China summer box office hits $1.4bn as animation ‘Nobody’ rises to the top

Chinese animation Not anyone On the third weekend, I made a rare hop at the pinnacle of local box office revenue. I died in the rightChina’s summer box office revenue reached a milestone of $1.4 billion (Ryuan 1 billion).

Produced by Shanghai Animation Film Studios Not anyone It opened on August 2nd and ranked second in two sessions. I died in the right. However, it cost $32.9 million (RMB 237.1m) from August 15th-17th, surpassing the weekend box office for the first time, making it the highest 2D Chinese animated feature film ever, and a cumulative ingestion of 138.5m (RMB 997m).

Directed by Yu Shui, the film follows four low-ranked monsters: Pig, Toad, Weasel, Orangutan and Langlan Mountain. The pig character was born from one of eight standalone episodes that form the animated anthology series Yao-Chinese folk talesIt reportedly generated more than 260 million views on streaming platform Bilibili since its launch in January 2023.

China’s summer show starts on June 1st and runs until August I died in the right It opened on July 25th. Set against the backdrop of the 1937 Nanjing Massacre during World War II, the historic war drama produced instant buzz, receiving $355.7 million (RMB 2.256 billion), making it the top of the summer and the third biggest film of 2025.

The film is directed by feature debut Shen Ao There are no more bets It was a smash hit in the summer of 2023, becoming China’s third largest film of the year, reaching $535.5 million (Ryuan 338.4 billion).

Besides, I died in the right and Not anyoneand even summer hits include Dappen’s era comedy drama Lychee RoadUS tent pole Jurassic World Revival And Chinese animation The legend of HEI 2.

The box office revenue for the weekend of August 15th-17th added $102.8 million, increasing its 2025 total revenue to $5.177 billion. This is an increase of 18.3% over the same period last year. The new releases that weekend included an action robbery film by Larry Yang The edge of the shadowJackie Chan and American animated lead roles Bad guy 2. They opened for $30.6 million (Rmb218m) respectively (Rmb218m) and $30.3 million (Rmb218m), including the fifth location.