Move over Pixar, because the new animated Chinese film, Ne Zha 2, is breaking box office records for animated films left and right.
This sequel to the 2019 animated film, Ne Zha, recently surpassed over $1 billion at the worldwide box office, surpassing Inside Out 2 as the highest-grossing animated film of all time—the first time a non-English language film has done so. (As of now, Inside Out 2 has still made more total money, with a combined box office of $1.69 billion, but because Inside Out 2 cost more money than Ne Zha 2 to make, the gross total is less.) It’s certain to be one of the top earners of the 2025 box office, and it’s only been in U.S. theaters for a week.
The Ne Zha franchise is loosely based on the popular Chinese mythological character Nezha, who, in this telling of the story, is a child
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