“Zootopia 2” has cemented yet another box office benchmark, surpassing “A Minecraft Movie” to stand as the highest-grossing domestic release of 2025.
Disney‘s animated sequel, which has been a theatrical juggernaut since Thanksgiving, had notched just about every other one of the year’s box office records, including Hollywood’s biggest earner internationally ($1.425 billion) and worldwide ($1.85 billion). However, “A Minecraft Movie” loomed larger in North America with $424.08 million. Now, after 13 weekends in the top 10 on domestic charts, “Zootopia 2” has officially pulled a hair ahead with $424.2 million in North America.
Last year marked Disney’s biggest year on record since pre-pandemic times, with “Zootopia 2,” as well as two other billion-dollar behemoths, “Lilo & Stitch” and “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” helping to propel ticket sales past $6 billion globally.
Released nine years after original, “Zootopia 2” hit theaters ahead of Thanksgiving with $158 million in North America and $559 million worldwide over the five-day holiday weekend. Those revenues ranked as the second largest Thanksgiving launch, the best start ever for an animated film, as well as the fourth-biggest worldwide debut in box office history (following “Avengers: Endgame,” “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Spider-Man: No Way Home”).
Buoyed by great reviews and stellar word-of-mouth, the family film soon became the fastest PG release ever to reach $1 billion worldwide, crossing the milestone in 17 days. It has since surpassed “Inside Out 2” to become Hollywood’s highest-grossing animated film of all time, and it overtook “Avengers: Endgame” as the biggest Motion Picture Association (MPA) title ever in China. On all-time charts, “Zootopia 2” is currently the eighth-biggest film in box office history.
Jared Bush and Byron Howard directed “Zootopia 2,” which takes place in a metropolis inhabited by animals and follows a rabbit police officer (Ginnifer Goodwin) and con artist fox (Jason Bateman) as they reunite to pursue a mysterious new reptilian resident (Ke Huy Quan). Given the never-ending box office accolades, it’s only a matter of time before Disney announces the inevitable “Zootopia 3.”