{"id":2182814,"date":"2025-12-01T13:20:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T13:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2182814"},"modified":"2025-12-01T13:20:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T13:20:24","slug":"zootopia-2-roars-to-record-setting-opening-at-box-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/zootopia-2-roars-to-record-setting-opening-at-box-office\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Zootopia 2\u2019 Roars To Record-Setting Opening At Box Office"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cZootopia 2\u201d<\/a> had a roaring and record-setting opening at the box office.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The animated animal city sequel from the Walt Disney Company brought in $96 million in North America over the weekend, earned $156 million over the five-day Thanksgiving frame, and scored a staggering $556 million globally since its Wednesday opening, according to studio estimates Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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That made it the highest international opening ever for an animated movie, the fourth highest global debut of any kind, and the top international opener of 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWicked: For Good\u201d<\/a> stayed aloft in its second weekend for Universal Pictures, earning another $62.8 million domestically over the weekend for a North American total of $270.4 million. The second half of the \u201cWicked\u201d saga has brought in $393 million internationally.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The pair of PG-rated sequels combined to make the Thanksgiving weekend a glimmering exception to an otherwise dark year at movie theaters. The five-day holiday run brought in $290 million in total, $188 million of it coming Friday through Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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That could be a blip or an indication that a strong finish might salvage Hollywood\u2019s box office year, with \u201cAvatar: Fire and Ash\u201d and \u201cFive Nights at Freddy\u2019s 2\u201d among the films still to be released in 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThis is a great result and a big momentum builder for the box office as we head into the final four weeks of the year,\u201d said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for Comscore.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cZootopia 2\u201d<\/a> arrives almost a decade after the original, a hit that outpaced expectations and had a March domestic opening of $75 million.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Like the first, it features the duo of bunny cop Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) and small-time hustler fox Nick Wilde ( Jason Bateman<\/a> ) in a city of comically domesticated wildlife.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Dergarabedian said the sequel represented \u201ca beloved franchise delivering what audiences were looking for around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It was the sixth biggest North American opening of 2025. But its biggest market was China, which made for nearly half of the film\u2019s global total with a whopping $272 million in ticket sales. No American-made animated film has ever opened bigger. It was the second best nonlocal film opening of all time in China, after \u201cAvengers: Endgame.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Such a result in China was once almost commonplace for Hollywood. But in recent years, as geopolitical relations have grown uneasy, box-office results have turned unpredictable at best. Aside from a handful of exceptions, like the \u201cJurassic World\u201d films, Hollywood has come to virtually write off Chinese theaters and recalibrate blockbuster budgets accordingly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The big bounty in China for \u201cZootopia 2\u201d could be an aberration or a signal of a thaw in the freeze. In recent years, China, which censors which films that are released in theaters, has leaned more toward homegrown fare. Earlier this year, the locally made blockbuster \u201cNe Zha 2\u201d grossed $1.8 billion in China.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cZootopia 2\u201d had a clear path to a big Chinese opening. The first \u201cZootopia,\u201d known there as \u201cCrazy Animal City,\u201d grew into a surprise hit, grossing $236 million. Shanghai Disneyland has a theme land devoted to the films.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWicked: For Good\u201d didn\u2019t seem to be hurt by the beastly competition as Universal\u2019s gamble of splitting the Broadway tale of Oz into two films continued to pay off. It brought in a worldwide weekend total of $92.2 million.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cHamnet,\u201d certain to be a major player in awards season after a celebrated festival run, had a strong limited opening and landed in the overall top 10. In just 119 theaters it earned $1.35 million from Wednesday through Sunday and $880,000 on the weekend, with a per-theater average of more than $11,000. Director Chloe Zhao\u2019s Shakespeare story starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal expands next weekend.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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With final domestic figures being released Monday, this list factors in the estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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1. \u201cZootopia 2,\u201d $96.8 million.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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2. \u201cWicked: For Good,\u201d $62.8 million.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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3. \u201cNow You See Me: Now You Don\u2019t,\u201d $7 million.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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4. \u201cPredator: Badlands,\u201d $4.8 million.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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5. \u201cThe Running Man,\u201d $3.7 million.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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6. \u201cEternity,\u201d $3.2 million.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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7. \u201cRental Family,\u201d $2.1 million.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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8. \u201cHamnet,\u201d $880,000.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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9. \u201cSisu: Road to Revenge,\u201d $810,000.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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10. \u201cNuremberg,\u201d $749,325.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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This story has been corrected to show that \u201cZootopia 2\u201d had the sixth biggest North American opening of 2025, not the fourth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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