Animation Fuels IMAX To Its Best Year Ever: $1.28 Billion Worldwide Box Office
A mythical Chinese blockbuster, a Japanese anime mega-IP, and James Cameron’s VFX-driven spectacle drove IMAX to its biggest year ever.
A mythical Chinese blockbuster, a Japanese anime mega-IP, and James Cameron’s VFX-driven spectacle drove IMAX to its biggest year ever.
China’s box office surged 22% in 2025, led by record-breaking animated hits like ‘Ne Zha 2,’ ‘Zootopia 2,’ and ‘Nobody.’
Cartoon Brew writers share their top animated features, series, and shorts of 2025, highlighting indie discoveries, global hits, and TV standouts.
‘Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle’ leads the weekend’s global box office as ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ cracks the top 5. ‘The Bad Guys 2’ nears $150M lifetime.
A24 debuts ‘Ne Zha 2’s’ English trailer; the record-breaking Chinese animated epic hits theaters in the US, Canada, and beyond on August 22.
The highest-grossing animated film of all time will hit theaters in several English-language territories on August 22, distributed by A24.
It is now the seventh-highest grossing film in history.
Up-to-the-minute coverage of the stunning performance of ‘Ne Zha 2’ and what it means for the animation world.
Chinese animated sensation ‘Ne Zha 2’ continues to topple global box office records at a dizzying pace.
The film is on course to become the highest-grossing film in Chinese history.
Animation was also #1 at the U.S. box office this weekend.