Last February, and at the start of the Chinese New Year, a movie called Ne Zha 2 came to theaters around the world, including a relatively small handful of screens in the U.S. Since then it has earned more than $2.1 billion globally. For context, that makes it not only the biggest movie of the year, but also a higher grosser than Star Wars: The Force Awakens . Made in China, it is the only non-Hollywood film in the top 50 highest grossing films of all time. Meanwhile this year’s next highest earner, Lilo & Stitch , is trailing behind by $1.1 billion. If Ne Zha 2 grosses about another $50 million, it will unseat Titanic as the fourth highest grossing film ever.

It has a good shot at sinking Titanic too. The original Chinese New Year release was distributed internationally

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