Disney hit the jackpot…
“Zootopia 2” roared to life at the box office, dominating Thanksgiving weekend domestically and showing the right Hollywood movie can still make big money in China.
The talking-animals comedy opened to an estimated $556 million worldwide, putting it on track to ultimately gross more than $1 billion and become the most successful American movie released so far in 2025.
Breaking it down…
In the U.S. and Canada, the sequel to the 2016 hit grossed $156 million from its debut Tuesday night through Sunday. That is the second-biggest Thanksgiving gross ever for a movie, behind only Disney’s previous blockbuster animated sequel, 2024’s “Moana 2”
Then “ZOOTOPIA 2” sold an estimated $272 million worth of tickets in China alone, making it the second-biggest foreign movie to ever open there, behind only “Avengers: Endgame,” according to Disney.
Animated sequels have become a critical business for Disney, which had hits last year in both “Moana 2” and “Inside Out 2.” While It has had a tougher time recently with original animated movies, including June’s Pixar-produced bomb “Elio.”