By Lisa Richwine

LOS ANGELES, Nov 30 (Reuters) – Walt Disney’s animated “Zootopia 2” racked up an estimated $556 million in global ticket sales over the U.S. 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 came from China, bucking a trend of Hollywood movies finishing behind locally made films.

The $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 theaters, Universal Pictures’ movie musical “Wicked: For Good” claimed $92.2 million worldwide in its second weekend, bringing its total to $393.3 million after 10 days.

The fervor for the two films provided welc

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