Zootopia 2 Roars Past Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith at the Domestic Box Office

Zootopia 2 snuck in, then went supernova. For a franchise that always felt oddly underplayed in Disney's own lineup despite the first film clearing a billion, the sequel just bulldozed past a Star Wars prequel at home and is printing money overseas. Let’s break down the numbers, the global quirks, and where that leaves Star Wars.

Zootopia 2 muscles past 'Revenge of the Sith'

Latest domestic totals put Zootopia 2 at $414.7 million in North America, just edging out Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith at $414.3 million. That milestone is part of a much bigger picture: the sequel has racked up roughly $1.8 billion worldwide, with a gigantic $1.3 billion coming from international markets. It’s practically doubled the original’s global take.

For context, the first Zootopia’s money tilt was already international-heavy: about $682.5 million overseas and $341.2 million domestic for roughly $1 billion total. Revenge of the Sith, released back in 2005, had a far tighter split, including $491.2 million internationally. The sequel repeating and then supercharging Zootopia’s overseas pull says a lot about where the business sits now.

• Zootopia 2: $1.8B worldwide; $1.3B international; $414.7M domestic
• Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith: $414.3M domestic; $491.2M international
• Zootopia (2016): about $1B worldwide; $682.5M international; $341.2M domestic
• Star Wars: A New Hope: $461M domestic; $314.3M international
• Rogue One: international haul landed within $8M of domestic, pushing it past $1B
• Solo: A Star Wars Story: $213.8M domestic; $179.1M international; released in China as 'Ranger Solo'

Why the overseas haul matters

Every year, studios rejigger their playbook to serve global audiences. More territories, more simultaneous or earlier launches, and a pipeline that includes both theatrical and streaming means the international upside keeps growing. Disney’s clearest test case is Avatar: across three films, the series leans hard on overseas demand, with international grosses often doubling or tripling domestic. If you want a single stat that sums it up, look at the original: roughly $2.1 billion abroad versus $785 million in North America. You can argue about cultural footprint all day; the money argues louder.

The fine print of going global

Wider reach comes with headaches. Some regions still block LGBTQ+ characters and storylines, which pressures studios to deliver edited versions if they want a theatrical berth. Plenty of titles have complied over the years. Others have held the line; Marvel’s Eternals, for example, skipped theatrical releases in certain countries after the studio declined to make those edits.

Star Wars still plays stronger at home

The first six Star Wars films arrived under the 20th Century Fox banner, and across the nine live-action movies to date, you can see a steady pattern: the franchise punches hardest domestically. A New Hope pulled $461 million in North America versus $314.3 million overseas, and the entire original trilogy leaned that direction. Things started to even out with the prequels and spin-offs. Rogue One came within $8 million of a 1:1 split and cleared $1 billion worldwide. Solo, despite one of Disney’s bigger international launch pushes, finished with $179.1 million international against $213.8 million domestic. And in China, the film even dropped the Star Wars branding entirely and went out as 'Ranger Solo' — a tiny title tweak that says a lot about the brand’s footing there.

What Zootopia 2 is actually about

Back in the city, Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde are riding high after cracking a major case — and then the cracks show. Chief Bogo signs them up for a Partners in Crisis program to fix their teamwork while they chase a thorny new mystery built around a venomous snake that puts the whole metropolis on edge. The sequel’s scale grows, and so does the pressure on the partnership at the center of it.

So yeah, Zootopia 2 felt like it arrived without much drumroll. The audience found it anyway — especially overseas — and the numbers did the rest.