One of the hand-drawn posters for Niu Lai. Photo: Yuyu Chen/Feature China/Future Publishing via Getty Images In 2025, the biggest win at the Chinese box office was undoubtedly Ne Zha 2. The animated adventure film became the most successful movie of the year worldwide, raking in a total of $2.27 billion, per Box Office Mojo. That put it at sixth on the ranking of the highest box-office totals in history and made it the highest-grossing non-English-language film of all time. The biggest story at the Chinese box office in 2026 is a little different. Niu Lai, another animated movie, has…