Walt Disney Animation Studio’s latest movie “Zootopia 2” is breaking records globally. According to Variety, it’s Walt Disney Animation Studio’s highest-grossing movie ever in the box office, earning $1.46 billion and surpassing “Frozen 2,” which made $1.45 billion.
“Zootopia 2” is a fun family movie that continues the story of the beloved bunny and fox cop duo Judy and Nick as they work through their differences to save the reptiles of Zootopia. The story features a compelling mystery alongside captivating character moments.
Audiences are loving the film, which holds a score of 96% on Rotten Tomatoes, On IMDb, it has a rating of 7.5 out of 10, with user reviews calling it the “best Disney movie in years” and “a movie that feels like Disney had fun making it.” Although there’s the common critique that the movie’s victory leans too much on the success of the 1st movie and didn’t fully earn all the notoriety it got. Other IMDb reviews say it is a “decent sequel, not as good as the 1st one” and that it is “riding the coattails of the original movie.”
China’s help with the movie’s success can’t be denied. According to NBC NEWS, “Disney’s “Zootopia 2” became the highest-grossing animated foreign film ever in China, despite generally muted interest in overseas movies in the country.” It’ll be interesting to see if Disney takes this as a sign to pander to Chinese audiences and how that’ll change the contents of their movies moving forward.
All in all “Zootopia 2” has made modern day movie history. Now audiences wait for what Walt Disney Animation Studios come out with next to try to possibly top this.
