The 2025 Spring Festival animated film "Nezha 2" is sweeping the global movie market with momentum. According to Maoyan's professional version of the global real-time box office statistics, as of 10:00 a.m. today (Feb. 13), the box office of "Nezha 2" has already exceeded RMB 9.7 billion, surpassing "Deadpool & Wolverine" to rank 20th on the world's all-time box office list, making a new history for Chinese cinema.
Nezha 2's run at the box office demonstrates the strength of China's cultural soft power. In the capital market, Chinese movie stocks are in high demand, with the share price of producer ENLIGHT MEDIA rising 153.1% after the movie's release. Sales of Nezha's peripheral products have been booming, driving POP MART to record highs during the session. According to staff at POP MART's universal Beijing resort, all Nezha figure blind boxes have been sold out, and can only be purchased in advance through POP MART's Wechat Mini Program. POP MART has also made urgent adjustments to its production schedule and expects to ship the products by June 30.
In overseas markets, "Nezha 2" will be officially released in North America tomorrow, with advance tickets sold out in seconds. In addition to North America, the movie is expected to be released in Singapore, Malaysia, Egypt, South Africa, Pakistan, Japan, South Korea and many other countries and regions. Foreigners who have already watched the movie were in tears after the screening, exclaiming, "This is the best animated movie I've ever seen!
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