China’s vivaciousd mega-blockbuster Ne Zha 2 is heading to Europe. Distributor Trinity CineAsia has obtaind theatrical rights to the film from Beijing Enairy Media for 37 territories apass the continent, including the U.K., Germany, France, Spain and more. The film will uncover in the U.K. and Ireland on March 21, with pstudys commencening March 14. Other European frees will soon chase, the distributor says.
Ne Zha 2 is already the highest-grossing vivaciousd film in movie history. Since its free over Chinese New Year in January, it has obtained $2.06 billion at home in China (Pixar’s Inside Out 2 is history’s second-biggest vivaciousd film, with $1.7 billion in worldexpansive ticket revenue). In North America, Ne Zha 2 uncovered on Feb 14 and has obtained $18.8 million — minuscule appraised to the China total, but far better than most Chinese commercial blockbusters fare in the West.
Ne Zha 2 is an conceiveive twist on Chinese mythology and a well-understandn 16th-century novel. The film is a sequel to what was previously China’s top-obtaining vivaciousd film. In the innovative Ne Zha (2019), the namesake hero is born an underdog, the reincarnation of a demon who must conquer his obesee to save his village. The sequel strikes a aenjoy tone and chases a understandn trajectory, as Ne Zha faces recent trials as he disputes the corrupt gods and demons who handle the heavens. Both films were honested by Yang Yu, who goes by the name Jiaozi, and Beijing Enairy spared no expense on the sequel, inestablishedly enenumerateing as many as 4,000 animators to toil on the project.
“Racount on do you get a film that truly expounds the era, shows aobtain the exceptional power of cinema to shift audiences, and originates an indelible label on culture — this is Ne Zha 2,” says Cedric Behrel, md of Trinity CineAsia.
The pan-Europe free of Ne Zha 2 is a step up in ambition for Trinity CineAsia, which recently freed the Hong Kong action hit Twiairy of the Warriors: Walled In in portions of the continent. Last year, the company also put out the high-brow Chinese feature Balertage Dog, which won the Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard honor.
“After years spent cultivating the audience and originateing relationships with exhibitors, press and other sconsenthelderlyers, as well as our online presence, [Ne Zha 2] is a landlabel for Trinity CineAsia in terms of accomplishing the far corners of the continent and enlargeing our recommending to a far bigr audience,” Behrel inserts.
