Ne Zha 2 crosses $ 1 billion at the box office, becomes highest grossing movie of 2025

Ne Zha 2 has created history by grossing over $1.1 billion, becoming the highest-grossing Chinese movie of all time, the highest-grossing movie of 2025, and the highest-grossing non-English movie of all time. The animated fantasy movie is the sequel to 2019's Ne Zha.

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The movie has beaten the 2021 war film The Battle at Lake Changjin, which previously held the top spot as the highest-grossing non-English movie with a gross of $913 million.

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Chinese Box Office crosses $2 billion

Ne Zha 2's success, along with the box office earnings of other 2025 releases like Detective Chinatown 1900, which grossed $388 million, Boonie Bears: Future Reborn with $88 million, Creation of the Gods with $153.2 million, and Operation Hadal with $48 million, has pushed the total gross of the Chinese box office past the $2 billion mark.

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Epic fantasy adventure

Ne Zha 2 is directed by Jiaozi, and both the film and its predecessor are based on the classic novel "Investiture of the Gods". The story follows the adventure of Nezha, who must battle the legendary Dragon Kings in order to defend the fortress of Chentangguan. The movie was released in cinemas on January 29, 2025.

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The voice cast includes Lü Yanting, Han Mo, Chen Hao, Lü Qi, Zhang Jiaming, and Yang Wei. Ne Zha 2 with English subtitleswill be available worldwide this week and is expected to receive an English-dubbed release in the coming weeks.

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