‘Zootopia 2’ has massive $497m opening at global box office; ‘Wicked: For Good’ reaches $393m

Worldwide box office: November 28-30

Credit: Comscore. All figures are estimates.

Big China boost for ’Zootopia 2’ 

Family animation delivered again at the box office this weekend, as Disney’s Zootopia 2 romped to the top of Comscore’s global chart with an estimated $497.2m opening and a total of $556.4m over the five days including the US Thanksgiving holiday. 

Disney said the five-day tally was the biggest ever global opening for an animated release (at current rates and for the same group of markets), the biggest global opening of 2025 and the fourth biggest global opening of all time. 

Notably, nearly half the global tally came from China, where the sequel took an estimated $271.6m, the biggest ever debut for a non-local animated film, according to Disney. 

Launching nine years after the original Zootopia, the Walt Disney Animation Studios sequel has directors Jared Bush and Byron Howard returning with a new adventure for the rabbit and fox cops (again voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin and Jason Bateman) of the titular animal metropolis. 

The sequel opened in North America on Wednesday (November 19) and grossed an estimated $156m over the five-day holiday period and $96.8m over the Friday-to-Sunday three-day weekend. Those were the second-biggest three- and five-day Thanksgiving debuts ever, only bettered by last year’s animated Disney blockbuster Moana 2. 

Internationally, Zootopia 2 (released as Zootropolis 2 in most of Europe) took an estimated $400.4m from 51 territories since the Wednesday start of its rollout. That was the biggest ever international opening for an animated feature from a Motion Picture Association member (at current rates and in the same markets), Disney said, and the fourth biggest international opening of all time. 

The huge take from China, where a Zootopia-themed area is one of the most popular attractions at Shanghai Disneyland, means the sequel has already passed the total gross in that market for the original film. And it may bode well for the fortunes of other films in a territory that has recently been challenging for Hollywood fare. 

Elsewhere in the world, Zootopia 2 opened at the top of local charts in all markets except the UK and the Philippines. After China, the sequel’s biggest openings were in France, with $14.6m; Korea, with $13.7m; Mexico ($10.4m); Germany ($8.8m); the UK ($8m); Italy ($6.4m); Taiwan ($4.5m); Australia ($3.8m); and Spain ($3.8m). 

Zootopia 2 opens next weekend in Japan. 

‘Wicked: For Good’ conjures $92m second weekend

The pulling power of the marketplace’s new entrant limited the prospects for other releases, but Universal’s Wicked: For Good still managed to add an estimated $92.2m in its second weekend, dropping from top spot to second on the chart and bringing its global total so far to $393.3m. 

Showing at 4,115 cinemas in North America, the musical fantasy grossed $62.8m over three days (down 57% from opening weekend) and $93m over five days, for a domestic take so far of $270.4m. 

Over last year’s Thanksgiving holiday span, predecessor Wicked managed $81.2m over three days in its second weekend, and $118.3m over five days. 

In its second weekend outside North America, Wicked: For Good took an estimated $29.4m, down 57% from the opening weekend. 

In the UK and Ireland the sequel fought off Zootopia 2 to hang on to top spot on the local chart, grossing $10.8m (down 54%) to reach a total so far for the market of $42.7m, putting it ahead of the original Wicked at the same stage. 

In Australia For Good was down 55% to take $3.4m, for a $13.7m territory total. In Germany, it was down by the same percentage to $1.5m, for a $6.2m total so far. In Mexico the drop was 64% to $1.1m, for a total of $6.2m, just behind Wicked at this stage. 

For Good will get its turn in China on December 24. 

’Tere Ishk Mein’ and ‘Eternity’ enter top ten

While the two studio blockbusters dominated the weekend’s global top ten, two other new releases managed to break into the chart. 

Indian musical romantic drama Tere Ishk Mein arrived in fourth spot with an estimated gross of $7.6m from 16 territories, including India, the US and the UK. The Hindi-language film is directed by Aanand L Rai and stars Dhanush and Kriti Sanon. 

American afterlife romantic comedy Eternity entered the chart in tenth place with an estimated global take for the weekend of $3.2m from six territories. 

Distributed in North America by A24, which also produced, the film took $3.2m from 1,348 screens over the three-day domestic weekend and $5.2m over the five-day holiday span, for a global total so far of $5.3m. 

Eternity is directed by David Freyne, stars Elizabeth Olsen, Miles Teller, Callum Turner, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and John Early and had its world premiere at this year’s Toronto festival. 

Among the weekend’s other holdover releases, Now You See Me: Now You Don’t slipped from second to third on the chart but held up in its third weekend with $23.1m from 86 territories for a total of $187m, and Disney’s Predator: Badlands held in fifth place by adding $7.2m from 53 territories for a $173.7m total. 

Anime smash Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle dropped from third place to seventh after grossing an estimated $6m from six markets to reach $767m to date. And Chinese Cannes prize-winner Resurrection dropped from fourth to ninth, taking $3.4m for a $25.1m total. 

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