Around the World in 80 Days

Chinese thief Lau Xing robs a Jade Buddha from the Bank of England belonging to Lord Kelvin, head of the Royal Academy of Science, given to him by extremist group the Black Scorpions in exchange for providing military assistance to their cause. Lau Xing seeks refuge with inventor Phileas Fogg, giving his name as "Passepartout", he is hired as Fogg's valet and assists testing his inventions. Fogg's eccentric ways are mocked by members of the Royal Academy and, when he calculates it is possible to circumnavigate the world in eighty days, Kelvin—who stands on tradition over ambition and innovation—offers to vacate his position in favour of Fogg if he is able to do so, but if he can not Fogg must cease scientific pursuits.
Fogg accepts and is joined by Passepartout, who sees the endeavor as a way of returning home. The two journey to Paris, where Fogg encounters impressionist painter Monique La Roche and Passepartout finds he is being pursued by General Fang, who Kelvin has ordered to retrieve the Jade Buddha. Monique flees with the two men in a hot-air balloon, and they continue the journey by train. Monique learns Passepartout's true intentions—that he is travelling with Fogg in order to return the Jade Buddha, which was stolen from his village—and promises to keep his secret if he allows her to continue travelling with them.
Arriving in Istanbul, they are thrown a banquet by Prince Hapi, who seeks to make Monique his seventh wife. Fogg and Passepartout get him to release Monique by threatening to destroy his statue of The Thinker; Hapi agrees but the statue is still broken, and the trio flee for their lives. Kelvin learns that Passepartout is the bank thief and orders colonial authorities in India to arrest him and Fogg. The trio avoid capture by the Black Scorpions and escape to China where Fogg learns the truth about Lau Xing after arriving in his village of Lanzhou. The village is seized by the Black Scorpions and Lau Xing challenges their leader, defeating him with the help of his fellow Ten Tigers of Canton, and the Jade Buddha is returned to the village temple.
Feeling his trust in his companions has been betrayed, Fogg continues on alone and reaches San Francisco, where he has all his money stolen, and days later is found destitute by Lau Xing and Monique, who have followed him. Reunited, the trio cross America, encountering the Wright Brothers testing their prototype flying machine on their way to New York Harbor, where they are ambushed by General Fang. Lau Xing offers to hold her off so Fogg and Monique can board the boat that will get them to London on time; however, they decide to assist him in defeating Fang, but in doing so miss the boat.
The trio board a smaller boat which runs out of coal en route to London, prompting Fogg to construct a flying machine based on the Wright Brothers' plans. The flying machine is catapulted to London, crash-landing outside the Royal Academy. The clock strikes noon and Kelvin proclaims himself the victor, but when his crimes and his attempts to interfere with Fogg are discovered, Queen Victoria has him arrested. Fogg is despondent about having lost the wager until he realizes he did not factor in crossing the International Date Line, realizing while they experienced 80 days, 79 days only passed in London, meaning they arrived back with a day to spare. The Queen appoints Fogg her new Minister of Science, and the rest of London joyously celebrate the trio's success.