Overview
- The global total hit $616.7 million through Tuesday, moving the film past Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning and Superman to rank No. 6 among 2025 studio releases, per Deadline.
- China drove the surge with a roughly $272 million five-day start and has climbed to about $310 million through Wednesday, the top result for a foreign animated release in the market.
- In North America, the sequel earned about $98 million over the three-day weekend and $156–158 million across the Thanksgiving five-day frame.
- The opening delivered roughly $556–560 million worldwide across five days, the biggest animated global debut on record and the fourth-largest opening for any Hollywood title.
- Reception remains strong with high Rotten Tomatoes scores and an A CinemaScore, while cultural buzz includes pet-friendly screenings in Chinese cinemas and Japan’s release set to follow this week.