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Chinese Animated Feature ‘Niu Lai’ Turns Online Mockery Into Big Box Office Bucks

cartoonbrew.com · 25mShare

Made by a mother-and-son team over five years, the low-budget, so-bad-it's-good film went from selling fewer than 300 tickets to becoming a million-dollar hit.

First report: How a ‘rough’ and ‘crude’ Chinese cartoon ox went from box office zero to hero — scmp.com, 1d