Xinhua (18 Feb 2025) reports the film passed 12.3 billion yuan including previews and presales, overtaking Inside Out 2; Reuters via NBC News[1][5] says it overtook it on Tuesday, 18 Feb, per Maoyan. Deadline[4] counts Wednesday 19 Feb using full-day figures without presales, so the exact day depends on method.
China's Ne Zha 2 overtook Pixar's Inside Out 2 (US$1.699 billion) on 18 February 2025, 21 days after its release, to become the highest-grossing animated film ever. Nearly all of its roughly US$1.7 billion then came from mainland China.