‘Ne Zha 2’ Overtakes ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ To Become No. 5 Highest-Grossing Movie Ever WW – International Box Office
deadline.comRefresh for latest…: A generally quiet weekend at the international box office, amid holdover play for the major studio titles and the start of staggered release for newer entries, nevertheless included another milestone for Chinese phenomenon Ne Zha 2 which has moved up to become the 5th highest-grossing movie ever worldwide.
The Ne Zha 2 total in China through Sunday, according to Maoyan, is a little over RMB 14.86B ($2.054B using today’s exchange rate).
Adding grosses in excess of $31M from markets outside China, and the global total rises to more than $2.085B. That places the animated sequel just above Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($2.071B) on the all-time global chart.
In China alone, Maoyan is projecting that NZ2 will final at RMB 15.2B ($2.1B). Ex-China rollout continues in Indonesia on March 21 while several European releases are ahead as well as Japan.
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