Ne Zha 2: How an $80 million Chinese film made $2 billion at box office to beat Star Wars, now eyeing Titanic and Avatar | Hollywood
Ne Zha 2 is the most successful film of the year. What has confounded trade pundits is that the film has not come from any of the Hollywood stables but from China. The low-budget Chinese animated feature has stormed past hurdles at the box office to become the fifth-highest-grossing film of all-time, beating some Hollywood heavyweights in the process. (Also read: How an $80-million ‘non-Hollywood film’ beat Disney, Pixar to become highest-grossing animated film, minted $1.9 billion) Ne Zha 2, a Chinese film, is the highest grossing animated film of all time. Ne Zha 2 beats Star Wars: The Force Awakens This week, Ne Zha 2 surpassed the worldwide collection of Star Wars: The Force Awakens to become the fifth highest-grossing movie ever, reported Deadline. According to Maoyan, the Ne Zha 2 total in China through Sunday is a little over RMB 14.86B. Adding grosses in excess of $31 million from markets outside China, the global total rises to more than $2.08 billion. That places the animated sequel just above Star Wars: The Force Awakens …
