When Kung Fu Panda clawed its way to box office glory in 2008, it sent shock waves through China. Nationalists were bitter that a smash hit banking on Chinese culture was made by Americans ...

This is the latest instalment in a feature series reflecting on instances of East meets West in world cinema, including China-US co-productions. Some 70 years after the Nanking massacre of 1937-38 ...

However, the success of DreamWorks' film in China also lit a fire under ... We never could have imagined that an animated ...

Not only has it become the highest-grossing animated movie of all time, it's also the biggest film of 2025, and the biggest film ever produced in China. Ne Zha 2 has now grossed $2.07 billion ...

Already the highest-grossing animated film in movie history, the film will soon ... By Patrick Brzeski Asia Bureau Chief China’s animated mega-blockbuster Ne Zha 2 is heading to Europe.

Reasons for NZ2’s success in China include being a sequel to the 2019 movie (previously the highest-grossing animated film in China at nearly $700M, using today’s rates), releasing during the ...

In the wake of the Ne Zha 2 phenomenon, much of China’s filmmaking community is now asking the same question: Can one monster hit reignite a country’s passion for moviegoing ... “According to our ...