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108-496: Zootopia (titled Zootropolis or Zoomania in various regions) is a 2016 American animated buddy cop action comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures . It was directed by Byron Howard and Rich Moore , co-directed by Jared Bush , and produced by Clark Spencer , from a screenplay written by Bush and Phil Johnston , and a story by Howard, Moore, Bush, Johnston, Jim Reardon , Josie Trinidad, and Jennifer Lee . The film stars

216-489: A "bounty hunter pug in space". The common thread running through these ideas was that Howard wanted to do a film similar to Disney's Robin Hood , which also featured animals in anthropomorphic roles. According to Howard, Zootopia emerged from his desire to create something different from other animal anthropomorphic films, where animals either live in the natural world or in the human world. His concept, in which animals live in

324-595: A 4-week period. Zootopia returned to US theaters on June 26 and played through July 2, 2020, alongside The Avengers , and The Greatest Showman . The re-release grossed a total of $ 393,600. On July 20, 2020, it was announced that the film would be returning to theaters in China, along with Big Hero 6 and the Chinese debut of Sonic the Hedgehog on July 31, 2020. As part of Disney's 100th anniversary, Zootopia

432-435: A better than expected $ 75.1 million, which was the biggest non-Pixar Disney animated opening (breaking Big Hero 6 ' s record), the biggest opening weekend among Walt Disney Animation Studios films (breaking Frozen ' s record), the biggest March animated opening (breaking The Lorax ' s record), the seventh-biggest March opening, and the tenth-biggest animated opening of all time. Furthermore, its opening weekend

540-402: A bigger drop than The Lego Movie ' s 27%. It continued to top the box office for the third weekend, earning $ 37.2 million, falling by 28% from its previous weekend while passing the $ 200 million mark. This made it the second-biggest third weekend for a film that did not open at over $ 100 million, behind Avatar ($ 68 million) and ahead of Skyfall ($ 35 million). The film was overtaken by

648-429: A cartoon cat. A subgenre of the buddy cop film is the buddy cop-dog movie , which teams a cop with a dog , but uses the same element of unlikely partnership to create comedic hijinks, such as Turner & Hooch , Top Dog and K-9 . Akira Kurosawa 's 1949 Japanese film Stray Dog , starring Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura , is considered a precursor to the buddy cop film genre. Other early pioneers of

756-449: A city that could actually be inhabited by talking mammals ranging in size from two inches (5.1 cm) to 27 feet (8.2 m) and from drastically different climates, the filmmakers consulted Americans with Disabilities Act specialists and HVAC system designers. For assistance with designing motor vehicles appropriate for so many different types and sizes of mammals, the filmmakers consulted with J Mays , former chief creative officer of

864-419: A delightfully well-orchestrated parable about trust and tolerance versus panic and prejudice. An encouragingly upbeat celebration of love and diversity in times of hate and uncertainty. If that all sounds overly on-message, then fear not—the jokes are funny, the characters engaging, and the animation packed with delicious visual detail... this is proper family fun with genuine cross-generational appeal. Hooray! In

972-510: A domestic or captive status and is living more or less as a wild animal, or one that is descended from such animals. Other definitions include animals that have changed from being domesticated to being wild, natural, or untamed. Some common examples of animals with feral populations are horses , dogs , goats , cats , rabbits , camels , and pigs . Zoologists generally exclude from the feral category animals that were genuinely wild before they escaped from captivity: neither lions escaped from

1080-625: A domestic state. Such observations can provide useful information for the stock breeders or other owners of the domesticated conspecifics (i.e. animals of the same species). American mustangs have been protected since 1971 in part due to their romance and connection to the history of the American West . A similar situation is that of the Danube Delta horse from the Letea Forest in the Danube Delta . The Romanian government

1188-521: A dominant cockerel, several hens, and subordinate cocks. Sometimes the dominant cockerel is designated by a fight between cocks. A feral population can have a significant impact on an ecosystem by predation on vulnerable plants or animals, or by competition with indigenous species. Feral plants and animals constitute a significant share of invasive species , and can be a threat to endangered species . However, they may also replace species lost from an ecosystem on initial human arrival to an area, or increase

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1296-534: A feral state. However, in places where there are few predators, they may thrive, for example in the case of the Soay sheep . Both goats and sheep were sometimes intentionally released and allowed to go feral on island waypoints frequented by mariners, to serve as a ready food source. The dromedary camel, which has been domesticated for over 3,000 years, will also readily go feral. A substantial population of feral dromedaries, descended from pack animals that escaped in

1404-518: A giraffe with nine million strands of fur; a gerbil with 480,000 strands; and a rodent with more strands of hair than the 400,000 that were on Elsa 's head in Frozen . Zootopia was the second time Disney used the Hyperion renderer, which they had first used on Big Hero 6 . A new fur paradigm was added to the renderer to facilitate the creation of realistic images of the animals' dense fur. Nitro,

1512-574: A hilariously strained but effective double act – not least thanks to Goodwin and Bateman's tremendous vocal work, which trips along with the effortless swing and snap of great bebop." Matt Zoller Seitz of RogerEbert.com , despite generally liking the film (three out of four stars), had trouble with the film's central metaphor that conflicted with its message: Zootopia is constantly asking its characters to look past species stereotypes, and not use species-ist language or repeat hurtful assumptions. This all seems clever and noble until you realize that all

