‘Ne Zha 2’ Becomes Highest-Grossing Animated Movie Ever, Tops $1.7B

deadline.com:

Continuing its wild run, Chinese blockbuster Ne Zha 2 has become the highest-grossing animated film of all time worldwide, surpassing previous record holder Inside Out 2.

It also now sits as the No. 8 movie overall on the global chart. Ne Zha 2 topped Inside Out 2‘s $1.699B global on Wednesday with $1.7B from just the home market (factoring in the markets that released last weekend, that rises to about $1.71B).

Through the close of Thursday’s business, NZ2 is at RMB 12.47B ($1.72B) in China, per Maoyan. Note that while Chinese ticketing platforms have been including the next day’s presales to calculate NZ2 milestones on a rolling basis, Deadline is not including presales and are using full-day reported estimates as of the end of each business day.

The projected final in China has been adjusted slightly downward, to RMB 15.1B ($2.08B), which would see Ne Zha 2 edge Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ global tally to land it at No.