"This weekend belongs to Walt Disney’s Zootopia, which is headed for a record opening of $70M-$74M, the best ever for an original Disney/non-Pixar animated film. That figure kicks aside Frozen’s $67.4M wide release debut. Inclusive of $1.7M in Thursday previews, Zootopia‘s opening stands at $19.5M, which beats Frozen’s first wide day of ZOOTOPIA$15.2M (the Wednesday before Thanksgiving). Audiences are embracing this animated film directed by Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Jared Bush with an A Cinemascore and a 98% fresh Rotten Tomatoes score."
Update: Zootopia is showing more muscle than originally expected, so much so that it’s now cutting into 10 Cloverfield Lane‘s business, $51M to $24.7M. The total B.O. for the Disney original animated film swells to $143M through 10 days, pacing 52% ahead of Frozen over the same period. This puts Paramount/Bad Robot’s spinoff at the lower end of its opening weekend projections.
http://deadline.com/2016/03/10-clove...ce-1201718537/