1620-425: A kids' version of Crash . Others criticized the use of prey and predator species in the "allegory" while critics at The Root stated positively that the movie acknowledges culpability of systemic racism and white supremacy. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction states that the film "uses its premise to examine cultural biases, stereotypes and prejudices, including conveying a strong anti-racist message. It avoids

1728-409: A limited number of international markets in the weekend ending February 14, earning $ 4.5 million in three markets. It expanded to 22 markets in its second weekend, into 36% of its total international markets, and added $ 31.2 million. It added another $ 33 million in its third weekend with no new markets. In its fourth weekend, it expanded to 45 countries and grossed $ 64.7 million, coming in second place at

1836-479: A modern spin both in terms of its humor and animation style ... and also in its themes, which are meaningful and fascinatingly topical." Writing in British Sunday newspaper The Observer , reviewer Mark Kermode : Very funny, and very likable holiday treat... The ensuing drama is nominally a tale of predators succumbing to their animal instincts while frightened prey fear their neighbours. In fact, it's

1944-411: A modern world designed by animals for animals, was well received by Lasseter, who responded by embracing and lifting Howard "in the air like a baby Simba ". Lasseter suggested that Howard should try combining the 1960s theme with the animal characters, especially the space pug. This led Howard to develop and pitch Savage Seas , an international spy film centered on an arctic hare named "Jack Savage" who

2052-542: A popular Japanese version of the "Try Everything" song by Dream Ami , all helped boost Zootopia ' s performance. Its strong run in the market aided the film to propel past the $ 1 billion mark worldwide. It remained in top three for 11 consecutive weekends and has grossed a total of $ 70.1 million there. On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes , the film has an approval rating of 98% based on 298 reviews, with an average rating of 8.1/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "The brilliantly well-rounded Zootopia offers

2160-438: A pun on the phrase "One's a..." that could be used to describe the contrasts between the two characters in a typical film. The cliché was satirized in the film Last Action Hero . While the movie in itself was a buddy cop film (i.e. pairing a fictional cop with a real world boy), the film's police department obligatorily assigned all cops a conflicting buddy to work with, even to the extreme of one officer being partnered with

2268-506: A real-time display application developed since the making of Wreck-It Ralph , was used to make the fur more consistent, intact, and subtle much more quickly, as opposed to the previous practice of having to predict how the fur would work while making and looking at silhouettes or poses for the character. The tree-and-plant generator Bonsai, first used in Frozen , was used to make numerous variations of trees with very detailed foliage. Zootopia

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2376-427: A record for a non-Pixar Disney animated film, for an animated film opening outside of summer, and seventh-biggest all time for an animated film. Buoyed by good word of mouth , it earned $ 19.5 million on its opening day, also a record for a non-Pixar Disney animated film (breaking Frozen ' s record), and the second-biggest for a March animated film (behind Ice Age: The Meltdown ). In its opening weekend, it scored

2484-726: A risk that genetically engineered characteristics such as pesticide resistance could be transferred to weed plants. The unintended presence of genetically modified crop plants or of the modified traits in other plants as a result of cross-breeding is known as "adventitious presence (AP)". Certain familiar animals go feral easily and successfully, while others are much less inclined to wander and usually fail promptly outside domestication. Some species will detach readily from humans and pursue their own devices, but do not stray far or spread readily. Others depart and are gone, seeking out new territory or range to exploit and displaying active invasiveness. Whether they leave readily and venture far,

2592-529: A serum gun as evidence after a dangerous chase in the subway, but before they can reach the ZPD, Bellwether confronts them in the Natural History Museum and reveals herself to be the mastermind of a prey-supremacist conspiracy. Judy and Nick become trapped in an exhibit, and Bellwether shoots Nick with the serum gun, then orders the ZPD to capture him, but Judy and Nick reveal that they had replaced

2700-415: A thoughtful, inclusive message that's as rich and timely as its sumptuously state-of-the-art animation—all while remaining fast and funny enough to keep younger viewers entertained." It was the site's second-highest-rated film of 2016 behind Moonlight . On Metacritic , the film has a score of 78 out of 100, based on 43 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave

2808-579: A total of $ 175 million, making it the highest-grossing animated film of all time in China. On March 27, its seventeenth day of release, it passed the $ 200 million mark, becoming the first animated film, the second Disney film, and the sixth Hollywood film overall to pass that milestone. It became the highest-grossing animated film of all time and the second-highest-grossing film of 2016, behind only The Mermaid . It opened in Japan on April 23 and earned $ 4 million in its opening weekend, debuting at second place in

2916-561: A young audience during the Brussels Animation Film Festival in Belgium on February 7, and was screened to the general media and audience on February 13. In China, the state's SAPPRFT granted the film a rare two-week extension to play in theaters in addition to its limited 30-day run, which was to have ended on April 3. The film was retitled for theatrical release across several international territories. In

