Ne Zha 2 was released last year this week. The Chinese animated sequel to the 2019 film opened to positive reviews and broke numerous records, grossing $2.2B WW (97% came from CN alone), including becoming the highest grossing non-English and animated film of all time, and 5th highest overall.

Box Office achievements [previous record holders]:

– Highest grossing non-English / non-Hollywood / Chinese film [The Battle at Lake Changjin ($913.5M)]

– Highest grossing animated film [Inside Out 2 ($1.700B)]

– Highest grossing film in a single market [Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($936.7M)]

– Highest grossing film that is not owned by Disney [Spider-Man: No Way Home ($1.923B) / Jurassic World ($1.672B)]

– Highest opening for a non-English / non-Hollywood film [The Battle at Lake Changjin II / Detective Chinatown 3 ($400M)]

– Highest opening for an animated film [Moana 2 ($389.3M)]

– First non-English / non-Hollywood / Chinese film to grossed $1B and $2B worldwide

– First animated film to gross $2B worldwide