‘Zootopia 2’ tops $900m at global box office; ‘Five Nights At Freddy’s 2’ scares up $109m start

Credit: Comscore. All figures are estimates.

Trip to the Zoo

Disney animation Zootopia 2 held the global box office crown for a second weekend, adding a hefty $262m on its second session.

That marked a global drop of 47% from its opening the previous weekend, according to latest estimates.

The film made a sizeable $219m from international markets on its second session, down 45% on the previous weekend; for a $695.3m international total.

This was buoyed by a number one opening in Japan with $12.3m – the second-highest Motion Picture Association (MPA) title opening of all time, behind Frozen 2.

Best-performing holdover major markets were Brazil (-16%), Germany (-18%), France (-27%), South Korea (-27%) and Australia (-28%); while it rose 45% in Vietnam and 13% in Taiwan, with slim 5% drops in Thailan and Poland.

It is the number two MPA release of all time in China, with a huge $430.4m and behind only Avengers: Endgame; while leading European territories are France ($27.3m) and Germany ($16.2m).

The film took $12m in Imax this weekend including $6.9m in China, contributing to a $49.2m global Imax total to date.

The 2016 first Zootopia film made just over $1bn worldwide; Disney will expect the sequel to pass that within the next week.

The company has also become the first studio to cross the $5bn box office mark this year, with $5.1bn total. It is the third time Disney has hit $5bn in a year since 2018, with no other studio having reached the mark in that time.

Ready for Freddy

UPDATED: Horror sequel Five Nights At Freddy’s 2 scared up a confirmed $110.5m worldwide, of which $46.5m came from 76 international territories, and $64m in North America .

These figures were down on the $130.6m global opening of 2023’s Five Nights At Freddy’s, of which $52.6m came internationally.

However, it was still enough to give Universal its second-biggest horror opening of all time, behind the first film; and the second-biggest horror opening of 2025, behind Warner Bros’ The Conjuring: Last Rites on $187m.

Leading the way was Mexico, where the film topped the market with a confirmed $7.1m, similarly in second place across the aforementioned metrics. It landed second in UK-Ireland with $4.3m, beating out Wicked: For Good as well as the first Freddy’s film; while it took top spot in Brazil with $3m; and second place in Spain, Australia and France, according to latest estimates.

For Good is changed

UPDATED: Musical sequel Wicked: For Good fell back 67% on its third box office weekend around the world, adding $30.9m to reach a $440.9m running total.

After a bigger opening, it is now falling slightly behind the 2024 first film, which added $61.7m on its third weekend to hit $455.6m worldwide, according to latest estimates.

The film made a further $13.6m from 80 international territories, having added Serbia and other Balkan states, and Slovenia on the latest session; and is up to $143.3m for international.

The UK & Ireland remains the top international market, where the film is the third-biggest release of the year and is nearing $50m.

It is followed by Australia, Germany, the Netherlands and France. Best holdovers were in South Africa (-20%), Denmark (-34%), Germany (-30%), Israel (-40%) and Belgium (-37%).

Additional markets to come are China (December 24) and Japan (March 6, 2026).

This means war

Chinese war drama Gezhi Town took fourth place in the global chart with an estimated $23m from its China opening.

Sheng Kong’s feature follows a man who settles in a remote town after the fall of Nanjing during wartime; only for peace to be shattered by the arrival of Japanese forces. Daylight Entertainment is handling the China release

It was one of four Asian titles to make the global top 10, followed by Aditya Dhar’s crime saga Dhurandhar with $16.1m from 15 territories.

The three-and-a-half-hour feature took $14.2m from international markets, and $400,000 from 35 Imax screens around the world. The Hindi-language Indian film draws inspiration from real-life geopolitical tensions between India and Pakistan, and is set against the backdrop of the 1999 Indian Airlines flight 814 hijacking and 2001 Indian Parliament attack.

Japanese anime Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution added $15.2m this weekend, including $5.1m from 62 international markets, and has $30.2m worldwide. Its latest session included $2.7m from the 47 territories where Crunchyroll/Sony Pictures is releasing the film.

France led the new markets with $940,000; it is releasing in Italy from today, with Poland to follow on December 12.

Fellow anime Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba wrapped up the top 10 with a $3.1m session entirely from four international territories; the film has a sizeable $774m in total.

Best of the rest

Magician thriller Now You See Me: Now You Don’t has crossed the $200m mark, with $12.5m on its latest session including $9m from 85 international markets.

David Freyne’s fantasy comedy Eternity starring Elizabeth Olsen, Callum Turner and Miles Teller added $4.4m this weekend including $1.7m from international markets, and is up to $11.4m worldwide.

Lionsgate started its rollout of Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair with $3.6m from two markets, mainly from $3.3m in North America. The 275-minute version of the two Kill Bill films combined will play in additional markets in the coming weeks.

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