Chinese New Year Box Office Sets All-Time Record With $1.3B As ‘Ne Zha 2’ Looks To Make Global History

Total Mainland grosses reached RMB 9.51B ($1.3B) from January 28-February 4.

This outstrips the previous record of RMB 8.02B.

Maoyan is now predicting that the animated sequel finals at RMB 8.7B ($1.2B) in China.

Moviegoers at “Ne Zha 2” in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province of China.Getty

Coming in at No.

2 across the Lunar New Year stretch is Chen Sichengs fourquelDetective Chinatown 1900with RMB 2.28B ($313.5M).

All are still playing.

What this portends for Hollywood movies in China going forward is still up in the air.