Disney has a massive hit on its hands with Zootopia 2, which has secured an enormous $556 million global opening at the box office.
$156 million came in domestically during the Thanksgiving holiday (five day period), but it was internationally that Zootopia 2 soared with a whopping $400 million (China accounted for more than half that figure). Over the standard three-day period, Zootopia brought in just 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 become a billion dollar movie at theaters.
Zootopia 2 has set the record for the highest global animated opening of all time (current rates, same suite of markets), the highest global debut of 2025, the highest animated non-local opening of all time in China, the highest global opening ever for Walt Disney Animation Studios (current rates, same suite of markets), the highest global opening for any animated film in Disney history, the highest global opening for an animated sequel ever, and the highest global sequel opening since 2021. As you’d expect, Zootopia 2 is the number one 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 some of the weightiest issues we face as a society, and they brought all 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 remains 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 brief 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 as the third-highest grossing film of all time. Still, last week, Avatar creator James Cameron said he was ready to walk away from the franchise if Fire and Ash doesn’t make enough profit to convince Disney to bankroll Avatar 4 and 5.
Meanwhile, Universal’s Wicked: For Good had a strong second weekend, and is now up to $393 million. Performance is in-line with Wicked, Wonka, and The Little Mermaid at the same point.
Now You See Me, Now You Don’t is up to $187 million, Predator: Badlands is on $174 million globally after four weekends, making it the highest-grossing Predator movie ever – including Predator / Aliens crossover films – not taking into account inflation. Edgar Wright’s The Running Man continues its box office struggle, with just $61 million globally. Earlier this month, the writer of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s The Running Man responded this year’s Glen Powell box office flop.
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