Talk:Ne Zha 2

Plot update

@Aaron Liu, I agreed with some of your changes, for example, the three Dragon Monarchs, instead of my, "Dragon Queen and two Dragon Kings," but the mention of Chan Sect should be kept, because I plan to add in the Jie Sect later. Plus, the "Master" title should be added in front of Taiyi. It's important to respect the official English subtitles of the film. Thanks.Supermann (talk) 22:29, 22 February 2025 (UTC)

The article on Taoism needs to mention and explain what the Chan Sect is first, since as it stands it is extremely easy to come to the conclusion that the Chan Sect is the same thing as Chan Buddhism when it isn't.
I watched the film in theaters and don't have a copy of the English subtitles on hand. How does it distinguish Taiyi's position as under Wuliang's position? Aaron Liu (talk) 22:30, 22 February 2025 (UTC)

@Aaron Liu The interesting discovery I just had is, according to DeepSeek, Chan Sect in the myth/novel is entirely fictional and has simply borrowed elements from Taoism. So perhaps that explains why you struggled and we should clarify within Ne Zha 2, not the Taoism article. But honestly to ordinary audience, no one would understand what Chan Buddhism even is. I have no idea primarily because I am agnostic or atheist.

No one would have a copy of the English subtitles on hand, unless they have a pirated copy of the overseas release. But the subtitles have never put "Immortal" in front of Taiyi, whereas they have put so in front of Wuliang. Given Wuliang is more senior than Taiyi according to the film, then perhaps it makes sense to distinguish it. Feel free to double-check me, if you do your second watching "er shua." Thanks. Supermann (talk) 02:13, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

I agree that we shouldn't explain the Chan sect here lol. I meant that 1. If we do mention that, a link on "Chan sect" should point to a place that explains what it is. 2. Especially since it's more important that the sect is depicted quite heavenly and we have a guideline to trim the word count, the name of the sect is an unnecessary detail for now. Same for what Taiyi's status is as long as we give the impression of Wuliang as quite the higher-up.
wish us luck in find a streaming-service user here orz Aaron Liu (talk) 02:57, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

@Aaron Liu unless the current words have exceeded the threshold, I suggest we keep Chan Sect and Jie Sect, only because they are proper names in the movie. Please see https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/proper_name#English. Some of the guidelines make ppl dumb and dumber. Thx Supermann (talk) 05:21, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

I never opposed capitalizing "sect" if we are to including "Chan"; I'm saying that for now, "Chan" is just unnecessary detail, which should be trimmed per MOS:FILMPLOT as they are not needed to understand the film and distract from what actually happens in the plot. Aaron Liu (talk) 15:01, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

I disagree with many trimmings at https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ne_Zha_2&diff=prev&oldid=1277245610, but I am moving on, unless you get overruled. Thx Supermann (talk) 17:36, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

The Chinese version at https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%93%AA%E5%90%92%E4%B9%8B%E9%AD%94%E7%AB%A5%E9%97%B9%E6%B5%B7 is much more detailed to help educate readers. Supermann (talk) 17:39, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

It's way easier to fit more things into a compact word count in Chinese, and zhwiki has a much higher word count limit anyways, which gives all the details place to breathe and not obstruct and confuse the summary. That is not the case in English nor enwiki. Aaron Liu (talk) 20:01, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

Whoever split up the box office count, thank you.

Please don’t remove it RockMan77777 (talk) 16:40, 5 March 2025 (UTC)

welcome Arorapriyansh333 (talk) 03:57, 14 March 2025 (UTC)

@Arorapriyansh333 It's good to split but bear in mind that it needs to be updated by sources that explicitly support those figures as the overseas total. I assume you added Mojobox as the source but that seems to cover only North America, Hong Kong, Australia, and New Zealand markets. It has zero mention of South East Asia, Europe and East Asian grossing figures (outside China). Do note today, March 22, is the start of its wider rollout release in the UK and Ireland, following previews on March 14. Additionally, other European markets like Germany, France, Italy, and Spain are set to begin screenings soon, with Japan dated for April 4 and Indonesia having opened on March 21. With these new markets, the international gross (outside China) is likely closer to at least $41 million as of now and Deadline reported it exceeded $31 million a week ago (16 March)[1]. I think you are just measuring North America, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Australia markets and that's it. If that really is the case here, we should rely on RS like Deadline’s latest estimate of "in excess of $31 million" from March 16 as the most current and verifiable benchmark until updated figures of global grossing are published. Smalledi (talk) 12:25, 22 March 2025 (UTC)

Update: bruh RockMan77777 (talk) 02:36, 20 March 2025 (UTC)

@RockMan77777 I was waiting for Mojo to update but they have stopped updating since March 11 Tuesday. I couldn't find any other source either so i left with no option but to wait till next week. As far as film's international gross are concerned, report from Encore films distributor states that earnings from Malaysia and Singapore alone have crossed 9 million here [2] and here [3] while its US box office reached $20.2 million for last week and Thailand $470k as of March 17 as per Box Office analyst Luiz Fernando report. [4] .[5] However, these reports are from their official handle. I do not have direct reference to include in main article. If you have the source, you can do. Arorapriyansh333 (talk) 14:31, 22 March 2025 (UTC)

@Arorapriyansh333 I assume you are replying to me. You say Malaysia and Singapore alone are exceeding 9 million already (despite it only started mainstream showing yesterday in Malaysia [6] with premier barely 2 weeks ago) and US is 20 million? If true, that alone plus Hong Kong (5.2 million) with Australia (4.5 million) means the overseas gross should at least be over 38 million and not 30. And we haven't even factored in Europe and Japan. As I explained, the BoxOffice Mojo only counts four regions and it doesn't count Southeast Asia and Europe, so it cannot be regarded as a source for the overseas total and "30" is most likely wrong. Best to note the worldwide total for now, and await reliable sources to set a figure that includes all regions or explicitly says it's for (all overseas grossing) before setting an overseas figure. Smalledi (talk) 15:07, 22 March 2025 (UTC)

