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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Entertainment
Dominique Hines

Woke wins: Zootopia 2 tackles colonialism and race while storming the Box Office with $140m

After ten years, Disney has returned to Zootopia with a sequel that surprises with its subject matter as much as its success.

Zootopia 2 - released as Zootropolis 2 in the UK due to a trademark issue - has stormed the box office, taking in $140 million (£122 m) over its first five days, and proving that “socially conscious storytelling” in animation can also be commercially triumphant.

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