China's box office remained strong post-Lunar New Year, with “Ne Zha 2” continuing its historic run. The Enlight release earned RMB1.98 billion ($275.3 million) over the Feb. 14–16 weekend, bringing its total to $1.

SHANGHAI (Kyodo) -- The Chinese animated movie "Ne Zha 2," a fantasy adventure story based on Chinese mythology, has achieved unprecedented box office success, becoming the highest-grossing animated film of all-time worldwide earlier this week, according to local media.

Ne Zha 2 is already the seventh-biggest animated film of all time, and has just passed several hugely popular films at the global box office.

China’s box office continued its strong Lunar New Year momentum, with 'Ne Zha 2' dominating the charts for the second consecutive week.

Since its release in the Chinese mainland during the Chinese New Year, "Ne Zha 2" has proved a smashing success at the box office, with total earnings worldwide, including pre-sales, surpassing 12.3 billion Chinese yuan ($1.72 billion) as of Tuesday evening.

China is not immune to the theatrical woes plaguing the rest of the world, but it just did something never achieved before in box office history The post How ‘Ne Zha 2’ Became Animation’s Box Office King and China’s Biggest Film Triumph appeared first on TheWrap.