@Smalledi Overseas gross as for now stands at $30 million from NA, Australia, NZ and HK. However, this excludes HK and US box office earnings last week where it grossed $900k in HK and $366k weekend gross in US taking it to $32 million. Now adding singapore and Malaysia's combined earnings of $9 million takes it to $41 million. If $1 million preview earnings from UK [7] and $470k from Thailand are added, it will total to $42 million something or more. Arorapriyansh333 (talk) 15:31, 22 March 2025 (UTC)

Yes, I fully agree it's likely over 40 million by now. I read an article that stated 31 million but that was before a lot of other countries (outside 4 regions) got added this weekend so that was why it was so hard to believe it's still down at 30. But there's no rush, and things should all be clearer and easily sourced next month. For now, you can just say total Box office is >2.8 billion or bigger than whatever (China's domestic grossing plus mojobox 4 regions adds together.Smalledi (talk) 16:22, 22 March 2025 (UTC)

@Smalledi I think we should stick with China's domestic total only as we don't know international gross for now and wait for full update. Arorapriyansh333 (talk) 15:56, 22 March 2025 (UTC)

What we do know with certainty is that it's over 2.85 billion. So we can just add in total Box office is >2.85 billion with a note that it's most likely already over this and increasing. We don't absolutely need to give the most precise figure at current stage but it needs to be not misleading or inaccurate. As mojobox only shows 4 regions - North America, Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong. The infobox cannot use Mojobox to state the overseas total. But we can use it to understand that China's domestic grossing plus the 4 regions that mojobox counts - Whatever that sum is, the film's total Box office is confidently over that amount.Smalledi (talk) 16:22, 22 March 2025 (UTC)

Plot update

The way it currently reads, it seems like Ne Zha kills Xiaobao and his father in the second trial, which isn’t true. It was one of Wuliang’s students who shot the two of them, not Ne Zha, who had no real part in their murder aside from defeating the father and weakening him enough to the point where he was taken advantage of and shot (and not at Ne Zha’s will). This seems pretty significant and should probably be clarified. Aspirinastorm (talk) 23:11, 14 March 2025 (UTC)

Can someone help me change the poster?

I feel like this poster is more common than the current one.

But I’m not good at editing. Mehmehperson (talk) 21:04, 15 March 2025 (UTC)

Overseas box office errors

There's a major error; The source (MojoBox) used in Infobox showing overseas gross appears to only be using figures from North America, new Zealand, Hong Kong and Australia, while completely omitting other significant regions like Southeast Asia (Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia) and European countries, some of which are debuting today, March 22, 2025 and Japan (set for April). That's obviously not the entire overseas markets and it needs to be labelled accurately. Last week, Deadline reported over 31 million but that is likely to grow in coming weeks. I believe shown figures is already wrong and needs to be fixed.. Smalledi (talk) 13:22, 22 March 2025 (UTC)

Ne Zha 2's citations do not support its inaccurate figure

No, I am not talking about the money made in China, which is cited as 2.148B, I am talking about its overseas gross.

The page currently lists a total gross of 2.208 billion USD, but the referenced sources confirm approximately 2.148 billion from China, which remains the film's only significant market. There is no verified overseas reporting to justify the additional 60+ million USD.

Even more concerning is that according to available daily tracking, the film is now earning only around 0.06 million USD per day in China. At that rate, it would take months to add just 1 million more to the total, and yet the global figure appears to jump by 10 million nearly every week, without any credible new data or explanation. This strongly suggests the listed number is either speculative or improperly sourced.

This page and the highest-grossing films worldwide page cite sources that either do not track real-time box office updates or are just editorial pieces. This does not meet Wikipedia’s standard of verifiability, especially for a financial claim this specific.

I am asking editors and admins to review these figures carefully. If no transparent, up-to-date, and authoritative source can account for the current total, the number should be revised downward or annotated accordingly. Wikipedia's commitment to accuracy and neutrality depends on it.

Additionally, both Box Office Mojo and The-Numbers list the overseas gross as well under 60 million USD. BOM reports a figure of 36,170,622 overseas (https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt34956443) while The-Numbers reports 42,855,515 (https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Ne-Zha-2-(2025-China)#tab=international). Does it not seem like a perfectly rounded 60M was just passed around as a fact when no tracker ever explicitly stated it as such?

That figure has not changed significantly since shortly after the film's release. There is no known reporting from any other markets that would account for the sudden leap in overseas earnings, especially considering the film has had no wide international re-release or festival resurgence to justify such numbers.

This raises further doubt about the validity of the claimed total gross and makes it even more important that editors verify any updates against reliable box office data. Without this transparency, Wikipedia risks presenting inflated figures as fact, especially on a global chart that affects rankings, as high as 4th VS 5th. 138.75.53.10 (talk) 17:03, 27 May 2025 (UTC)

Someone deliberately vandalism it's Chinese name.

Ne Zha 2 (Chinese: 迪士尼更棒) It’s Chinese name is 哪吒之魔童闹海 , it has been deliberately vandalism to迪士尼更棒 (which mean Disney is better ) , please fix this error! Also please ban that guy. 2001:B011:C008:F389:C5F3:8A7:DE8B:B100 (talk) 20:21, 6 June 2025 (UTC)

Somebody's been changing all the Chinese words including cast names, etc. to random stuff which is clearly vandalism. Scnarz (talk) 20:25, 6 June 2025 (UTC)