Zootopia 2

[UmbrellaFish]

Just saw it. We actually came in as walk ups, and I was shocked that the showing was basically sold out. We had to get seats in the first row.

I thought it was average— I did not have a strong reaction to the film, either positively or negatively. I thought it was just alright.

I don’t really have much else to say!

[Disney's Divinity]

I saw a list of the top 10 grossing trilogies on another forum the other day and it occurred to me that the Zootopia and Frozen trilogies will most likely end up entering at around the #5 mark (knocking down LOTR, Deadpool, etc.) once the third film in each franchise releases. Moana and Encanto won't make it even if a Moana 3 and Encanto 2 & 3 both crossed the billion mark since the first films didn't make it high enough. Same for Incredibles, I suppose. The first Inside Out was closer to that number, so that franchise may get there, too; not sure if Finding Nemo made a billion although I'm pretty sure Dory did.

So I guess that'll give WDAS the greatest amount of franchises in the top ten area. I can't help but find that ironic considering the franchising from DreamWorks and with PIXAR is part of why Disney transformed WDAS into the 3D business the way they did back around the late 2000's. I wouldn't have expected WDAS to do the same thing much better in the end.

[PatchofBlue]

‘Zootopia 2’ Becomes Disney’s Highest-Grossing Animated Film Ever With $1.46 Billion, Beating ‘Frozen 2’
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/zoot ... 236621280/

That puts it like $300M behind Inside Out 2. I'm wondering if it can creep past with the Christmas season winding down.

[Farerb]

The film isn't doing as well domestically anyway, but China will make it happen.

[PatchofBlue]

Zootopia 2 Leaps Onto All-Time Top 10 Chart, Smashing Box Office Record For Animated Movies
https://screenrant.com/zootopia-2-box-o ... rt-update/

Looks like it managed to pull past Inside Out 2 after all.

[Disney's Divinity]

With Zootopia 2 becoming the highest-grossing Western animated film (only the Ne Zha 2 from China in front of it now), I just went to look at the list out of curiosity. The highest original films on the list--not a sequel, remake, or offshoot of pre-existing IP like Mario--are Frozen, Zootopia, and The Lion King in that order. It feels so odd to me to see that considering how PIXAR was generally dominant all those years. Very odd.

Seeing the TLK remake on the list made me wonder, too... Not only is it a mystery why no PIXAR remakes have happened, but why not The Nightmare Before Christmas as well? A TNBC "live-action" remake would end up on this list, too--and near the top with TLK, I imagine. Good thing it wasn't made a few years ago though, Disney would be quite in a bind over how they could racebend a character made of white bones.