FRIDAY UPDATE: Disney’s Zootopia 2 is continuing its wild(e) ride. The estimated global box office cume through Thursday is $133.2M. That includes $59.2M in North America and $74M at the international box office across two days. Overseas launched in 17 markets on Wednesday, with Thursday adding 28 hubs.
China is a big part of the offshore performance, and though it appeared (as China often does) a sort of wild card beforehand, the market is totally dialed in. To wit, and as we reported below: Zootopia 2 had the biggest opening day for a U.S. animated film ever there on Wednesday. And it is not slowing. Not included in the global total above is China’s Friday which was worth another estimated $40M. This brings the total there through three days to over $94M with play expected to continue strongly through Saturday and Sunday. Maoyan has increased its lifetime estimate for Z2 to RMB 3.2B ($450M).
This is proof that the first movie’s performance in the fickle market wasn’t a fluke – but let’s also look at other Z2 performances.
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It’s opened No. 1 in nearly all international markets including record launch days for a studio animated title in France, Germany and Italy during 2025. And that’s with the weekend still to come.
Thursday’s key openers include all of Latin America, and all at No. 1, with an 82% regional market share. Notably, Mexico’s $1.6M start was the 3rdhighest WDAS opening day of all time (behind Moana 2 and Frozen 2).
In Asia Pacific, Z2 opened No. 1 in all markets on Thursday. This includes Australia at 97% ahead of Zootopia. In Europe, Z2 was No. 1 everywhere.
The Top 5 through Thursday (and not including China’s Friday estimate) are: China ($54.3M), France ($2.9M), Korea ($2.8M/estimated $4.6M through Friday), Mexico ($1.6M) and Germany ($1.3M).
Today sees further openings in Spain and UK as well as Finland, Turkey, India and Vietnam.
We will continue to update through the weekend.
PREVIOUS, THURSDAY, UPDATE: Walt Disney Animation’s Zootopia 2 has hopped to an opening Wednesday of $81.1M globally, including $39.5M from domestic and $41.6M from 17 international box office markets.
Along with the North American milestones the sequel has notched, Z2, as we noted yesterday (see below), scored the biggest opening day in China ever for a Hollywood animated title at $34M, which is also the biggest launch-day gross for a studio movie there since May 2021.
The Thursday estimate from China (not included in the global total above) is RMB 143M ($20M), which takes the early global run to over $100M. Also note that Korea added an estimated $1.1M on Thursday for a local running total of $2.84M.
In pure Wednesday play, Zootopia 2 was No. 1 in China and Korea, and most of the other international markets where it launched. In France, the opening day was the 2nd biggest of 2025, behind Lilo & Stitch and the 3rd best for Walt Disney Animation ever behind Moana 2 and Frozen 2.
Germany notched the biggest studio animated opening of the year and the 3rd best for WDAS. Italy was the highest studio animation opening of 2025.
We will have much more to report throughout the weekend as Z2 adds the rest of overseas markets save Japan. For now, and through Wednesday (ie, not including the early Thursday estimates for China and Korea), the Top 5 are: China ($34M), France ($2.4M), Korea ($1.7M), Germany ($700K) and Italy ($600K).
PREVIOUS, WEDNESDAY: Walt Disney Animation’s Zootopia 2 is defying the trends of the past year — and beyond — for Hollywood in China, nabbing the biggest opening day and highest single-day box office for a U.S. animated film ever in the market. With an RMB 240.2M ($34M) estimated opening Wednesday, this is also the biggest launch day for a studio movie since May 2021 and the 10th best for Hollywood of all time.
The Maoyan audience score is a fantastic 9.7, with the critical ranking on Douban at 8.7. Comparatively in Maoyan scores, Zootopia had a 9.5, Inside Out was 9.1, and Moana 2 was 9.0.
It’s early days, but at this pace, Zootopia 2 is poised to become the biggest studio movie in China of 2025 across just its first weekend.
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Maoyan already is predicting an RMB 2.4B ($340M) full run on the Jared Bush- and Byron Howard-directed movie in the market; its predecessor did $236M at historic rates there.
While full Wednesday numbers will come later on Z2, we already know that Korea is estimated to have debuted Judy and Nick’s latest adventure at No. 1 with $1.7M. This is the second-highest studio opening day of 2025 (trailing only Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning), the fifth-highest opening day of the year overall and the top animated Hollywood opening day of 2025. Z2 also registered the second-biggest animated opening day of the year (behind Demon Slayer) and ranked second all-time among Disney animation titles (behind Frozen 2).
Like China, social scores are outstanding, with Naver at 9.33 and CGV at 98%, which is in line with the first Zootopia and well above Moana 2 and Inside Out 2.
In total, Z2 bows in 93% of the international box office landscape this weekend, notably beginning today with France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Netherlands and Philippines, alongside China and Korea.
Thursday adds Australia, Brazil and Mexico among majors, followed by the UK, India and Spain on Friday. The only market not going this session is Japan, which releases in December.
Heading into the weekend, the international box office projection for Z2 is in the $135M-$145M range.
As I noted earlier this week, the performance of Z2 in China will be keenly watched by the industry after quite a disappointing first 11 months in the market.
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