Disney Animation's "Zootopia 2" (directed by Jared Bush and Byron Howard) was released on December 5th and topped the Japanese box office charts for the second week in a row, following its opening weekend. It has surpassed 4 billion yen in domestic box office revenue in just 10 days, the fastest in Disney and Pixar Animation history, along with "Frozen 2."
In its second week of release in Japan, the film attracted 3,015,156 viewers and grossed 4,283,140,000 yen. With an astonishing weekend hold rate of 96.3% compared to the previous weekend, the film continues its rapid advance and is on track to surpass the 10 billion yen mark.
To commemorate the success of the film, five randomly selected "Christmas Limited Character Cards" will be distributed to attendees as a third gift starting December 20th. Additionally, the second "Zootopia Theater" will be held from December 26th to January 12th, and all three selected episodes of the original short animated series "Zootopia+," currently streaming on Disney+, will be streamed for free on the official YouTube channel from 5:00 PM on December 19th to 4:59 PM on January 13th.
This film is the sequel to "Zootopia," which was released in 2016. The previous film, "Zootopia," was set in Zootopia, a world where animals live in a high-tech civilized society like humans, and depicted the story of Judy the rabbit who meets Nick the fox and overcomes many challenges together as he grows into a fine police officer. It was the first Disney animation film since "Frozen" to surpass $1 billion in global box office revenue. It was also a huge hit in Japan, grossing over 7.6 billion yen.
In the Japanese version of "Zootopia 2," actress Aya Ueto will voice the rabbit police officer Judy, and voice actor Toshiyuki Morikawa will voice the fox Nick, just like in the previous film. Furthermore, voice actor Hiro Shimono will voice Gary, the wanted snake who holds the key to Zootopia's biggest mystery.
