An unexpected film is apparently released from nowhere to make history at the box office. “Apparently” does a lot of work there because, for moviegoers living in China, the animated suite “Ne Zha 2” has become a cultural cinematographic event like no other. Not only in China, be careful, but it has become bigger in some respects than any other film in history. Yes, really.
During the weekend, the blockbuster of director Yang “ne zha 2” added $ 250.6 million To its already amazing total, carrying its transport to $ 1.08 billion on Monday morning. Keep in mind that the film was released until January 29, which means that it did all in about two weeks. He became the first film to make more than a billion dollars in a single country and spent “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” ($ 936.6 million) to become the biggest film of all time in a single market.
“Ne Zha 2” made the headlines during the new lunar year with its successful openingLifting the Chinese box office at heights not seen over the years. Other tubes such as “Detective Chinatown 1900” and “Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force” also led to record brushes in the country, but it is this animated suite which reached a top above the other . At this rate, there is no record at the box office in China that the film will not fight. The only question now is how it can fly.
Ne Zha 2 has come in record books
Before the pandemic, China was lucky with local tubes such as “Wolf Warrior 2” (870 million dollars) And “The Wandering Earth” ($ 699 million), among others. The “NE ZHA” origin ($ 742 million) is also on this list. What makes them if unique is that the vast majority of this money comes from China and China alone. “Wolf Warrior 2”, for example, has only made $ 2.7 million in the United States, which was the tendency even as a result of the pandemic, while films like “The Battle At Lake Changjin “($ 902 million) continued to miss records.
This is where things become interesting with “Ne Zha 2.” When writing these lines, only two weeks after its race, He has already succeeded in the total for life of “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” ($ 1.077 billion) To become one of the 40 biggest films of all time in the world. It is almost guaranteed to adopt other Hollywood tubes such as “Top Gun: Maverick” (1.49 billion dollars) and “Barbie” (1.44 billion dollars) in a few days, not weeks. It will become one of the greatest films of all time, even if most people in the world will not see it. There is only one country fueling the frenzy.
At this rate, we are examining a film which can very well reach the note of $ 2 billion in China alone. He will almost certainly pass “The Lion King” of 2019 ($ 1.66 billion) to become the only Chinese film to suppress the first ten of all time. If he reaches the $ 2 billion mark, he will just become the seventh film to do so, landing somewhere between “Avengers: Infinity War” (2 billion dollars) and “Avatar” by James Cameron ($ 2.9 billion) on the table of all time.
What is happening with this film right now is nothing more remarkable. The most remarkable of everyone? He will probably have a minimum presence on screens elsewhere in the world. It is only one successful market that we have never seen, which will probably encourage China to continue to prioritize its films even more, rather than counting on Hollywood for blockbusters.
I talked about it and more news at the box office on today’s episode of the film Podcast Daily, which you can listen to below:
“Ne Zha 2” opens in the United States on February 14, 2025.
