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Chinese Children Are Buying Pit Vipers As Zootopia 2 Rises In Popularity

Chinese Children Are Buying Pit Vipers As Zootopia 2 Rises In Popularity

Call it an unintended consequence of Disney fandom. According to CNN, Chinese e-commerce platforms have seen increasing interest — and prices — for the highly venomous blue Indonesian pit viper following the release of Zootopia 2. Gary De’Snake, a new character voiced by Ke Huy Quan, has become a worldwide phenomenon. Apparently it’s not just Gary merch that Chinese fans want to bring home.

Disney Secures Streaming Rights to Back to The Future Trilogy

Disney Secures Streaming Rights to Back to The Future Trilogy

For the first time in its 40-year history, Back to the Future is now firmly under the Disney streaming umbrella — a development that would have sounded unthinkable for decades. The landmark science-fiction trilogy, long associated with Universal Pictures and carefully guarded by its original creators, has officially landed on Disney+ through a new licensing agreement.

Pedro Pascal Left Out of Fantastic Four Avengers: Doomsday Trailer — Raising Questions About His Supposed Box Office Power

Pedro Pascal Left Out of Fantastic Four Avengers: Doomsday Trailer — Raising Questions About His Supposed Box Office Power

Marvel Studios has begun rolling out character-focused teasers for Avengers: Doomsday, a movie that absolutely must succeed at the box office after a string of uneven Marvel performances. One of the most recent trailers, now circulating after a theatrical leak, prominently features the Fantastic Four—or at least part of them. Notably absent from the latest Avengers: Doomsday trailer, however, is Pedro Pascal.

Avatar: Fire and Ash Crosses $1 Billion at the Box Office — Still Substantially Trailing The Way of Water

Avatar: Fire and Ash Crosses $1 Billion at the Box Office — Still Substantially Trailing The Way of Water

The Avatar box office story has once again hit a major milestone, but context matters more than headlines. Avatar: Fire and Ash has officially crossed $1 billion at the worldwide box office, doing so in roughly three weeks of global release. While that number will inevitably be touted as another unquestionable victory for James Cameron and Disney, the underlying data tells a more complicated—and far less triumphant—story when placed next to its direct predecessor.

‘Zootopia 2’ Becomes Disney Animation’s Highest-Grossing Film Ever

‘Zootopia 2’ Becomes Disney Animation’s Highest-Grossing Film Ever

At the end of a rough year for the company, Disney had a historic win. Zootopia 2 has become Walt Disney Animation’s highest-grossing movie ever, with $1.46 billion at the global box office. Previously, the record was held by 2019’s Frozen II, with $1.45 billion. While many of the company’s 2025 releases, like Snow White and Captain America: Brave New World, faltered at the box office, Zootopia 2 could provide a template for projects in other franchises.