Not surprised after the back lash against Creation of the Gods 2’s director, who is accused of being a Mongol nationalist. Not sure how true that is but using a half-white Taiwanese American guy (whose father was a white American diplomat) to play the Shang king kind of rubbed me the wrong way. I can get behind more casting of minorities, but the guy seems to also have been involved with Zhu Yu's "Eating People" exhibitions, which back in 2000 created that whole "Chinese eat babies" stereotype; so at least a self-hating liberal type.
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A poster of the animated feature "Ne Zha 2" is pictured at a cinema in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 6, 2025. "Ne Zha 2," the animated feature that has taken China's box office by storm, has officially surpassed the 2021 war epic "The Battle at Lake Changjin" to become the highest-grossing film of all time in China.
By 1:25 p.m. Thursday, the animated blockbuster's earnings had exceeded 5.77 billion yuan (approximately 804.84 million U.S. dollars), a remarkable achievement over just eight days and five hours, according to ticketing platforms Maoyan and Beacon. (Xinhua/Li Gang)
by Xinhua writer Zhang Yunlong
BEIJING, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- "Ne Zha 2," the animated feature that has taken China's box office by storm, has officially surpassed the 2021 war epic "The Battle at Lake Changjin" to become the highest-grossing film of all time in China.
By 1:25 p.m. Thursday, the animated blockbuster's earnings had exceeded 5.77 billion yuan (approximately 804.84 million U.S. dollars), a remarkable achievement over just eight days and five hours, according to ticketing platforms Maoyan and Beacon.
With projections now pointing to a final gross of between 9.4 and 9.5 billion yuan, "Ne Zha 2" has firmly cemented its place at the peak of China's cinematic history. This milestone comes on the heels of the series' first installation, "Ne Zha," which grossed 5 billion yuan and topped the country's box office charts in 2019.
Posters of the animated feature "Ne Zha 2" are pictured at a cinema in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 6, 2025.
People walk past a poster of the animated feature "Ne Zha 2" at a cinema in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 6, 2025.
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People take photos in front of Chengdu Coco Cartoon Co., Ltd., the company producing "Ne Zha 2," in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 8, 2025. According to ticketing platform Beacon, "Ne Zha 2" had already grossed over 6.79 billion yuan (about 947 million U.S. dollars) on the Chinese mainland by 9:11 p.m. Friday, overtaking the North American box office for "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" to become the highest-grossing film in a single market globally.
By Saturday, the animated blockbuster's earnings has exceeded 7.0 billion yuan (about 980 million U.S. dollars). (All photos below by Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)
An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 8, 2025 shows Chengdu Coco Cartoon Co., Ltd., the company producing "Ne Zha 2," at the Gazelle Digital Cultural and Creative Valley in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 8, 2025.
People take photos in front of Chengdu Coco Cartoon Co., Ltd., the company producing "Ne Zha 2," in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 8, 2025.
China Focus: "Ne Zha 2" becomes China's all-time top-grossing film-
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A poster of the animated feature "Ne Zha 2" is pictured at a cinema in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 6, 2025. "Ne Zha 2," the animated feature that has taken China's box office by storm, has officially surpassed the 2021 war epic "The Battle at Lake Changjin" to become the highest-grossing film of all time in China.
By 1:25 p.m. Thursday, the animated blockbuster's earnings had exceeded 5.77 billion yuan (approximately 804.84 million U.S. dollars), a remarkable achievement over just eight days and five hours, according to ticketing platforms Maoyan and Beacon. (Xinhua/Li Gang)
by Xinhua writer Zhang Yunlong
BEIJING, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- "Ne Zha 2," the animated feature that has taken China's box office by storm, has officially surpassed the 2021 war epic "The Battle at Lake Changjin" to become the highest-grossing film of all time in China.
By 1:25 p.m. Thursday, the animated blockbuster's earnings had exceeded 5.77 billion yuan (approximately 804.84 million U.S. dollars), a remarkable achievement over just eight days and five hours, according to ticketing platforms Maoyan and Beacon.
With projections now pointing to a final gross of between 9.4 and 9.5 billion yuan, "Ne Zha 2" has firmly cemented its place at the peak of China's cinematic history. This milestone comes on the heels of the series' first installation, "Ne Zha," which grossed 5 billion yuan and topped the country's box office charts in 2019.
Posters of the animated feature "Ne Zha 2" are pictured at a cinema in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 6, 2025.
People walk past a poster of the animated feature "Ne Zha 2" at a cinema in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 6, 2025.
People visit company producing "Ne Zha 2" in Chengdu-
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People take photos in front of Chengdu Coco Cartoon Co., Ltd., the company producing "Ne Zha 2," in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 8, 2025. According to ticketing platform Beacon, "Ne Zha 2" had already grossed over 6.79 billion yuan (about 947 million U.S. dollars) on the Chinese mainland by 9:11 p.m. Friday, overtaking the North American box office for "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" to become the highest-grossing film in a single market globally.
By Saturday, the animated blockbuster's earnings has exceeded 7.0 billion yuan (about 980 million U.S. dollars). (All photos below by Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)
An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 8, 2025 shows Chengdu Coco Cartoon Co., Ltd., the company producing "Ne Zha 2," at the Gazelle Digital Cultural and Creative Valley in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 8, 2025.
People take photos in front of Chengdu Coco Cartoon Co., Ltd., the company producing "Ne Zha 2," in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 8, 2025.
Nice!!
What? What did the director say and or do to garner such reputation?
Wuershan has a kink for hapas. Evident in his other movies' casting choices too. Doesn't make him a Mongol nationalist. He grew in one of Beijing's PLA residential compounds and share liberal values of urban Chinese elites of his generation. Again doesn't make him a Mongol nationalist. I'm really tired of this alt-right discourse.