Zootopia 2 Should Perk Up The Thanksgiving Box Office

 

Will we see another highly successful Thanksgiving box office weekend? With Zootopia 2 already performing strongly in tracking, we certainly could. In fact, the sequel could even beat out last year’s Moana 2, or even give 2019’s Frozen 2 a good run. With the full story, we have Brandon Blake, an entertainment lawyer from Blake & Wang P.A.

 

                                                                         Brandon Blake

 

Strong Debut Predicted

 

Presales for the film are already in line with Pixar’s Inside Out 2. That film opened at $154.2M over just 3 days back in June 2004. Zootopia 2 has 5 to put to good use, and current predictions suggest that we could see the film take $125M+ on its opening weekend.

 

To date, Disney has been responsible for nine of the Top 10 Thanksgiving 5-day openings, some magic it will doubtless be hoping will power another success story.

 

A Box Office Weekend to Remember?

 

Zootopia 2 will release (almost) alongside Universal’s Wicked: For Good, which is hoping to net the same $112.5M the first film did. If both projections work out, we could be looking at a strong slate of new box office contenders to return some pep to what has been a series of lackluster post-Labor Day releases.

 

It’s unlikely it will beat last year’s record-breaking $420M takings, but that frame had 3 strong titles- the original Wicked, Moana 2, and Gladiator II. Without a more adult and male-pitched IP to round out the set, the family-friendly fare would have to put in a stellar performance to match it. However, both Now You See Me: Now You Don’t and The Running Man, with releases set for November 14, should still be in play and may bring in some more adult audiences.

 

Either way, the stage is set for a strong Thanksgiving weekend, and that is just what the box office needs to put it back on track to close the year strongly.

 

 

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