Even though box-office records are largely meaningless, especially when they’re not adjusted for inflation, China’s Ne Zha 2 is an unqualified international sensation, having already amassed a $2.2 billion global haul that makes it the most successful animated film ever and the fifth-highest-grossing theatrical release in the medium’s history.

Those totals were primarily earned outside the U.S., but on Aug. 22, domestic audiences finally get to see what all the fuss is about when writer/director Jiaozi’s hit arrives in an all-new English dub. What they’ll discover is an epic action-adventure marked by striking CGI animation and spectacular set pieces. Whether they’ll be as enraptured as the rest of the world with its convoluted 144-minute story, however, remains to be seen.

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