Walt Disney's animated Zootopia 2 racked up an estimated US$556 million (S$720.6 million) in global ticket sales over the US Thanksgiving weekend, providing a strong kickoff to Hollywood's crucial holiday moviegoing season.

Nearly half of the film's box office receipts from Wednesday through Sunday (Nov 30) came from China, bucking a trend of Hollywood movies finishing behind locally made films.

The US$272 million tally made Zootopia 2 Hollywood's highest-grossing animated movie in China, surpassing a record set by the first Zootopia in 2016.

Also in theatres, Universal Pictures' movie musical Wicked: For Good claimed US$92.2 million worldwide in its second weekend, bringing its total to US$393.3 million after 10 days.

The fervour for the two films provided welcome news for movie theat

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