Simply over a month into its theatrical run, Ne Zha 2 has already damaged a number of big-name field workplace information.
The Chinese language animated journey film has shortly turn out to be one of many greatest leisure tales of 2025, but most moviegoers Stateside have in all probability by no means heard of it.
Launched over the Lunar New 12 months on the finish of January, the big-screen epic is loosely based mostly on the Chinese language novel Investiture of the Gods, following a younger boy spirit as grasp Taiyi Zhenren makes an attempt to reconstruct their our bodies.
Every Ne Zha 2 Box Workplace Record
The Chinese language blockbuster Ne Zha 2 is now one of many greatest films of all time, smashing field workplace information at dwelling and overseas.
The Chinese language animated sequel was launched in theaters in its dwelling territory on January 29 and has since raked in over $2 billion on the international field workplace. That complete ought to proceed to climb as properly, with no streaming launch having but been introduced for the movie (learn extra about when Ne Zha 2 will begin streaming right here).
Beneath is a full listing of field workplace information Ne Zha 2 has damaged thus far:
Highest-Grossing Animated Movie of All Time Worldwide
Mere months after Inside Out 2 smashed the file for the largest animated film of all time globally, Ne Zha 2 got here in and leapfrogged Pixar’s emotion-based smash hit.
Ne Zha‘s $2 billion (and climbing) field workplace haul is greater than $300 million greater than Inside Out 2‘s spectacular $1.69 billion mark set in 2024. What’s extra spectacular is that the Chinese language language movie did so with out a lot assist domestically.
Greater than $700 million of Inside Out 2‘s return got here from moviegoers stateside. Ne Zha 2‘s impression on U.S. audiences has been pretty minimal thus far.
This marks the second time in lower than a yr that this file has been damaged, which is stunning as a result of the record-holder earlier than that (Frozen 2) had stood for almost half a decade earlier than being eclipsed.
First Animated Movie To Cross $2 Billion on the International Box Workplace
Ne Zha 2 not solely stands as the largest animated film of all time, however the film additionally marks the primary time an animated characteristic has surpassed that vaunted $2 billion mark on the international field workplace.
Together with Ne Zha 2, solely seven films have ever reached $2 billion, with the final being Avatar: The Method of Water in 2022. The animated sequel now sits because the seventh greatest film of all time, with Avengers: Infinity Warfare and Star Wars: The Drive Awakens subsequent in its sights.
Having been in theaters for over a month, it appears unlikely the movie will climb any increased than the number-five spot, needing roughly $50 million extra to go Infinity Warfare and $70 million for Drive Awakens.
Quickest Animated Movie To Attain $1 Billion Ever
It has not simply been about how a lot cash Ne Zha 2 has amassed, both, however how shortly it did so. It’s the quickest animated film to succeed in $1 billion and the second quickest general to hit $2 billion behind solely Avengers: Endgame.
The film managed to eclipse the final file holder, Inside Out 2, on February 9, incomes over $1.7 billion worldwide in an completely spectacular 11 days. This was a mark that took Inside Out 2 19 days to hit.
This was largely thanks to a different mark set by the animated epic, because it grew to become the primary film ever to make greater than $100 million on 5 separate single days.
In China, the film’s momentum to interrupt this file instantly grew to become obvious because it was the primary movie to interrupt 1.1 billion yuan in the course of the Lunar New 12 months, occurring to turn out to be the quickest to ever cross the 4 billion yuan mark after solely six days on display.
First Movie to Ever Gross $1 Billion in a Single Market or Nation
Ne Zha 2 additionally has the honour of being the primary movie ever to gross over $1 billion in a single market or territory.
In actual fact, greater than $1.9 billion of the film’s $2 billion complete has come from its dwelling territory, accounting for greater than 98% of its worldwide field workplace haul (through (*2*)).
The final time a film obtained near this specific mark was in 2015 with Star Wars: The Drive Awakens. That movie, on the time, set the usual for the very best single-territory field workplace haul, incomes simply over $936 million in North America throughout its run in theaters.
First Worldwide Movie To Attain Over $2 Billion
Ne Zha 2 not solely is the largest animated film of all time, however it’s now the largest international movie ever, being the primary to cross $2 billion.
It has greater than doubled the whole of the subsequent highest non-English film on the listing, one other Chinese language film, The Battle at Lake Changjin. That 2021 struggle drama carried out admirably by incomes $913 million on the international field workplace.
China now occupies the highest 9 spots on the highest-grossing international movies of all time listing and 18 of the highest 20.
Highest-Grossing Chinese language Movie of All Time
As a result of Ne Zha 2 is the primary worldwide film ever to make $2 billion, it will make sense that it is also the largest film of all time at Chinese language cinemas.
Nevertheless, this listing additionally contains American films which have made their approach over to mainland China and have confirmed massively profitable in Chinese language theaters.
As of writing, the movie has earned over 14 billion yuan, which is important as a result of the subsequent closest movie behind it, The Battle at Lake Changjin, has sat atop the listing since 2021 after making nearly a 3rd of that 5.7 billion yuan.
The listing behind Ne Zha 2 stays very crowded, with spots two to 10 being separated by 1.7 billion yuan (a mark Ne Zha 2 has managed to make in simply a few days a number of occasions over in its run in theaters thus far).
For comparability, the largest film of all time globally, Avengers: Endgame, solely managed to make 4.2 billion yuan and was thought of an enormous success within the territory.
Ne Zha 2 is now enjoying in theaters worldwide.
