{"id":348262,"date":"2025-12-14T21:39:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T21:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/348262\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T21:39:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T21:39:09","slug":"weekend-box-office-zootopia-2-back-on-top-crosses-1-billion-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/348262\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Box Office: ZOOTOPIA 2 Back on Top, Crosses $1 Billion Worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n GREAT MYSTERY — Walt Disney Animation Studios\u2019 \u201cZootopia 2\u201d welcomes back to the big screen rookie cops Judy Hopps (voice of Ginnifer Goodwin) and Nick Wilde (voice of Jason Bateman). When a snake called Gary De\u2019Snake (voice of Ke Huy Quan) arrives on the scene, he kicks off a great mystery\u2014but Nick and Judy are on the case. From the Oscar-winning team of Disney Animation chief creative officer Jared Bush and Byron Howard (directors) and Yvett Merino (producer), \u201cZootopia 2\u201d releases in theaters Nov. 26. \u00a9 2025 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved. <\/p>\n

Key Takeaways<\/p>\n

Total 3-Day Weekend Gross:
$75,121,421 | -51.2% Last Week \/ -20.3% Weekend 50, 2024<\/p>\n

Theaters endured a slow pre-holiday frame that lagged behind both last week and year-over-year when Moana 2 held a similar sway to Zootopia 2, the latter of which has now climbed back to the #1 spot and over $1B globally. While 2024\u2019s Frame 50 had weak newcomers in Kraven the Hunter ($11M) and The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim ($4.55M), this year\u2019s Ella McCay ($2.1M) and Cineverse\u2019s Silent Night, Deadly Night remake ($1.1M) are a far sight worse. Right now everyone is holding steady until the big bonanza next frame, which is certain to overtake the same overall from Frame 51 last year ($142.28M)\u2026 perhaps with Avatar alone.<\/p>\n

Top Title:\u00a0Zootopia 2\u00a0(Disney) | $26.3M \/ 3,835 Screens \/ $6,858 PSA | Week 3<\/p>\n

Top Opener:\u00a0Ella McCay\u00a0(20th Century) | $2.1M \/ 2500 Screens \/ $840 PSA | Week 1<\/p>\n

Best PSA:\u00a0Rosemead\u00a0(Vertical) | $29.1K \/ 1 Screen \/ $29,118 PSA | Week 2<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Zootopia 2
Walt Disney Pictures | Week 3
$26.3M 3-Day Weekend | $258.97M Domestic Total
$1.13B Global Total<\/p>\n

Walt Disney Pictures\u2019 Zootopia 2 shot back up to #1 with $26.3M from 3,835 screens for a $6,858 PSA, falling only -39% in its third frame (vs -48% for Moana 2\u2019s third weekend). This brings the domestic total to $258.97M, compared to $209.3M for the 2016 original 19-days in, maintaining the #9 spot in Top 10 for the year behind\/soon-to-overtake How to Train Your Dragon ($262.95M). The weekend gross is just a hair shy of our prediction panel\u2019s low-end estimate ($27M), although we accurately predicted the film\u2019s win over last week\u2019s champ Five Nights at Freddy\u2019s 2. <\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how the 3-Day looked\u2026<\/p>\n

Friday \u2013 $6.2M<\/p>\n

Saturday \u2013 $11.7M<\/p>\n

Sunday \u2013 $8.4M<\/p>\n

While the picture continues to do well in North America, the overseas tally is in a whole other realm of success with $877.7M earned so far in 52 material territories ($131.1M this frame alone). An estimated $5.2M of that came from global IMAX screens, bringing the movie\u2019s total in the format to $56.6M.<\/p>\n

Much of this foreign money is thanks to the China take of $502.4M, which may eventually surpass Avengers: Endgame ($557.69M) as the #1 MPA title in that territory. The performance also bodes well for the studio\u2019s third Avatar movie in the Middle Kingdom next week. Overall, Zootopia 2 has now crossed the billion landmark with $1.136B, also surpassing the original\u2019s $1B lifetime total. <\/p>\n

Other Notable Performances<\/p>\n

Universal and Blumhouse\u2019s Five Nights at Freddy\u2019s 2 dropped -70% to #2 in its second frame for a $19.5M take, bringing the domestic total to $95.48M. This is on par with the first movie\u2019s $19M Frame 2 (-76%), although it had made $113.2M by that point. As we explained on Wednesday, this movie showed all signs of being front-loaded, which it was, having a predominantly younger audience that showed up in droves for Week 1, then moved on. Overseas Freddy\u2019s 2 made $19.1M from 78 territories, on pace with domestic, bringing the international total to $78.3M for an overall $173.79M global haul, more than halfway towards the first movie\u2019s nearly $300M WW bank.<\/p>\n

