Disney has an enormous hit on its hands with Zootopia 2, which has secured an unlimited $556 million global opening on the box office.
$156 million got here in domestically through the Thanksgiving holiday (five day period), however it was internationally that Zootopia 2 soared with a whopping $400 million (China accounted for greater than half that figure). Over the usual three-day period, Zootopia brought in only shy of half a billion dollars.
Overall, Zootopia 2 has the fourth highest global opening of all time, behind only MCU movies Avengers: Endgame, Avengers: Infinity War, and Spider-Man: No Way Home. Zootopia 2 now looks certain to grow to be a billion dollar movie at theaters.
Zootopia 2 has set the record for the very best global animated opening of all time (current rates, same suite of markets), the very best global debut of 2025, the very best animated non-local opening of all time in China, the very best global opening ever for Walt Disney Animation Studios (current rates, same suite of markets), the very best global opening for any animated film in Disney history, the very best global opening for an animated sequel ever, and the very best global sequel opening since 2021. As you’d expect, Zootopia 2 is the primary movie globally, domestically, and internationally for the weekend.
IGN’s Zootopia 2 review returned an 8/10. We said: “Zootopia 2 sends ZPD’s first ever bunny-fox detective duo back onto the case of among the weightiest issues we face as a society, and so they brought all of the animal puns with them.”
Disney looks set for an incredibly strong end to 2025, with Avatar: Fire & Ash due out December 19. There are understandably high hopes for its box office performance; Avatar stays the highest-grossing movie of all time (not adjusted for inflation), and has earned a staggering $2.9 billion across several theatrical runs. (Avengers: Endgame overtook Avatar for a temporary period, before Avatar then stole its crown back via a fresh re-release.) 2022 sequel Avatar: The Way of Water earned $2.3 billion, meanwhile, cementing its place because the third-highest grossing film of all time. Still, last week, Avatar creator James Cameron said he was able to walk away from the franchise if Fire and Ash doesn’t make enough profit to persuade Disney to bankroll Avatar 4 and 5.
Meanwhile, Universal’s Wicked: For Good had a powerful second weekend, and is now as much as $393 million. Performance is in-line with Wicked, Wonka, and The Little Mermaid at the identical point.
Now You See Me, Now You Don’t is as much as $187 million, Predator: Badlands is on $174 million globally after 4 weekends, making it the highest-grossing Predator movie ever – including Predator / Aliens crossover movies – not making an allowance for inflation. Edgar Wright’s The Running Man continues its box office struggle, with just $61 million globally. Earlier this month, the author of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s The Running Man responded this yr’s Glen Powell box office flop.
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