Zootopia 2 Roars Past the Pack to Claim the 2025 Box Office Crown

Two months into 2026, we finally have a 2025 domestic box office champ. And yes, the bunny did it. After a late-year sprint that turned into a marathon, Zootopia 2 slipped past A Minecraft Movie to finish first in the U.S.

The long game pays off

For most of 2025, A Minecraft Movie looked untouchable. It opened back in April and stacked up $424.1 million domestic. Then Zootopia 2 showed up over Thanksgiving, played the patience game, and edged it out.

Here is where it landed: Zootopia 2 has reached $424.4 million domestic after 13 weeks in theaters, spending more than ten of those weeks in the top 10. The movie opened November 25, 2025, and pulled an enormous $158 million across the five-day holiday frame. Worldwide, it is already at $1.85 billion, which makes it the highest-grossing Hollywood release on the planet last year and the second-highest-grossing animated movie ever, behind Ne-Zha 2. For 2025 worldwide, Ne-Zha 2 holds the overall crown.

Disney keeps the crown

That makes two years in a row that Disney owns the domestic box office title, following Inside Out 2 in 2024. Both this and Inside Out 2 arrived nine years after the originals that helped power Disney and Pixar through that mid-2010s hot streak, and both rode right back into the zeitgeist on a wave of good will and nostalgia.

Disney also ends up with four of the 2025 domestic top 10. Warner Bros. and Universal each place three. The spread looks like this:

1. Zootopia 2 (Disney) - $424.4 million
2. A Minecraft Movie (Warner Bros.) - $424.1 million
3. Lilo & Stitch (Disney) - $423.7 million
4. Avatar: Fire and Ash (Disney) - $399.5 million
5. Superman (Warner Bros.)
6. Wicked: For Good (Universal)
7. Jurassic World: Rebirth (Universal)
8. Sinners (Warner Bros.)
9. The Fantastic Four: First Steps (Disney) - $274.2 million
10. How to Train Your Dragon (Universal)

The run, the legs, and what is next

Zootopia 2 hitting PVOD on January 27, 2026 did not cool things off. After 91 days in theaters, it still had enough juice to inch past Minecraft and lock the title. With that symbolic victory in the bag, the next stop is obvious: streaming. Physical media is already dated for March 3, 2026 on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K, which points to a Disney+ drop not long after. Late March makes sense, right in time for Easter weekend.

Meanwhile, family audiences have been showing up for GOAT, and Disney is pivoting attention to Pixar's next one, Hoppers. But for now, a nine-years-later sequel just outlasted the block game. Slow and steady, no tortoise required. Just a very determined rabbit.