Zootopia 2 after making a $1 billion at the global box office, is no. 1 in its third weekend at the U.S. box office with $25M.

In a double win, the animated blockbuster is also pulling ahead of 'Five Nights at Freddy's' to rule the roost at this weekend's box office.

Disney's Zootopia 2 is on its way to becoming one of Disney's biggest movies ever, already grossing close to $1 billion since it opened on Thanksgiving weekend. That puts it on coarse to potentially surpass The Lion King and Inside Out 2, which both took over $1.6 billion.

As of today, Zootopia has grossed more than $232 million domestically and $753 million internationally. Thankfully, rather than protecting its characters, Disney is now allowing anyone to make a Zootopia sequel on their phone.

The Zootopia franchise is no stranger to riffing on and paying tribute to classic movies and television shows. The first Zootopia features an amusing Breaking Bad reference, and the character Mr. Big ( Maurice LaMarche) is a fairly obvious homage to The Godfather.

The real cherry on top for me regarding this Zootopia 2 joke is the filmmaking team it comes from. The movie is co-directed by Byron Howard with Walt Disney Animation Studios’ CCO Jared Bush as the other co-director and writer. And, Howard specifically is also the director of the original Tangled.