CCTV News: The core of the popularity of movie box office in 2025 lies in the strong reputation effect caused by high-quality film content. The movie "Nezha: The Devil Child's Trouble" has been breaking box office records since its official release on January 29. As of now, the global box office of "Nezha 2" has exceeded 12.1 billion yuan, becoming the first Asian film to enter the top nine in the global box office list.

Since the release of the Chinese animated film "Nezha: The Devil Child's Trouble" overseas, the enthusiasm of global movie fans to watch movies has continued to heat up. In New Zealand, "Nezha 2" performed well in the box office, and the film showed the Chinese traditional cultural elements and the depth of character creation made the audience praise it.

In one of the largest cinema chains in New Zealand, with the popularity of "Nezha 2", more and more cinemas in New Zealand are constantly adding and extending schedules. At present, the movie box office is quite good, and many of the events are almost sold out.

New Zealand audience Roy said: "It is indeed a great work, the quality is very good, the character is well set, the visual effect is good, and everything is impressive. I think behind all this I can see the connotation of family, culture and friendship, and I think these themes are very profound. It's cool to watch this movie, and we also want to see more of these movies."

New Zealand audience Paul said: "This is a very exciting movie, with a lot of action and animations in it, it is really amazing. I have never seen Chinese animation works before, and I think the movie presents the growth of the characters very well."

It's not just in New Zealand, but in fact, the film has also achieved gratifying box office and reputation since it was officially released in overseas markets such as Australia, the United States, Canada, and South Africa. Experts pointed out that the success of "Nezha: The Devil Child's Trouble" once again proves that high-quality story content is the basis for gaining audience recognition.

Wang Lei, dean of the School of Animation and Digital Arts, Communication University of China, said: "It tells stories in a way that is actually very close to the audience, and it is very attentive to character shaping. For example, "Nezha 2", there are actually many roles, and some minor characters are not vaguely taken over. They are very attentive to tell stories in a commercial movie or a genre movie."

Behind Nezha's success, it actually reflects the efforts of Chinese animation filmmakers to tell Chinese stories carefully, use excellent works to show cultural confidence and enhance the communication power of Chinese civilization.

Wang Lei said: "Whether like "Nezha 2" or "Black Myth: Wukong", the new generation of anime and game works in China in the past two years, I think what everyone has done well is that they have cultural confidence and really think from the perspective of the principle of things. How can we tell the story well? Whether it is Chinese audiences or foreign audiences, I can feel it."