"Zootopia 2" Roars at the Box Office with Biggest Global Launch of Any Movie in 2025

After a string of disappointing box office results throughout 2025, "Zootopia 2" is already bringing in some great numbers for Disney.
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In addition to receiving much critical acclaim, Zootopia 2 is also resonating with audiences and bringing in some big numbers at the box office.

UPDATE – December 10th, 2025

  • Zootopia 2 will cross $1 billion globally today after just 17 days, with $986.1M earned so far ($232.7M domestic, $753.4M international).
  • It becomes the second Motion Picture Association (MPA) billion dollar film of 2025 after the live-action Lilo & Stitch and is the fastest animated MPA release and fastest PG-rated film to reach $1 billion.
  • Announced earlier today by The Walt Disney Company, this marks a historic moment as it is Disney Animation’s first back-to-back billion dollar release, following Moana 2.

UPDATE – December 7th, 2025:

  • Another weekend, another update from Deadline, which reveals that Zootopia 2 is poised to cross the $1 billion threshold globally later this week.
  • Currently, the film has already reached $915.8 million worldwide, which includes $695.3 million from the international box office.

UPDATE – November 30th, 2025:

  • Zootopia 2 continues to impress over the holiday weekend, as Deadline reports that the film has obtained the biggest global launch for any movie in 2025 at an estimated $556.4 million through Sunday.
  • $400 million of that total comes from the international box office, with China making up a huge part of that sum at $104 million (RMB 737M) on Saturday alone.
  • Even more impressively, the numbers from China are not included in the global/international totals above.
  • Disney will likely be touting the impressive box office numbers themselves when the holiday weekend comes to a close.

Previously – November 27th, 2025:

  • Variety reports that Zootopia 2, the sequel to the original 2016 animated film, earned $10.2 million in preview screenings on Tuesday – the second highest ever preview start for Walt Disney Animation Studios, behind last year's Moana 2 ($13.8 million) and ahead of Frozen 2 ($8.5 million).
  • The film officially opened in theaters as of Wednesday, November 26th, and is projected to bring in somewhere between $125-$150 million over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
  • Variety notes that Zootopia 2 will have to really step up its game if it wants to overtake the record set by Moana 2 with $139 million over the traditional weekend and $225 million over the five days.
  • Zootopia 2 is also expected to dominate the international box office with projections of $135 million to $145 million over the weekend, with the film launching with huge results in China and Korea.
  • In China, Zootopia 2 scored the 10th highest opening day ever for a U.S. release with $33.7 million. In Korea, the movie scored the fifth-highest animated debut in the country with $1.7 million.
  • The original Zootopia opened in March 2016 to $75 million domestically before achieving juggernaut status with $341 million in North America and $1.02 billion worldwide.
  • Our own Alex Reif also wrote a lengthier review of Zootopia 2, which is now available to read on our site, which he calls a perfect sequel – smart, funny and full of heart.
  • Zootopia 2 is now playing in theaters everywhere.


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