Zootopia 2′ has swept the worldwide box office this weekend with a $556 million box office gross in a weekend marked by Thanksgiving in the United States. In China alone it grossed $272 million, one of the best foreign film debuts in history.
According to data from the Box Office Mojo website, the Disney film has been released in 4,000 theaters in the United States and, in that country alone, has grossed $156 million.
This figure places the film as the second-best Thanksgiving weekend opening in history – made up of 5 days – second only to ‘Moana 2’ last year ($225 million) and ahead of ‘Frozen 2’ ($125 million) in 2019.
Zootopia 2: The queen of the global box office
The original ‘Zootopia’ movie opened in March 2016 to $75 million and became a huge hit in the U.S. grossing $341 million domestically and $1.02 billion worldwide, Variety notes.
China has been instrumental in the worldwide success of ‘Zootopia 2’, with the country’s debut figure second only to ‘Avengers: Endgame’ with $330 million.
Disney opened a section dedicated to Zootopia at its Shanghai theme park in 2023, making it one of the most popular attractions, the Hollywood Reporter notes.
‘Zootopia 2’ wasn’t the only big-budget blockbuster to please audiences around Thanksgiving.
‘Wicked: For Good,’ the second installment of the musical adaptation, reached $93 million in its second weekend of release – $63 million in the U.S. alone.
The third highest grosser in the U.S. is ‘Now You See Me, Now You Don’t’, followed by ‘Predator: Badlands’ with 4.8 million, and ‘The Running Man’ with 3.7 million, reported Agencia EFE.
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