“Zootopia 2” regained the No. 1 spot on the home field workplace with $26.3 million in its third weekend of launch, based on studio estimates Sunday, as The Walt Disney Co. animated sequel turned the 12 months’s second movie to gross $1 billion worldwide.
With “Avatar: Fire and Ash” arriving Friday, it was a comparatively quiet weekend in theaters. There have been no main new releases, leaving holdovers “Zootopia 2” and “Five Nights at Freddy’s 2” to duke it out for the highest spot.
The edge went to “Zootopia 2,” which has shortly amassed $1.14 billion in world ticket gross sales thanks considerably to its huge success in China. There, it’s grossed $502.4 million, making “Zootopia 2” the largest Hollywood hit within the nation in years.
The solely different 2025 Hollywood title to surpass $1 billion worldwide was Disney’s “Lilo & Stitch” ($1.04 billion). The highest grossing film of the 12 months, although, is the Chinese blockbuster “Ne Zha 2,” which collected practically $2 billion simply in China.
In its second weekend of launch, the Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions sequel “Five Nights at Freddy’s 2” collected $15.4 million, a brutal drop of 70% from its above-expectations debut. Still, with a home complete of $95.5 million, the $36 million manufacturing is a giant win for Blumhouse, including one other horror franchise to its portfolio.
The weekend’s most notable new launch was James L. Brook’s “Ella McCay,” his first directed movie in 15 years. “Ella McCay” earned a scant $2.1 million from 2,500 places, making it one of many 12 months’s worst large releases.
But box-office expectations weren’t excessive coming in from “Ella McCay,” a comic book drama a couple of 34-year-old girl (newcomer Emma Mackey) who turns into governor of her residence state. Reviews (22% “fresh” on Rotten Tomatoes) have been poor, and the sort of award-winning comedian dramas films that Brooks (“Terms of Endearment,” “Broadcast News”) has lengthy specialised in right now seldom discover massive audiences in theaters. “Ella McCay,” that includes a supporting solid together with Jamie Lee Curtis, Ayo Edebiri and Woody Harrelson, price $35 million to make.
With total ticket gross sales on the 12 months working near even with final 12 months’s disappointing grosses, based on Comscore knowledge, Hollywood shall be hoping the approaching vacation hall, historically the busiest moviegoing interval of the 12 months, ends 2025 on a excessive word. Movies on faucet embody “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” “The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants,” “Marty Supreme,” “Anaconda” and “Song Sung Blue.”
With closing home figures being launched Monday, this checklist elements within the estimated ticket gross sales for Friday by way of Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, based on Comscore:
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“Zootopia 2,” $26.3 million.
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“Five Nights at Freddy’s 2,” $19.5 million.
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“Wicked: For Good,” $8.6 million.
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“Dhurandhar,” $3.5 million.
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“Now You See Me: Now You Don’t,” $2.4 million.
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“Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution,” $2.1 million.
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“Ella McCay,” $ 2.1 million.
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“Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” (2000), $1.9 million.
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“Eternity,” $1.8 million.
- “Hamnet,” $1.5 million.
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