Beijing Enlight's big-budget 3D animation film 'Nezha' opened to a historic $91.5 million at China's box office over the weekend, smashing records for an animated film in the country. By Patrick ...

The tale of a young folk deity who flies around on wheels of fire has defied audience and industry expectations about the commercial potential of animation in China to become the country’s ...

Bouncing back from a major slowdown in 2024, China’s theatrical box office is generating boffo business again. Ticket sales revenue in the country has totaled $978 million since the Chinese New Year ...

In a single week, Nezha has become the highest-grossing Chinese animated film ever. Through Friday, the cg feature — which hit China’s theaters on July 26 — had grossed $243.1 million (1.68 billion ...

Produced by pioneering Beijing-based studio Light Chaser Animation, the film has earned $36 million since its premiere last weekend over China’s Lunar New Year holiday. By Patrick Brzeski Asia Bureau ...

Last week, we reported that Nezha had become the highest-grossing animated feature in Chinese history in just seven days. Remarkably, the mythological cg epic performed even better in its second week, ...

When Nezha 2 was declared as the Best Animation at the awards ceremony, Xu Hui, director of the career service center at the Chengdu World Studios, could not hide her excitement. She told the Global ...

Chinese animation “Nezha” broke local records with its $91.5 million opening, the highest ever for an animated film in the Middle Kingdom. The amount also made it the second-highest-grossing film of ...

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% ...