‘Zootopia 2’ Is Officially The Highest-Grossing Hollywood Animated Film In History
Passing ‘Inside Out 2,’ ‘Zootopia 2’ trails only ‘Ne Zha 2’ among animated films, and is the ninth-highest-grossing movie ever released, animated or otherwise.
Passing ‘Inside Out 2,’ ‘Zootopia 2’ trails only ‘Ne Zha 2’ among animated films, and is the ninth-highest-grossing movie ever released, animated or otherwise.
A mythical Chinese blockbuster, a Japanese anime mega-IP, and James Cameron’s VFX-driven spectacle drove IMAX to its biggest year ever.
China’s box office surged 22% in 2025, led by record-breaking animated hits like ‘Ne Zha 2,’ ‘Zootopia 2,’ and ‘Nobody.’
Powered by international audiences and impressive holiday legs, the sequel has reshaped expectations for Disney Animation franchises.
The pre-holiday box office sees ‘David’ surprise, ‘SpongeBob’ stumble, ‘Zootopia 2’ carry on, and ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ dominate globally.
The adult-led animated feature’s breakout week highlights shifting audience tastes and bolsters commercial confidence for Malaysian studios.
Disney’s latest high-profile sequel continued its torrid run and GKIDS’s ‘Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution’ posted a strong second weekend for recycled series content.
Disney’s hit sequel enjoys a strong second weekend hold, while ‘Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution’ delivers a standout $10.1 million debut.
Disney’s ‘Zootopia 2’ achieved numerous historic opening milestones across domestic and international markets, becoming Disney’s biggest-ever animated release.
Strong domestic and international preview sales and box office forecasts position Disney’s sequel for one of the year’s biggest animated openings.
The debut expands ‘Demon Slayer’s’ global momentum and has distributors seeing dollar signs with two more titles from the franchise’s final trilogy to come.
‘Chainsaw Man’ tops the U.S. box office with a $17.3M debut, strengthening Crunchyroll’s position as anime’s leading theatrical distributor.
Rising global anime demand lifts ‘Infinity Castle’ past Western superheroes, reshaping box office trends and studio franchise strategies.
‘Infinity Castle’ tops $555 million worldwide to become the highest-grossing anime film and Japanese film ever. It also took the top lifetime anime spot in the U.S.
‘Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle’ scored a $132.1M global weekend, including $70M from its NA debut, making it the biggest anime opener ever in the States.
‘Infinity Castle’ looks a lock to post the largest opening weekend for an anime film in North American history, passing 1999’s ‘Pokémon: The First Movie.’
‘Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle’ leads the weekend’s global box office as ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ cracks the top 5. ‘The Bad Guys 2’ nears $150M lifetime.
Despite being available for two months and being seen over 200 million times already, ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ posted the weekend’s top box office performance.
Netflix and Sony’s musical phenomenon reclaims weekly No. 1 globally, nears all-time record, and sells out sing-alongs ahead this weekend’s theatrical release.
‘Infinity Castle’ has grossed 25.8 billion yen ($174M) in Japan, climbing into the all-time top four, surpassing ‘Frozen’ and ‘Your Name.’