Zootopia 2 Has Record Opening

Sequels provide bright spot for theaters in a down year
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted Nov 30, 2025 1:25 PM CST
Zootopia 2 Has Record Opening
This image released by Disney shows Nick Wilde, voiced by Jason Bateman, left, and Judy Hopps, voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin, in a scene from "Zootopia 2."   (Disney via AP)

Zootopia 2 had a roaring, record-setting opening at the box office. The 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 stretch and scored a staggering $556 million globally since its Wednesday opening, according to studio estimates Sunday. 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, the AP reports.

Wicked: For Good 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 Wicked saga has brought in $393 million internationally. The pair of sequels combined to make the Thanksgiving weekend a glimmering exception to an otherwise dark year at movie theaters. Zootopia 2 arrives almost a decade after the original, a hit that outpaced expectations and had a March domestic opening of $75 million. Like the first, it features the duo of bunny cop Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) and small-time hustler fox Nick Wilde ( Jason Bateman).

With final domestic figures being released Monday, this list factors in the estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at US and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore:

  1. Zootopia 2, $96.8 million.
  2. Wicked: For Good, $62.8 million.
  3. Now You See Me: Now You Don't, $7 million.
  4. Predator: Badlands, $4.8 million.
  5. The Running Man, $3.7 million.
  6. Eternity, $3.2 million.
  7. Rental Family, $2.1 million.
  8. Hamnet, $880,000.
  9. Sisu: Road to Revenge, $810,000.
  10. Nuremberg, $749,325.

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