He orders the British colonial authorities in India to arrest both. Lord Kelvin learns that Phileas has been involuntarily abetting a thief's escape.
The statue is destroyed, much to Hapi's anger, but the three travelers escape from the guards. The men blackmail Prince Hapi into releasing Monique using a prized but apparently flimsy "The Thinker" statue of the Prince. During the Prince's banquet, he orders Monique to stay as his seventh wife while the men are ordered to leave. Guards climb onboard and inform the trio that they are greeted by Prince Hapi. They travel to Turkey, where the train stops. Monique keeps his secret in exchange for him convincing Phileas to let her travel with him. Whilst on the Orient Express, Monique learns that Passepartout is trying to return the Jade Buddha back to his village, and is travelling with Phileas to get there quickly. They depart in a hot-air balloon, chased by Fang's warriors. When Monique learns of Phileas's ambition, she convinces them to take her with them. Fang had previously given it to Kelvin in exchange for military assistance in China. There, Passepartout is attacked by disguised warriors, the Black Scorpions, sent by General Fang, a female Chinese warlord who is after the Jade Buddha that he stole. Pretending to take Phileas to a convention with Thomas Edison, Passepartout leads him to an art school where Phileas meets Monique La Roche, a would-be impressionist. Passepartout and Phileas journey to Paris. Phileas and Passepartout start their journey around the world, taking a carriage and leaving London after a confrontation with Inspector Fix, a corrupt officer hired by the Royal Academy of Science to stop them. If he wins he will become Minister of Science in Lord Kelvin's place, if not he will destroy his lab and never invent anything again. Phileas is pressured into a bet to see whether he can travel around the world in 80 days. There, Fogg is insulted by the other "brilliant minds", in particular William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, who believes that everything worth discovering has already been discovered. Phileas, just before Passepartout arrived, had been trying to break the 50-mph speed barrier, and after succeeding with the help of Passepartout, they head to the Royal Academy of Science. To evade the police, he becomes the valet for Phileas Fogg, an inventor, taking the pseudonym Passepartout. The film is notable for being Arnold Schwarzenegger's last film before he took a hiatus from acting to become Governor of California.ĭuring the late 19th century, an unidentified Chinese man robs the Bank of England. The film finally turned a profit in DVD sales.
box office and $72 million worldwide, making it a box office bomb. With production costs of about $110 million and estimated marketing costs of $30 million, it earned $24 million at the U.S.
A Game Boy Advance video game with the same name, based on the movie, was released a month after the movie. For comedic reasons, the film intentionally deviated wildly from the novel and included a number of anachronistic elements.
During the trip, he is accompanied by his Chinese valet, Passepartout (Jackie Chan). The film is set in 19th-century Britain and centers on Phileas Fogg (Steve Coogan), here reimagined as an eccentric inventor, and his efforts to circumnavigate the globe in 80 days. It stars Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan and Cécile de France. Around the World in 80 Days is a 2004 American adventure comedy film based on Jules Verne's novel of the same name.
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