Walt Disney Animation Studios‘ Zootopia 2 will hop past the $1B mark worldwide with today’s business included. The global box office total through Thursday is $986.1M. Of that, $232.7M is from domestic and $753.4M is from the international box office. The Jared Bush/Byron Howard-directed sequel will be the second studio movie to $1B in 2025 (following Disney’s Lilo & Stitch), and becomes the fastest ever to $1B among all Hollywood animated films as well as all PG-rated titles — getting there in just 17 days.
Crossing the threshold also marks the first back-to-back billion-dollar releases for Walt Disney Animation Studios, following last year’s Moana 2. The studio now counts five billion-dollar titles since 2013: Frozen, Frozen 2, Moana 2, Zootopia and Zootopia 2.
“Everyone at Disney Animation put their heart, soul and passion into this film to tell a story full of joy, imagination and incredible thoughtfulness,” said Bush, Chief Creative Officer, Walt Disney Animation Studios. “This milestone means the world to us, because more than anything, it means audiences are coming to theaters for a shared experience of watching this movie on the big screen, everyone together, from all walks of life around the world – and that is a Zootopia dream come true.”
RELATED: ‘Zootopia 2’ Looks To Cage Up No. 1 Again Before ‘Avatar: Fire And Ash’ Lights Up The Box Office
With a Certified Hot audience score of 96% on Rotten Tomatoes and an A CinemaScore, Zootopia 2 opened on November 26 to a record-breaking $559.5M in five days, becoming the highest global animated opening of all time, the highest global debut of 2025, and the highest global opening for any animated film in Disney history. In addition, it stands as the No. 1 international MPA release of the year.
Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) and Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman) have had a huge welcome in China where Zootopia 2 enjoyed the biggest animated opening of all time for a non-local title at $272M. It then became the highest-grossing non-local animated film ever in the market in just five days. Today, the film stands as the No. 2 MPA release of all time in the country, behind Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame, with an estimated $447.2M to date. The Walt Disney Studios now also holds three of the top five highest-grossing MPA titles ever released in China.
RELATED: Writer-Director Jared Bush On Using A City Of Animals To “Hold Up A Mirror To Human Nature” With Golden Globe-Nominated ‘Zootopia 2’
Behind China, France ($29.6M), Korea ($28.5M), Mexico ($20.9M) and Germany ($17.7M) round out the The Top 5 overseas markets.
While Zootopia 2 continues its worldwide theatrical run, its box office success has also reignited interest in the franchise, driving record viewership of Zootopia and Zootopia+ on Disney+, where they’ve been viewed for more than 725 million hours globally on the platform.
Credit: Source link