**🔥 Box Office Shockers! ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’ Smashes $63M U.S. Debut 🎥 | ‘Zootopia 2’ Roars Past $915M Worldwide 🌍**

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**‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’ opens with a massive $63M U.S. debut, dominating the box office 🔥. Meanwhile, Disney’s ‘Zootopia 2’ crosses an incredible $915M globally 🌎✨. Get the full breakdown, records, and what comes next!**

Animatronics are making magic at the year-end box office, between sequels Five Nights at Freddy’s and Zootopia 2.

Five Nights at Freddy’s 2, opening two months after Black Phone 2 put horror maestro Jason Blum back in the driver’s seat, topped the domestic box office chart with a sizeable $63 million from 3,412 theaters to score the top opening ever for the post-Thanksgiving frame, among other milestones.

Overseas, the Universal and Blumhouse movie took an equally stellar $46.1 million from 76 markets for an early global total of $109 million against a net production of $36 million before marketing.

Critics snubbed the profit monster — Freddy 2‘s current ranking on Rotten Tomatoes is 13 percent, compared to 33 percent for the first — but audiences don’t seem to give a hoot. Freddy’s 2 earned a B CinemaScore (not bad for a horror title) and strong exits. And while it won’t match the $80 million domestic launch of the first Five Nights at Freddy‘s, it’s hard to compare the two because of markedly different play patterns.

Other milestones domestically: the sequel looks to score the second-best horror opening of the year so far domestically behind Atomic Monster’s The Conjuring Last Rites (Atomic Monster and Blumhouse merged in 2024); the year’s highest opening so far for a PG-13 horror pic ahead of Predator: Badlands; and the highest December horror opening ever at the domestic box office ahead of Scream 2. Overseas, it is likewise the second-best opening of the year.

In 2023, Blumhouse’s box-office horror phenomenon Five Nights at Freddy’s, based on the blockbuster game series by Scott Cawthon about the oversized animatronic animal figures that inhabit Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza, became the highest-grossing horror film of the year in earning north of $300 million globally. Josh Hutcherson returns to lead the cast, with Emma Tammi also returning to direct.

The sequel topped Friday’s chart with a whopping $30.1 million, including previews.

Walt Disney Animation’s record-smashing Thanksgiving tentpole Zootopia 2 easily came in second in its third weekend with $43 million from 4,000 sites, bringing its domestic total to $220.6 million. Overseas, the sequel took in another $219 million for an astonishing foreign tally of $695.3 million as it speeds toward the $1 billion mark at the global box office. Only one other Hollywood pic has achieved that feat so far this year, Disney’s Lilo & Stitch.

Zootopia continues to make history in China, where it has now earned $430 million to rank as the second-biggest Hollywood title of all time behind Avengers: Endgame, unadjusted. And it debuted to $12.3 million in Japan, the second-biggest Hollywood launch of all time behind fellow Disney animated blockbuster Frozen 2. Other milestones: it is already the biggest international grosser of the year among Western releases, helping to push Disney past the $5 billion mark in worldwide ticket sales for the second year in a row, and only the third time since 2018 (no other studio has ever cleared the $5 billion mark).

Universal and Jon M. Chu‘s Wicked: For Good fell a relatively steep 73 percent in its third weekend to an estimated $16.8 million from 3,985 locations for an impressive domestic tally of $297 million through Sunday. Still, that’s behind the $322.1 million earned by the first Wicked at the same point in time (the first installment, opening over Thanksgiving 2024, declined 55 percent in its third outing). Similar to Zootopia, Wicked 2 shattered numerous records during its opening weekend before Thanksgiving. Execs both inside and outside of Universal believe Wicked: For Good still has plenty of time to make up ground.

Internationally, Wicked: For Good grossed $13 million from 80 markets for a foreign total of $143.2 million and $440.1 million globally.

GKIDS’ new anime pic Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution came in fourth in North America with an estimated $10 million from 1,823 cinemas.

Two Lionsgate titles came in fourth and fifth — Now You See Me: Now You Don’t and Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair.

Now You See Me celebrated crossing $200 million in worldwide ticket sales after earning another $3.5 million domestically from 2,626 theaters and $9 million overseas from 85 markets. The pic’s domestic tally through Sunday is $55.3 million and north of $154.3 million overseas for an estimated global total of nearly $210 million.

The Whole Bloody Affair took in an impressive $3.25 million from 1,198 sites. The project unites 2003’s Kill Bill: Vol 1 and 2004’s Kill Bill: Vol 2 for the first time and includes a new and never-before-seen anime sequence. The film’s run time is well over four hours — or 281 minutes — but that, thankfully, includes a 15-minute intermission.

