China’s Overdue Animation Explosion Ignited by the Local and Global Success of ’Ne Zha 2’

China’s “Ne Zha 2” has dominated the first quarter of 2025 at the global box office, raking in over $2 billion and becoming the highest-grossing animated film and sixth-highest-grossing film ever at press time. The film has certainly overperformed expectations, but there were plenty of clues that a box office boom for Chinese animation was […]