Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde walking around Marsh Market with Nibbles Maplestick in Zootopia 2Image via Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
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Rahul Malhotra is a Weekend News Writer for Collider. From Francois Ozon to David Fincher, he'll watch anything once.
He has been writing for Collider for over two years, and has covered everything from Marvel to the Oscars, and Marvel at the Oscars. He also writes obsessively about the box office, charting the many hits and misses that are released weekly, and how their commercial performance shapes public perception. In his time at Collider, he has also helped drive diversity by writing stories about the multiple Indian film industries, with a goal to introduce audiences to a whole new world of cinema.
Swing and a miss > measured victory. Also, #JusticeForHan. (He/Him). Sign in to your Collider account Summary Generate a summary of this story follow Follow followed Followed Like Like Thread Log in Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents: Try something different: Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recapSomething incredible is happening at the global box office right now; Disney's Zootopia 2 is shattering projections to deliver one of the biggest extended openings in cinema history. Aiding the animated sequel in its quest to destroy records is China, a country that has been visibly cold on Hollywood movies in the last five years. As things stand, however, Zootopia 2 has a chance of beating Avengers: Endgame in the Middle Kingdom, which isn't something that anybody could've seen coming. The film has already passed the $100 million mark at the worldwide box office, before entering its first weekend of release, when revenue is expected to skyrocket even further. Zootopia 2 has also performed the much-needed job of turning things around for Disney after what has been a particularly bittersweet year.
Although the Mouse House is responsible for the only Hollywood movie to have crossed the coveted $1 billion mark at the global box office this year — the Lilo & Stitch remake — it also delivered a handful of duds. Movies such as Captain America: Brave New World, Thunderbolts*, Snow White, Elio, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, and Tron: Ares have all underperformed to varying degrees. Zootopia 2 will pave the way for Avatar: Fire and Ash, which will presumably continue the positive momentum and deliver results worthy of its predecessors. Here's the running breakdown for the animated sequel: Zootopia 2 has grossed around $80 million in China, and another $80 million at the domestic box office.
The movie is currently eying around $160 million in its extended domestic debut, and as high as $200 million across five days in China. Adding in the revenue from other territories, the movie could gross as much as $550 million globally by Sunday. This would put it on the top 10 list of the biggest openings in cinema history, ahead of films such as Star Wars: Episode VIII — The Last Jedi ($450 million), Captain Marvel ($456 million), and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2 ($483 million). The list is topped by Endgame, which grossed $1.2 billion in its global debut back in 2019.
2025 Has Been an Extraordinary Year for Animation
Released nearly a decade after the first Zootopia, which grossed over $1 billion worldwide, the sequel brings back lead voice actors Ginnifer Goodwin and Jason Bateman, and is produced on a reported budget of $150 million. The movie is currently sitting at a 92% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, which is marginally lower than the near-perfect 98% that the original continues to hold. This has been an extraordinary year for animation so far, with Ne Zha 2 becoming the first animated movie in history to cross the $2 billion mark at the global box office, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle becoming the highest-grossing anime title of all time, and KPop Demon Hunters becoming the biggest original hit in Netflix's history. You can watch Zootopia 2 in theaters, and stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
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Like Follow Followed PG Family Comedy Crime Adventure Animation Release Date November 26, 2025 Director Byron Howard, Jared Bush Writers Jared Bush Producers Jennifer LeeCast
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Ginnifer Goodwin
Judy Hopps (voice)
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Jason Bateman
Nick Wilde (voice)
Zootopia 2 follows Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde as they navigate challenges in their partnership after cracking a major case. Chief Bogo enrolls them in the Partners in Crisis program, and they soon face a complex mystery involving a venomous snake that threatens the bustling animal metropolis.
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