Zootopia 2 Races Past a Major Box Office Milestone in Record Time
Disney's Zootopia 2 roared past $1 billion worldwide in just 17 days, shattering the animation speed record and cementing the sequel as the year's biggest animated hit.
Disney did not waste any time with this one. Zootopia 2 just leapt past $1 billion worldwide so fast it broke the speed record for an animated movie, and it is now the biggest Hollywood release of the year globally. Yes, already.
The record it just crushed
Zootopia 2 hit $1 billion in 17 days. That edges out Inside Out 2, which needed 19 days to get there. For animated films, no one has ever done it faster. The current global tally sits at $1.137 billion, with $259 million of that coming from North America and the rest from overseas.
Where that puts it: it is officially the No. 1 Motion Picture Association global release of the year so far. Quick translation if that term feels like studio speak: think Hollywood studio movies, all-in. It is also already the seventh-highest-grossing animated movie ever worldwide, and it has blown past the entire lifetime global gross of the first Zootopia.
Where the money is coming from
The international side is doing the heavy lifting at $877.7 million, and one market in particular is doing outrageous numbers.
- China: over $500 million, making it the No. 2 MPA release ever there, behind only Avengers: Endgame
- France: $36.4 million
- Korea: $35 million
- Japan: $27.7 million
- Mexico: $24.9 million
And the legs look real: in its third weekend, the movie added another $131.1 million internationally, with only modest week-to-week drops in the big territories. Not a front-loaded flash in the pan.
Premium formats are cashing in too
IMAX has pulled in $56.6 million globally for Zootopia 2. That makes it only the second animated title to ever clear $50 million on IMAX screens. That is rare air for cartoons.
Quick refresher: what this sequel actually is
Produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, Zootopia 2 is a 2025 buddy-cop comedy that puts Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde on the wrong side of the law — at least on paper. They get framed, go on the run across the city, and hunt a new suspect: a reptile named Gary De'Snake. It is a clean, high-concept chase movie built to play everywhere, and, well, clearly it is.