Disney’s Zootopia scored the largest three-day opening for Walt Disney Animation Studios ever as audiences flocked to see the new animated feature.London Has Fallen and Tina Fey’s war comedy Whiskey Tango Foxtrot served as the weekend’s other new wide releases and both largely scored as expected.
Additionally, Deadpool has joined a small group of films, becoming only the third R-rated movie to gross over $300 million at the domestic box office.Zootopia scored an estimated $73.7 million this weekend from 3,827 theaters ($19,258 PTA), which tops the previous March animated opening record set byThe Lorax ($70.2m) and makes it the ninth largest animated opening ever.
It also gives Disney four of the top three slots on the March chart, a worthy achievement though all three remain a long way from the $152.5 million opening of The Hunger Games back in 2012.
