'Zootopia 2' hops to the top of the box office this Thanksgiving weekend

Animated movie “Zootopia 2” hopped to the apical of the container bureau successful a large play for family-friendly films.

The sequel to the 2016 movie from Walt Disney Co. brought successful $156 cardinal successful the U.S. and Canada implicit the five-day Thanksgiving weekend, according to workplace estimates. The film’s accumulation fund was estimated astatine $175 cardinal to $200 million.

In total, “Zootopia 2” collected $556 cardinal successful planetary container bureau revenue, including $272 cardinal successful China, a once-massive marketplace for Hollywood films that has cooled successful caller years. The haul for “Zootopia 2” successful China marked that country’s highest opening ever for a non-local, animated movie.

The movie apt benefited from its beardown franchise designation successful China — Disney opened a “Zootopia”-themed onshore astatine Shanghai Disneyland successful 2023 and embarked connected an extended selling run earlier the film’s release. The archetypal movie had a full container bureau haul successful China of $236 million.

Universal Pictures’ “Wicked: For Good” came successful 2nd astatine the home container bureau with a five-day full of $93 million.

The play betwixt Thanksgiving and Christmas has traditionally been an important clip for studios and theaters to pull moviegoers with family-friendly fare oregon large blockbusters, which tin supply a large bulk of the year’s container bureau revenue.

“Zootopia 2” and “Wicked: For Good” were seen arsenic 2 of the large films released toward the extremity of the twelvemonth that could thrust monolithic summons sales. The 3rd — Disney’s 20th Century Studios’ “Avatar: Fire and Ash” — volition beryllium released successful theaters adjacent month.

The reception for “Zootopia 2” and “Wicked: For Good” besides points to the request for household films. Though the wide container bureau has been uneven this year, films geared toward children and families person mostly performed.

Disney’s live-action adaptation “Lilo & Stitch” brought successful much than $1 cardinal successful planetary container bureau gross and Warner Bros.’ “A Minecraft Movie” wasn’t acold behind, with astir $958 million.