This year's biggest blockbuster (so far) isn't from Marvel, Pixar or James Cameron. In fact, most Americans aren't even familiar with the box office juggernaut - because it's barely playing in North ...

Earlier this year, Chinese animated film “Ne Zha 2” became not just the highest-grossing film of 2025, and the highest-grossing animated film of all time, but one of the biggest films ever; making ...

Its astonishing success has raised hopes for China’s growing but still immature animation sector. While animated titles consistently account for 10% to 15% of the box office in the U.S. and about 40% ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Slate senior editor Jenny Zhang about the Chinese animated movie Ne Zha 2, which broke box-office records even before its U.S. re-release.

Like its mischievous demigod protagonist, the Chinese animated fantasy film Ne Zha II has been a practically unstoppable force. Since its initial release in China, over Lunar New Year, the blockbuster ...

Buildings are lit up with characters from the movie "Ne Zha 2" in Chengdu, in China's southwest Sichuan province Getty UPDATED 2 PM: “Insane!” That’s the exclamation we keep hearing when it comes to ...

The studio A24 is distributing an English-dubbed version of the blockbuster inspired by Chinese mythology, which is the ...

This year’s biggest blockbuster (so far) isn’t from Marvel, Pixar or James Cameron. In fact, most Americans aren’t even familiar with the box office juggernaut — because it’s barely playing in the ...