

Yi, Everest, and the boys reach a port in southern China and travel on a truck. After narrowly escaping a Burnish helicopter at the Oriental Pearl Tower, Yi and Everest flee on a ship carrying red cola cans, followed by Peng and a reluctant Jin. When Burnish Industries' private security forces close in on Everest' hiding place, Everest flees with Yi. Yi learns that Everest wants to reunite with his family on Mount Everest, while Everest learns about Yi's desire to travel across China - something her father had always wanted. While hiding him from Burnish Industries' helicopters, Yi gains his trust by feeding him Baozi and treating his wounds. One evening, Yi encounters the Yeti near her cubby house on the roof of her Shanghai apartment building, and names him "Everest". Yi is also a violinist, but has not played since her father's death, as he was a violinist, too. She leads a busy life, and neglects to spend time with her family and her friends, basketball fan Peng and his tech-savvy and popular cousin Jin. Meanwhile, teenager Yi lives with her mother and Nai Nai (grandmother) in an apartment building. Burnish, who intends to use him to prove the existence of yetis to the world. Due to this, the film has been banned in several countries involved in territorial disputes with China over the South China Sea-namely, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Malaysia.Ī follow-up television series, Abominable and the Invisible City, was announced for streaming service Peacock and Hulu in October 2022.Ī young Yeti escapes from a compound in Shanghai owned by wealthy businessman Mr.

In Southeast Asia, Abominable has garnered controversy for a scene involving a map of the region with the Nine-dash line, a contested demarcation line used by China to lay claim over a portion of the South China Sea. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and has grossed over $188 million worldwide. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2019, and was released by Universal Pictures in the United States on September 27 while Pearl Studio distributed the film in China. The film follows a teenage girl named Yi, who encounters a young Yeti on the roof of her apartment building in Shanghai, names him Everest and embarks on an epic quest to reunite the magical creature with his family at the highest point on Earth along with her mischievous friends Jin and Peng, but the trio of friends will have to stay one-step ahead of Burnish, a wealthy man intent on capturing a Yeti, and zoologist Dr. Abominable is a 2019 computer-animated adventure film produced by DreamWorks Animation and Pearl Studio, written and directed by Jill Culton and co-directed by Todd Wilderman, and stars the voices of Chloe Bennet, Albert Tsai, Tenzing Norgay Trainor, Eddie Izzard, Sarah Paulson, Tsai Chin, and Michelle Wong.