Disney\u2019s 20th Century Studios wide released the political family dramedy Ella McCay into 2,500 locations where it pulled in only $2.1M ($840 PSA), opening, as predicted<\/a>, outside the Top 5 at #6. Ticket buyers were largely Caucasian (68%), female (58%), and older (34% in the 55+ age bracket, 21% in the 45-54 age bracket). Hailing from Oscar-winner James L. Brooks (Terms of Endearment, As Good as it Gets), his new film needed excellent word-of-mouth to break through to an audience accustomed to getting pictures of this ilk through streamers. It failed hard on that front, with 22% critical and 55% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, a \u201cB-\u201d CinemaScore, and 2 stars via PostTrak. This is worse than his last picture, 2010\u2019s How Do You Know?, which debuted to $7.48M in the same December slot on the same number of screens, although that had the benefit of an all-star cast including Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson, and Jack Nicholson. Overseas was humdrum, with $0.3M from 5 material territories for a $2.4M global total. Although he has remained active as a writer\/producer, Brooks had not directed a film in the 15 years since his disastrous How Do You Know? ($30.2M domestic\/$120M budget). The fact that Disney put big resources behind a not-at-all-sure-bet, in a marketplace that has been unkind to the dramedies that are Brooks\u2019 bread and butter, makes one wonder if it played a part in getting the go-ahead for the next Simpsons movie<\/a>, which Brooks\u2019 Gracie Films is producing for summer 2027.<\/p>\n

Next Weekend<\/p>\n

The following frame will be the big blowout weekend theaters have been waiting for. 20th Century\/Disney are delivering their likely next billion dollar tentpole with James Cameron\u2019s Avatar: Fire & Ash, the third film in the vaunted franchise which has delivered $2B+ blockbusters two-times-over. Also on tap for counter-programming is Paramount\u2019s The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants, another colorfully fun splash of wackiness in a TV-to-film franchise that has brought in nearly half-a-billion over three movies. Also competing for the family dollar is Angel Studios\u2019 Old Testament musical David, riding the coattails of the studios\u2019 previous animated hit The King of Kings ($79.2M WW) this past Easter. For more dramatic titles, Lionsgate is giving us the battle of the blondes (Sidney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried) in Paul Feig\u2019s thriller The Housemaid, while Searchlight launches the limited release of director Bradley Cooper\u2019s well-reviewed comedy-drama Is This Thing On? starring Will Arnett and Laura Dern.<\/p>\n

Sunday Studio Estimates | Weekend 50 \u2013 2025
Total 3-Day Domestic Gross: $75,121,421 | (-20.3% vs 2024)<\/p>\n

Title
\nWeekend Estimate
\n% Change
\nLocations
\nLocation Change
\nPSA
\nDomestic Total
\nWeek
\nDistributor<\/p>\n

Zootopia 2
\n$26,300,000
\n-39%
\n3,835
\n-165
\n$6,858
\n258,970,004
\n3
\nWalt Disney<\/p>\n

Five Nights at Freddy\u2019s 2
\n$19,500,000
\n-70%
\n3,579
\n167
\n$5,448
\n95,481,000
\n2
\nUniversal<\/p>\n

Wicked: For Good
\n$8,550,000
\n-51%
\n3,480
\n-505
\n$2,457
\n312,145,000
\n4
\nUniversal<\/p>\n

Dhurandhar
\n$3,500,000
\n65%
\n377
\n-13
\n$9,284
\n7,819,000
\n2
\nYash Raj Films<\/p>\n

Now You See Me: Now You Don\u2019t
\n$2,380,000
\n-32%
\n2,411
\n-218
\n$987
\n59,340,400
\n5
\nLionsgate<\/p>\n

Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution
\n$2,102,000
\n-79%
\n1,900
\n67
\n$1,106
\n14,513,720
\n2
\nGKIDS<\/p>\n

Ella McCay
\n$2,100,000
\n\u00a0
\n2,500
\n\u00a0
\n$840
\n2,100,000
\n1
\n20th Century\u2026<\/p>\n

