Ne Zha 2's unprecedented $1.6 billion box office success gets explained by IMAX China CEO Daniel Manwaring as the film is released in the US.

China May ‘Reduce or Ban’ U.S. Movies in Retaliation to Trump’s Tariffs, and They Just Made the Fifth Highest-Grossing Film of All Time Anyway The animated Ne Zha 2 is a phenomenon in China ...

Over this next century, China wants to use the movies to rebrand itself, and it has learned how to do so from the best.