Zootopia 2 Eyes $140M Opening, ‘Depraved’ $90M Over Thanksgiving

UPDATED, Wednesday afternoon: Disney will proceed to personal 9 of the highest 10 Thanksgiving five-day field workplace openings as Zootopia 2 is about to do round $140 million from its Wednesday to Sunday at 4,000 theaters.

At all times take the projection this far out with a grain of salt as so much comes right down to Black Friday and Saturday. Already, with an estimated $39M Wednesday, together with yesterday’s $10.2M previews, Zooptopia 2 owns the second-best Wednesday opening for Thanksgiving after final yr’s Moana 2 ($57.8M). The Friday-Sunday for the animated sequel with the voices of Jason Bateman and Ginnifer Goodwin is pegged between $88M-$90M+.

Keep in mind, enterprise eases on Thanksgiving however picks up within the night, with Black Friday one of many yr’s highest-grossing field workplace days.

Disney has premium giant format screens for Zootopia 2, however they’re sharing Imax with Common’s Depraved: For Good which will get these auditoriums for night showtimes.

Right here’s how half 2 of Depraved is shaping up subsequent to its predecessor: Wednesday proper now could be figured at $17M (versus final yr’s $20.3M) at 4,115 places. Depraved‘s Thanksgiving take final yr dipped 17% from Wednesday for $16.7M. The three-day on the Jon M. Chu-directed half II is at $60.2M (-59%) at 4,115 websites, with a five-day of $90M and a operating whole by Sunday of $267.4M. Depraved‘s second weekend was $81.1M (-28%), with a five-day of $118.2M.

Lionsgate’s Now You See Me: Now You Don’t at 3,138 theaters is eyeing round $1.5M in its second Wednesday for a 3rd weekend of $6.4M (-28%), a five-day of $9.25M and a operating cume of $48.7M by Sunday.

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Disney/twentieth Century Studios’ Predator: Badlands at 2,750 theaters is eyeing a 3rd Wednesday of $855,000, a fourth weekend of $3.9M (-40%), a five-day of $5.65M and a operating cume of $84M. That can simply make Predator: Badlands the highest-grossing installment of the 38-year-old franchise on the home field workplace, overtaking 2004’s Alien vs. Predator which finaled at $80.2M.

Paramount’s Operating Man at 3,046 websites is doing $910K in the present day, $4.1M in weekend 3 (-28%), for a five-day of $5.88M and a operating cume of $34.5M.

A24’s Eternity at 1,348 places is seeing round $400K in the present day, $2M over three days and north of $3M for for days. The afterlife rom-com starring Elizabeth Olsen, Miles Teller and Callum Turner is 76% licensed recent on Rotten Tomatoes.

WEDNESDAY AM: After a barren harvest on the fall field workplace, exhibitors have so much to be pleased about as Disney’s Zootopia 2 and Common’s Depraved: For Good lastly are delivering the products this vacation season.

Zootopia 2 began previews at 2 p.m. Tuesday that delivered $10.2M. That is the second-highest preview begin for a Walt Disney Animation Studios movie ever, solely behind Moana 2 ($13.8M Tuesday) and forward of Frozen II ($8.5M Thursday). It’s additionally the second-highest Tuesday preview for a Disney Thanksgiving opening title.

Among the many high animated previews ever, Zootopia 2 is eighth

Incredibles 2: $18.5M Thurs / $183M 3-day (2018)
Spider-Man: Throughout the Spider-Verse: $17.4M Thurs / $121M 3-day (2023)
Moana 2: $13.8M Tues / $140M 3-day, $225M 5-day (2024)
Inside Out 2: $13M Thurs / $154M 3-day (2024)
Toy Story 4: $12M Thurs / $121M 3-day (2019)
Demon Slayer – Infinity Citadel: $11.4M Thurs / $71M 3-day (2025)
Minions: The Rise of Gru: $10.8M Thurs / $107M 3-day (2022)

The home outlook for Zootopia 2 is $125M over 5 days. Many consider there’s room for upside, but when it lands at that projection, will probably be the second-best 5-day opener over the home Thanksgiving vacation after Moana 2. World begin on the film directed by Jared Bush and Byron Howard is north of $270M. The sequel to the Oscar-winning animated film stands at 93% licensed recent with critics on Rotten Tomatoes, a number of notches beneath the 98% of the 2016 title.

In the meantime, Common’s first Tuesday of Depraved: For Good noticed $15.75M, which is the second-best Tuesday of 2025 to this point after Warner Bros/DC Studios’ Superman, which did $17.1M. As well as, Depraved: For Good charted the fourth-best Tuesday in November after Frozen 2 ($20.7M, Nov. 26, 2019), Depraved ($16.6M, Nov. 26, 2024) and The Starvation Video games: Catching Hearth ($15.9M, Nov. 26, 2013). Operating cume for Depraved: For Good is $177.5M, 22% forward of Depraved‘s five-day operating cume/previews.

Final yr’s trio of Moana 2, Depraved and Paramount’s Gladiator II fueled a document Thanksgiving 5-day of $424.9M. Regardless of the top-heavy success of Zootopia 2 and Depraved: For Good this weekend, what’s manifestly lacking at this yr’s Turkey Day field workplace is a film for guys a la 2024’s R-rated Gladiator II. Final Tuesday right now had an additional $6.6M from the Ridley Scott-directed sequel. The Operating Man isn’t slicing it, with the film delivering round $980K yesterday for a cume of $28.7M. The highest 20 titles on Tuesday (not counting Zootopia 2 previews) generated $21.7M, -25% from a yr in the past Tuesday’s tally of $29M.