Dubai. To save his job, Jack attempts to get back the artifact with the help of a rich friend. Two weeks later, the 212-carat diamond artifact pops up in Dubai for auction on the black market. Jack's and Ashmita's team manages to escape from the underground icy cavern through an opening. In the chaos, Jones – a member from Jack's team who is more a treasure hunter than an archaeologist smuggles away a diamond artifact. However, they are interrupted by a group of mercenaries led by Randall ( Sonu Sood) who steals the treasure and leaves them there to die.
Their team, Jones Lee ( Aarif Rahman), Xiaoguang ( Lay Zhang), Kyra ( Amyra Dastur) and Noumin ( Miya Muqi) find the treasure underneath a frozen lake using modern technology. Jack ( Jackie Chan), a renowned professor of archaeology at the Terracotta Warriors Museum in Xi'an, teams up with young Indian professor Ashmita ( Disha Patani) from the National Museum Institute, Rajasthan to locate India's lost Magadha treasure in Tibet.
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