At the specialty box office, Focus Features’ awards contender Hamnet came in eighth place as it expanded into 744 theaters, grossing an estimated $2.3 million for an early domestic cume of $4.2 million. The plan is to go slowly in terms of rolling out the drama in order to take advantage of various nominations.

Dec. 7, 7:56 a.m.: Updated with revised estimates.

**Not to His Sons or Daughters? The Real Mystery Behind Dharmendra’s Multi-Crore Land Transfer 😮🏡💰**

 Dharmendra’s land transfer worth crores sparks curiosity 😮🏡. If not to his sons or daughters, then who? Discover the truth behind the viral speculation. 🔍💰

Despite being a legendary Bollywood actor, Dharmendra's roots could never be far from his native lands. Despite his property worth crores, his heart felt at peace in the village's farming and rural areas.

According to Indian media, the late actor Dharmendra had to leave the village first due to his father's job transfer and then due to his film career, but other members of his family were living in the same village.

 Even during his busy career, whenever Dharmendra got a break, he would leave all the luxuries and head to his ancestral home in Dangon, about 25 kilometers from Ludhiana.

According to Indian media, about a decade ago, Dharmendra had transferred his ancestral land to his cousin, as this cousin had taken care of the land in Dharmendra's absence. The value of this land has been reported in Indian media as 50 million Indian rupees.

Recently, Dharmendra's nephew Bota Singh Deol told the media that 'Uncle Dharmendra, during a visit to the village in 2016, had donated 19 kanals and 3 marla land to my father Manjit Singh and my uncle Shangara Singh. Despite the fame and immense love around him, Dharmendra always remained in touch with his family and childhood friends in Punjab (India). Dharmendra last visited the village in 2019, when Sunny Deol was contesting elections from Gurdaspur.'

According to Indian media, Dharmendra never moved to Punjab again in his life, but he built a spacious farm in Khandala near Mumbai.

He spent many years of his life on this land. During the Corona lockdown, Dharmendra shared several videos from his farm with his fans.

**I’m a Celeb 2025 Live: Fifth Star Sent Home After Kelly Brook’s Shocking Exit Bombshell 😲⭐🚨**

 

Drama unfolds on I’m a Celeb 2025! 😲 The fifth star is eliminated after Kelly Brook’s bombshell exit — discover who left and what shocked everyone. 📺🔥👀

What a twist on **I’m a Celeb 2025**! 🚨 The fifth star has been eliminated — all after a jaw-dropping exit bombshell dropped by Kelly Brook 😲⭐

Tap now to see the shocking moment and get all the behind-the-scenes drama 🎬🔥

The eliminations are ramping up on I’m a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! with the grand final now only days away.

The competition is fast approaching its final stages, and Ruby Wax is the latest star to be booted from the jungle following on from the exit of Kelly Brook the night before.

Wednesday’s episode (3 December) saw the aftermath of Kelly’s farewell confession in which she informed her campmates that Aitch, Angryginge and herself had previously taken more than their fair share of milk bottles.

The bombshell did not land quite as intended, however, with Aitch and Angryginge keeping up the lie and telling their fellow contestants that there were only 13 sweets when there were, in fact, 20.

Elsewhere during the episode, the stars rallied around Jack Osbourne who tearfully revealed that it would have been his father’s birthday. Metal music legend Ozzy Osbourne would have been 77.

I’m a Celebrity continues nightly on ITV and ITVX.

Giraffe's sudden death shocks zoo staff Fenn was born in May at the North Carolina Zoo and was beloved by staff and visitors before his passing on Wednesday.

 The North Carolina Zoo reported that a dearest giraffe passed on Wednesday subsequent to becoming frightened by another giraffe.

Fenn, a 6-month-old giraffe, was surprised by another giraffe, took off and collided with an entryway, making Fenn fall. Zoo authorities said Fenn experienced huge head and neck injury, making the creature pass on later in the day in the wake of getting care from zoo veterinarians.

The zoo is giving a pain guide to staff individuals, whom the zoo said were "stunned and crushed by Fenn's terrible passing."

Fenn was brought into the world on May 20 standing 6 feet tall and weighing 145 pounds. He was offered the name Fenn after 100,000 fans casted a ballot online to pay tribute to Giraffe Preservation Establishment originators Julian and Stephanie Fennessy.

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"Fenn was a lively and energetic expansion to the giraffe group (or pinnacle) and immediately turned into a loved individual from the Zoo people group," the zoo said. "His fun loving tricks and enchanting nature charmed him to staff and guests the same. He will be recalled with affection and love by all who knew him."

As per the Giraffe Preservation Establishment, giraffes normally live in the wild to progress in years 25, however can live longer in bondage. The Giraffe Preservation Establishment said More than half of giraffe calves don't endure their first year in that frame of mind while.

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Giraffes are as yet dependent on their nursing moms for the initial 9 a year of life.