Ne Zha 2 has already broken box-office records. Now it’s coming to the U.S.

One of the biggest movies in the world is soon coming to American theaters—and chances are you’ve never heard of it.

Ne Zha 2 , an animated fantasy adventure movie written and directed by the Chinese filmmaker Jiaozi, broke multiple records after it premiered in China earlier this year. With box-office earnings of more than $2.2 billion, it is the highest-grossing film of 2025, the highest-grossing non-English-language film in history, and the fifth-highest-grossing film of all time, nestled right in between Titanic and Star Wars: The Force Awakens . The movie’s success has not gone unnoticed by the American entertainment industry: A24, the company best known for films with a certain indie je ne sais quoi ( Moonlight , Lady Bird , Everything Everywhere All at Once ),