- Zootopia 2 bounded to the No. 1 spot at the box office this weekend with a $26.3 million take domestically and $157.4 million globally.
- The animated sequel from Disney has officially crossed the $1 billion mark at the global box office, placing it a No. 2 for the year with $1.1 billion overall.
- Wicked: For Good and Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 remain profitable, and next week’s Avatar: Fire and Ash is set to make Q4 the year’s best for the box office.
Zootopia 2 can’t be tamed.
After ceding the throne last week to the premiere of Universal’s last big horror offering of the year, Five Nights at Freddy’s 2, the animated sequel is back on top of the box office — and it achieved a major milestone in the global tally.
Zootopia 2 added $26.3 million to its already sizable domestic kitty this weekend and a staggering $157.4 million globally, per Comscore. That brings its totals after three weeks in release to $258.9 million at home and $1.1 billion abroad. The highly anticipated follow-up to 2016’s blockbuster franchise kickstarter now becomes the third movie to cross the billion-dollar threshold at the global box office, and it’s already outgrossed the lifetime run of the previous silver medal holder, Lilo & Stitch, by nearly $100 million.
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Zootopia 2‘s crossed the finish line on its horse race to $1 billion faster than any other PG-rated film in history. But for the fourth week in a row, it also proved that success doesn’t always have to come at the expense of other films’ failures.
As the Disney offering stacks millions upon millions, several other films continue to succeed.
Wicked: For Good stays a strong competitor in its fourth week of release, conjuring up almost $8.6 million domestically (securing No. 3 on the leaderboard) and $16.2 million abroad (No. 4). Those additions bump the Broadway musical adaptation’s domestic gross to $312.1 million and global gross to $467.9 million. While that leaves it out of the top 10 most profitable films around the globe for 2025, Wicked: For Good ranks at No. 5 for domestic releases.
Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 has also proven itself a formidable contender, especially considering its minuscule budget compared to those of Zootopia 2 and Wicked: For Good. The animatronic horror sequel scared up $19.5 million domestically in its second week of release, and $38.6 million globally.
At the domestic box office, FNAF 2 now boasts a $95 million gross on an estimated budget ranging from $35 million to $50 million. Abroad, the film has already racked up $173.7 million in just two weeks, certifying an extremely strong Q4 for Universal, which also distributed Wicked: For Good.
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There was some bad news tucked amid this weekend’s other box office notices. Ella McCay, the latest original comedy from legendary director James L. Brooks, flopped in the No. 7 spot domestically with a sad $2.1 million premiere. Starring Emma Mackey, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ayo Edebiri, and more, the film majorly failed to inspire hope that it will recoup its estimated $35 million budget, as it gathered only an additional $300,000 abroad.
The last couple of months of the year are going to be an absolute bonanza for the box office, which will be aflame with cash as Avatar: Fire and Ash burns into theaters next week.
The third entry in the innovative and epic animated saga from James Cameron is projected to make upwards of $110 million in its domestic debut. That would represent a downward turn from Avatar: The Way of Water‘s $134.1 million opening figure, but would still be a major win for both 20th Century Studios and the film industry at large.