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Zootopia 2 is now Walt Disney Animation’s highest-grossing movie ever
![[L-R] Nick Wilde (voiced by Jason Bateman) and Judy Hopps (voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin) in Walt Disney Animation Studios' "Zootopia 2." From the Oscar®-winning team of Disney Animation chief creative officer Jared Bush and Byron Howard (directors) and Yvett Merino (producer), Zootopia 2 opens in theaters Nov. 26. © 2025 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.](https://img.pastemagazine.com/wp-content/avuploads/2025/12/01181728/zootopia-2-feature.jpg)
Although still trailing behind Marvel’s biggest hits (and Inside Out 2) Zootopia 2 snatched the record from Frozen 2.
Read This: How MUBI has been operating in the wake of its big nasty funding controversy
MUBI has reportedly lost more than 10,000 subscribers after accepting money from a venture capital firm with ties to Israeli defense contractors.
Female-directed films reached a seven-year low in 2025
A new study from USC’s Annenberg Inclusion Institute found that studios stopped investing in women before DEI became a politically charged.
Polite man Jesse Plemons still very diplomatic about Friday Night Lights‘ Landry murder plot
The worst Plemons will say about the infamous plot detour is calling it a “really extreme storyline that does not seem too rooted in something realistic.”