China's blockbuster animated sequel "Ne Zha 2" has garnered an astonishing 15.5 billion yuan (about $2.16 billion) globally, including presales, as of Thursday, per ticketing platform Maoyan's data.

Animated Chinese film about a demon-boy raised by humans now closing in on Titanic's box office record and scheduled to be released in other overseas markets.

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There is no end to minting cash for the Chinese juggernaut, Ne Zha 2. It is tip-toeing near the global haul of James Cameron’s Titanic and might be the ultimate goal of the Chinese feature in its box office run. It continues to earn impressive collections at the Chinese box office and has recently completed two months. Keep scrolling for the deets.

Ne Zha 2 came in as a breath of fresh air in this environment of mediocre Hollywood blockbuster content. And it deserves every penny it is getting right now.

Meanwhile, Ne Zha 2 is dominating China’s box office. Their overall national box office projection leaped from $1 billion to $7.6 billion, thanks almost entirely to the animated feature. Disney still has the capacity to sway global and domestic markets this way, but it has lost a step in its ability to have such a seismic influence.

As Ne Zha 2 becomes the biggest animated movie by revenue, we look at the list of the top 10 highest-grossing Chinese movies of all time.

Picking up where the first film left off, Ne Zha 2 follows the mischievous, gap-toothed demon boy Ne Zha and his noble dragon prince companion Ao Bing as they navigate a world teeming with gods, dragons and ocean-dwelling monsters. The stakes are higher, the battles more epic, and the emotional punches land with even greater force.

BEIJING, April 3 (Xinhua) -- China's blockbuster animated sequel "Ne Zha 2" has garnered an astonishing 15.5 billion yuan (about 2.16 billion U.S. dollars) globally, including presales, as of Thursday, per ticketing platform Maoyan's data.