Disney’s ‘Zootopia 2’ hits $1 billion world field workplace

The Walt Disney Co. tallied its second billion-dollar movie of 2025 with the assistance of a decided bunny and mischievous fox.

“Zootopia 2” is ready to prime $1 billion on the world field workplace on Friday, in response to firm estimates, becoming a member of the live-action remake of “Lilo & Sew” as the one Hollywood-made movies to cross the benchmark this yr. Heading into the weekend, the movie had tallied $232.7 million domestically and $753.4 million from worldwide markets.

“This milestone means the world to us, as a result of greater than something, it means audiences are coming to theaters for a shared expertise of watching this film on the large display screen, everybody collectively, from all walks of life all over the world — and that could be a Zootopia dream come true,” Jared Bush, chief artistic officer at Walt Disney Animation Studios, wrote in an announcement Friday.

The one different movie to cross the billion-dollar threshold this yr is China’s “Ne Zha 2,” which has collected $2.2 billion since its launch in January, in response to knowledge from Comscore.

“With the evolution of world market tendencies lately, reaching $1 billion has turn out to be a bit of extra of a novelty once more,” Shawn Robbins, director of analytics at Fandango and founding father of Field Workplace Idea, advised CNBC.

He additionally famous the significance of the movie’s “staggering success in China.” Almost $450 million of the worldwide haul for “Zootopia 2” has come from the area thus far — a large determine contemplating China has decreased the variety of American movies it permits to play in its theaters and has threatened to limit much more due to escalated tariffs.

“Zootopia 2” had the best animated opening of all time for a non-local title in China and broke the document for highest-grossing non-local animated movie of all time inside 5 days of its launch within the nation, Disney reported.

The movie’s billion-dollar haul additionally highlights a transition within the home theatrical market. PG-rated household movies have outperformed PG-13 and R-rated movies on the field workplace in 2025. Thus far, PG movies launched this yr have generated $2.7 billion within the U.S. and Canada, whereas PG-13 movies have tallied $2.5 billion and R-rated movies have collected $2.4 billion.

This shift began in 2024, when PG-rated movies bought extra tickets domestically than another rated movie for the primary time ever. PG-13 movies had dominated the house for many years, in response to knowledge from Comscore.

“With PG-rated movies, it’s usually the youngsters who make the choice as as to if to hit the multiplex, and their affect could be seen straight within the numbers for the class which have hit all-time highs over the previous couple of years,” mentioned Paul Dergarabedian, head of market tendencies at Comscore. “Equally spectacular is that almost all PG film tickets bought are at a child-friendly cheaper price level and due to this fact reaching these large box-office milestones is made much more spectacular.”

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