Opinion/BOX OFFICE

NZ box office report: Zootopia 2 holds on to #1

Our weekly guide to what’s happening at the Aotearoa box office.

By Steve Newall|12 Dec 2025

Box office updates thanks to Numero.

Animated animal cop caper Zootopia 2 maintained its grip on top spot at the box office this week, ahead of fellow sequel Five Nights at Freddy’s 2. Wicked: For Good is in third spot, and ol’ Rieu eyes himself rounds out the top four with André Rieu’s 2025 Christmas Concert: Merry Christmas.

Zootopia 2

2025

Dir: Byron Howard, Jared Bush

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Here are the top 10 films at the Aotearoa box office, Dec 4-10:

1. Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney) $789,298 (cume total 1,956,010)
2. Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 (Universal) $566,371 (new release)
3. Wicked: For Good (Universal) $390,944 (cume total $3,159,169)
4. André Rieu’s 2025 Christmas Concert: Merry Christmas (Piece of Magic Entertainment) $257,762 (new release)
5. Nuremberg (Madman) $257,719 (new release)
6. Dhurandhar (Moviegoers Entertainment) $196,925 (new release)
7. JUJUTSU KAISEN: Execution (Sony) $106,514 (new release)
8. Now You See Me: Now You Don’t (Roadshow) $98,807 (cume total $969,927)
9. Eternity (A24) $65,410 (new release)
10. Predator: Badlands (Walt Disney) $39,718 (cume total $1,051,763)

Steve Newall

Steve has been the editor of Flicks since 2012, is heard weekly on Newstalk ZB and 95bFM, and is on the boards of Show Me Shorts, the NZ Fraud Film Festival and Independent Music Venues Aotearoa.

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