A list of all the opening box office records broken by 'Zootopia 2'.

Global 🌎

  • Highest global animated opening of all time (current rates) at $556M ahead of China’s Ne Zha 2 ($431.22M)
  • 4th highest global opening of all-time (actual reported) – Disney owns 3 of the top 4– after Avengers: Endgame ($1.2 billion), Avengers: Infinity War ($640.5M), and Spider-Man: No Way Home ($600.5M).
  • Highest global debut of 2025 ahead of China’s Ne Zha 2 ($431.22M).
  • Highest global opening for an animated sequel ever ahead of Moana 2‘s $389.3M – Disney owns top 5.
  • Highest global opening ever for Walt Disney Animation Studios ahead of Moana 2.
  • Highest global opening for any animated film in Disney history.
  • Highest global sequel opening of 2025 and since 2021 (previous being Spider-Man: No Way Home)
  • Biggest opening weekend increase from original to sequel for any animated franchise (239%).
  • #1 movie globally, domestically, and internationally for the weekend

Domestic 🇺🇸🇨🇦

  • 2nd highest Thanksgiving Day of all-time after Moana 2’s $225.4M.
  • 2nd highest Thanksgiving opening ever (3-day & 5-day), behind only Moana 2 (3-day on that pic was $139.7M).
  • 2nd highest Black Friday of all time at $38.5M after Moana 2‘s $54.3M.
  • 2nd highest domestic Wednesday before Thanksgiving of all time at $39.5M after Moana 2’s $57.8M.
  • 2nd highest preview gross for a WDAS sequel ($10.2M), behind only Moana 2 ($13.8M).
  • 3rd highest 3-day domestic opening in WDAS history after Moana 2 ($139.7M), Frozen II ($130.2M).
  • Disney holds 9 of top 10 Thanksgiving opening weekends of all time.
  • Disney holds top 8 Thanksgiving opening weekends.

China 🇨🇳

  • 6th highest opening of all-time in China amongst all films both local and non-local.
  • 2nd best non-local film opening of all time in China (behind Avengers: Endgame).
  • Highest animated opening of all-time in China for a non-local title.
  • Already highest non-local film cume in China since Avengers: Endgame (2019).
  • Already the highest non-local animated film of all-time after 5 days.
  • 4th highest animated film of all-time both local and non-local after only 5 days.
  • Already surpassed the total cume of Zootopia (RMB 1,530M) in 5 days.
  • 9th highest single day gross (Day 4) of all-time for all films both local and foreign.
  • Highest single day gross of all-time for an MPA film (Day 4, surpassing Avengers: Endgame).
  • Highest MPA opening in 2025.

International 🌐

  • 4th highest international opening of all-time (actual reported).
  • Highest international animated opening of all time (MPA) (current rates, same suite of markets).
  • Highest Walt Disney Animation Studios international opening of all time (current rates, same suite of markets).
  • Highest Hollywood international opening of 2025.
  • Opened #1/#1 MPA in all markets except for the UK and the Philippines.
  • Highest Walt Disney Animation Studios opening of all-time in Poland, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Slovakia, Turkey, Ukraine, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Vietnam and Bolivia.
  • Highest MPA opening weekend of 2025 in France, Switzerland, Kazakhstan, Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam.

Talent/Creative 🎬

  • Highest opening for directors Byron Howard & Jared Bush (Bush now serves as Chief Creative Officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios).
  • Highest opening for stars Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman (for both besting the $75M domestic opening of Zootopia) and Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan (besting the $58M opening of Kung Fu Panda 4).
  • CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works
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    10 hours ago

    We saw it Saturday afternoon at a local theater that we go to quite often and I have never ever seen it that busy before. At my showing there were tons of kids.

    Definitely agree on the movie being great. I almost want to go a second time to see the first 20 minutes that I missed while waiting in line for popcorn.