Disney just delivered the kind of holiday-season thunderclap that studio executives dream about. After only two weekends in theaters, the Zootopia 2 box office total has rocketed to $915.8 million worldwide, placing the animated sequel within striking distance of the coveted $1 billion milestone far earlier than analysts expected. If current trends hold, the billion mark could fall within days, making Zootopia 2 one of the fastest animated titles in modern history to reach that benchmark.
And the big story doesn’t stop there. Universal and Blumhouse are celebrating a major win of their own, as Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 blasted past projections with a $109.1 million global opening, reinforcing the franchise as a powerhouse horror brand and giving Universal its strongest late-year double punch in ages.
Zootopia 2 Continues Its Wild Stampede Across the Globe
Zootopia 2’s overseas run is where the film is rewriting the record books. The sequel has already amassed $695.3 million from international markets, making it the No. 1 international release of 2025 so far and the No. 3 global Hollywood release of the year.
Nick Wilde and Judy Hopps in Zootopia 2 – YouTube, Disney
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The crown jewel of its foreign performance is, surprisingly, China, which has contributed a staggering $430.4 million on its own. That makes Zootopia 2 the second-highest-grossing studio film in Chinese box office history, trailing only Avengers: Endgame. The film also achieved the biggest Disney Animation release ever in both China and Vietnam, exceeding even the performance of the original Zootopia.
Weekend two added another $219 million internationally across 52 markets. Though the overall decline was 40%, several territories displayed exceptional resilience—Vietnam, Taiwan, Brazil, and Germany all posted strong holds, underscoring the sequel’s broad appeal across age groups and cultures.
Nick Wilde pulls the tail off a female lizard in Zootopia 2 – YouTube, Disney
Major highlights through weekend two include:
- China: $430.4M
- France: $27.3M
- Korea: $25.6M
- Mexico: $18.6M
- Germany: $16.2M
Even premium formats are contributing meaningfully, with IMAX totals reaching $49.2 million globally.
Disney is also enjoying a milestone beyond Zootopia 2 itself: this weekend officially pushed the studio past the $5 billion annual worldwide box office mark—its third time achieving that since 2018.
Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 Fires Up the Global Market
The weekend’s other major success story is Universal’s Five Nights at Freddy’s 2, which stormed into theaters with a $109.1 million global debut. While the film launched lower internationally than the first installment, it still ranks well above other genre competitors and more than doubles the launch of Smile 2.
A clip from the trailer to Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 – YouTube, Universal Pictures
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Notable highlights include:
- Mexico: $6.9M opening, the second-largest horror debut of the year in the market
- UK & Ireland: $4.4M, surpassing the first film’s three-day bow
- Brazil: $3.2M, one of Universal’s biggest December openings ever
- Spain: $2.9M, setting Blumhouse’s best weekend in the territory excluding previews
- Australia: $2.4M, the second-biggest horror debut of the year
Japan—which performed strongly for the first FNAF film—has yet to open and will join the wave in January.
A clip from the trailer to Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 – YouTube, Universal Pictures
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For Universal, this is a major late-year victory that further proves the enduring strength of the FNAF brand, even as trends in horror can often shift unpredictably.
A Weekend That Reshapes the Late-Year Box Office Race
With Zootopia 2 barreling toward the billion-dollar mark after just a week and change, and Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 outperforming its forecasts, this weekend represents one of the strongest one-two punches the industry has seen all year.
Nick Wilde and Jusy Hopps in police uniforms in Zootopia 2 – YouTube, Disney
Disney and Universal now enter December with enormous momentum—and with several territories still opening late, both films may have more surprises ahead.
As the Zootopia 2 box office charges toward $1 billion, the end of 2025’s theatrical calendar just became a lot more interesting.
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