India, Aug. 29 -- It is an animated film that delivered a sensation at the summer box office globally. Not any Marvel release or Superman, but the Chinese animated film Ne Zha 2 broke records and earned more than $2 billion worldwide. It is now the highest-grossing animated film of all time as well as the highest-grossing film of 2025. But there is a catch! Ne Zha 2 had a shocking box office report upon its US release on August 24. The English-dubbed re-release earned $1.5 million last weekend despite massive hype, becoming a box office bomb.

The point to note here is that the animated action-comedy-fantasy Ne Zha 2 was re-released in US theatres by A24 with a voice-cast that was led by Michelle Yeoh. The English-dubbed release minted a ...