How the Grinch Stole Christmas
\n$1,850,000
\n\u00a0
\n2,250
\n\u00a0
\n$822
\n264,276,000
\n1,309
\nUniversal<\/p>\n

Eternity
\n$1,774,328
\n-35%
\n2,067
\n-319
\n$858
\n12,998,616
\n3
\nA24<\/p>\n

Hamnet
\n$1,490,000
\n-36%
\n749
\n5
\n$1,989
\n7,004,510
\n3
\nFocus Features<\/p>\n

Silent Night, Deadly Night
\n$1,120,000
\n\u00a0
\n1,640
\n\u00a0
\n$683
\n1,120,000
\n1
\nIconic Relea\u2026<\/p>\n

Predator: Badlands
\n$1,000,000
\n-46%
\n1,265
\n-815
\n$791
\n90,023,799
\n6
\n20th Century\u2026<\/p>\n

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
\n$810,000
\n-76%
\n1,204
\n6
\n$673
\n5,469,207
\n2
\nLionsgate<\/p>\n

One Battle After Another
\n$450,000
\n#ERROR!
\n572
\n541
\n$787
\n71,162,000
\n12
\nWarner Bros.<\/p>\n

The Running Man
\n$430,000
\n-64%
\n893
\n-656
\n$482
\n37,606,000
\n5
\nParamount Pi\u2026<\/p>\n

Nuremberg
\n$335,000
\n-3%
\n588
\n247
\n$570
\n13,753,000
\n6
\nSony Picture\u2026<\/p>\n

Sentimental Value
\n$240,100
\n-20%
\n241
\n-93
\n$996
\n3,365,957
\n6
\nNeon<\/p>\n

The Secret Agent
\n$234,048
\n117%
\n43
\n35
\n$5,443
\n487,880
\n3
\nNeon<\/p>\n

Rental Family
\n$213,000
\n-65%
\n315
\n-690
\n$676
\n9,610,290
\n4
\nSearchlight \u2026<\/p>\n

Merrily We Roll Along
\n$190,000
\n-85%
\n330
\n-754
\n$576
\n2,180,000
\n2
\nSony Picture\u2026<\/p>\n

Fackham Hall
\n$92,340
\n-85%
\n335
\n-777
\n$276
\n987,966
\n2
\nBleecker Street<\/p>\n

Resurrection
\n$64,200
\n\u00a0
\n3
\n\u00a0
\n$21,400
\n64,200
\n1
\nJanus Films<\/p>\n

Bugonia
\n$45,000
\n-47%
\n46
\n-24
\n$978
\n17,663,000
\n8
\nFocus Features<\/p>\n

It Was Just an Accident
\n$33,400
\n-5%
\n38
\nn\/c
\n$879
\n1,523,354
\n9
\nNeon<\/p>\n

Rosemead
\n$29,118
\n-42%
\n1
\nn\/c
\n$29,118
\n88,240
\n2
\nVertical Ent\u2026<\/p>\n

Rebuilding
\n$28,193
\n262%
\n181
\n154
\n$156
\n130,385
\n5
\nBleecker Street<\/p>\n

Regretting You
\n$28,000
\n-75%
\n243
\n-48
\n$115
\n48,835,000
\n8
\nParamount Pi\u2026<\/p>\n

La grazia
\n$27,804
\n117%
\n42
\n41
\n$662
\n45,370
\n2
\nMUBI<\/p>\n

Atropia
\n$9,031
\n\u00a0
\n1
\n\u00a0
\n$9,031
\n9,031
\n1
\nVRC<\/p>\n

You Got Gold A Celebration of John Prine
\n6,155
\n\u00a0
\n6
\n\u00a0
\n$1,026
\n45,182
\n3
\nAbramorama F\u2026<\/p>\n

The Tale of Silyan
\n$6,051
\n10%
\n19
\n14
\n$318
\n25,896
\n3
\nPicturehouse<\/p>\n

The King of Color
\n$4,930
\n\u00a0
\n2
\n\u00a0
\n$2,465
\n4,930
\n1
\nPicturehouse<\/p>\n

CatVideoFest 2025
\n4,446
\n\u00a0
\n2
\n\u00a0
\n$2,223
\n1,066,592
\n20
\nOscilloscope\u2026<\/p>\n

Mistress Dispeller
\n1,809
\n-54%
\n7
\nn\/c
\n$258
\n$84,458
\n8
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