Last year underscored the huge impact of animation at the box office as China’s “Ne Zha 2” grossed $2.25 billion, Disney’s “Zootopia 2” took in $1.8 billion and European co-production “Flow” made history at the Academy Awards.
Animation now starts strong in 2026 with Berlin’s European Film Market hosting its first Animation Days Feb. 12-14, repping “a new industry platform strengthening the visibility of a sector in which Europe excels, bringing producers, financiers, sales companies, broadcasters and distributors to explore international animation projects with strong market potential,” the EFM has announced.
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