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Zootopia 2 Becomes Highest-Grossing Animated Hollywood Film of All Time, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple Struggles During Opening Weekend
Zootopia 2 is now the highest-grossing animated Hollywood film of all time, with a huge $1.703 billion worldwide ($390 million domestic and $1.313 billion international). The Disney film has overtaken Inside Out 2’s $1.7 billion box office haul from 2024. Chinese fantasy film Ne Zha 2, with its astronomical $2.259 billion global box office, remains the highest-grossing animated movie of all time.
Zootopia 2 is now the number nine highest-grossing global release of all time, ahead of 2019’s The Lion King ($1.663 billion), 2015’s Jurassic World ($1.672 billion) and the aforementioned Inside Out 2. Number eight on the list is 2021’s Spider-Man: No Way Home, which made $1.921 billion at the global box office.
Disney’s other monstrous money-maker, Avatar: Fire and Ash, is now up to $1.319 billion worldwide after five weekends ($363.5 million domestic and $955.3 million international). Writer and director James Cameron is yet to signal that Avatar 4 and 5 are definitely going to happen, as box office watchers wonder whether Fire and Ash has done well enough to convince the powers that be at Disney to move ahead. The special effects-heavy Avatar films cost a huge amount of money to produce, but they have historically made billions of dollars at the box office. 2009's Avatar 1 remains the highest-grossing movie of all time (not adjusted for inflation), earning a staggering $2.9 billion across several theatrical runs. 2022's Avatar: The Way of Water has earned $2.3 billion, meanwhile, cementing its place as the third-highest grossing film of all time. Fire and Ash looks like it will struggle to come anywhere near to the box office hauls of its predecessors.
Meanwhile, horror sequel 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple appears to be struggling, with $31.2 million from its worldwide opening. Just $13 million came domestically. To put that into context, 28 Years Later, which only came out seven months ago, opened to $30 million from North American theaters alone. While The Bone Temple has great review scores (IGN’s review returned an 8/10), it may be suffering from releasing too soon after 28 Years Later. The hope for Sony will be positive word of mouth fuels a recovery.
What does this mean for the next film in the planned sequel trilogy? Last month, Sony confirmed it was moving forward with the third installment of the 28 Years Later films, with the decision coming over a month before the release of The Bone Temple. Alex Garland, who has written all the franchise entries thus far, was said to be working on the third entry, which does not have a title at this point. Danny Boyle has been open about wanting to direct it. While you wait to find out, check out IGN's article, 5 Questions We Have For the Next 28 Years Later Movie Following The Bone Temple.
Elsewhere, The Housemaid is showing remarkable staying power at the box office, hitting $247.3 million worldwide on its fifth weekend. Starring Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried and directed by Paul Feig, The Housemaid is a breakout hit fuelled by excellent word of mouth.
And finally, A24’s Marty Supreme earned $9,838,927 this weekend globally ($5,477,927 domestic and $4.361 million international) for a global total to date of $99.5 million. It is now A24’s highest-grossing movie in North America with $80 million, passing Everything Everywhere All at Once's $77 million.
Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.
