An animated box-office behemoth and the raunchy second season of an HBO Max superhero series are worth your attention this week.

Here’s our roundup.

“Ne Zha II”: Ask anyone in the United States to name the top grossing animated movie and prepare for the wrong answer. The title holder isn’t from Emeryville-based Pixar, it’s not even from an American studio. The winner comes from China and is just now getting a release in the U.S., via A24 Films. Upon entrance into the intricate visual wonderland it creates — a technical marvel that overtakes the senses like few animated films — it’s easy to grasp why it’s the fifth highest-grossing film on the planet. “Ne Zha II” is an otherworldly experience akin to “Avatar,” only with a more detailed, multi-tiered mythology stuffed with sophisticated wo

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