Thanks to an optimistic rabbit and a wily red fox — and don’t forget about the Witches of Oz — the Thanksgiving box office was a needed win for Hollywood and theater owners.

Disney’s critical and audience darling Zootopia 2 led the parade with a record-smashing, five-day Thanksgiving opening of $156 million in North America and $556 million globally to boast the biggest worldwide start of all time for an animated film and among the fourth biggest of any film. Overseas, it soared to an astonishing $400 million — thanks in large part to China, where it secured the top animated opening of all time with $272 million and the biggest launch for any Hollywood movie since May 2021. It’s safe to assume that Walt Disney Animation Studios has another billion-dollar hit on its hands, cons

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