3024-578: A zoo nor the white-tailed eagles re-introduced to the UK are regarded as feral. Domesticated plants that revert to wild are referred to as escaped, introduced, naturalized , or sometimes as feral crops. Individual plants are known as volunteers. Large numbers of escaped plants may become a noxious weed . The adaptive and ecological variables seen in plants that go wild closely resemble those of animals. Feral populations of crop plants, along with hybridization between crop plants and their wild relatives, brings

3132-451: Is "wilder" than the other: a hot-tempered iconoclast is paired with a more even-tempered partner. Often the "wilder" partner is the younger of the two, with the even-tempered partner having more patience and experience. These films sometimes also contain a variation on the good cop/bad cop motif , in which one partner is kinder and law-abiding, while the other is a streetwise, "old school" police officer who tends to break (or at least bend)

3240-520: Is a good girl through and through. But she's not a dumb bunny." The film's score is composed by Michael Giacchino , in his first feature-length project for Walt Disney Animation Studios, as he previously worked on several short films and television specials produced by the company, as well as multiple Pixar films. Recording took place from November 16–20, 2015, with an 80-piece orchestra conducted by Tim Simonec. In addition to her voice role of Gazelle, pop star Shakira also contributed an original song to

3348-558: Is also the fourth-biggest for an original film, behind The Secret Life of Pets , Inside Out , and Avatar . It also performed exceptionally well in IMAX, where the film brought in $ 5.2 million from 366 screens, the second-best animated IMAX opening behind only Toy Story 3 ($ 8.4 million). In its second weekend , it fell gradually by 31% to $ 51.3 million and recorded one of the best holds for an animated film, more or less on par with Wreck-It Ralph ' s second weekend drop of 32%, but

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3456-544: Is common in India. Many feral animals can sometimes be captured at little cost and thus constitute a significant resource. Throughout most of Polynesia and Melanesia feral pigs constitute the primary sources of animal protein. Prior to the Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971 , American mustangs were routinely captured and sold for horsemeat. In Australia, feral goats, pigs, horses, and dromedaries are harvested for

3564-466: Is considering the protection of the feral horses and transforming them into a tourist attraction, after it first approved the killing of the entire population. Due to the intervention of numerous organizations and widespread popular disapproval of the Romanians the horses have been saved, but still have an uncertain fate as their legal status is unclear and local people continue to claim the right to use

3672-593: Is deliberately using the flowers to turn predators savage, she returns to Zootopia and reconciles with Nick. Aided by Mr. Big, they interrogate Weaselton, who admits that a ram named Doug hired him to steal the Night Howler bulbs. They find Doug in a laboratory hidden in Zootopia's subway , where he manufactures a serum from the Night Howlers to use against predators via a dart pistol . Judy and Nick obtain

3780-400: Is one that lives in the wild but is descended from domesticated individuals. As with an introduced species , the introduction of feral animals or plants to non-native regions may disrupt ecosystems and has, in some cases, contributed to extinction of indigenous species . The removal of feral species is a major focus of island restoration . A feral animal is one that has escaped from

3888-582: The American west, they are called mustangs . Other isolated feral populations exist, including the Chincoteague Pony and the Banker horse . They are often referred to as " wild horses ", but this is a misnomer. There are truly "wild" horses that have never been domesticated, most notably Przewalski's horse . While the horse was originally indigenous to North America, the wild ancestor died out at

3996-582: The Ford Motor Company . During the development process, Walt Disney Studios chairman Alan F. Horn suggested that Nick should expressly state his disappointment ("Just when I thought someone actually believed in me...") after discovering that Judy still fears him as a predator. In March 2015, it was revealed that Rich Moore ( Wreck-It Ralph ) had been added as a director of the film, in addition to Jared Bush ( Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero ) as co-director. Disney's most recent work on animating fur

4104-467: The Ninth Circuit , which affirmed the dismissal on April 24, 2019. A card game based on the film called Zootopia: Suspect Search was released, as well as a game for mobile phones titled Zootopia Crime Files . Buddy cop Frequently, although not always, the two heroes are of different ethnicity or cultures. However, regardless of ethnicity, the central difference is normally that one

4212-496: The aurochs , were aggressive, similar to the modern Cape buffalo . Modern cattle, especially those raised on open range, are generally more docile, but when threatened can display aggression. Cattle, particularly those raised for beef , are often allowed to roam quite freely and have established long term independence in Australia , New Zealand and several Pacific Islands along with small populations of semi-feral animals roaming

4320-414: The bird , reptile , and mammal populations. A local population of feral cats living in an urban area and using a common food source is sometimes called a feral cat colony . As feral cats multiply quickly, it is difficult to control their populations. Animal shelters attempt to adopt out feral cats, especially kittens, but often are overwhelmed with sheer numbers and euthanasia is used. In rural areas of

4428-603: The fourth-highest-grossing animated film of all time . Deadline Hollywood calculated the net profit of the film to be $ 294.9 million, when factoring together all expenses and revenues for the film, making it the fifth-most profitable release of 2016. In the United States and Canada, pre-release tracking suggested the film would open to $ 60–70 million from 3,827 theaters in its opening weekend. It played in 3,100 3D theaters, 365 IMAX theaters, and 325 premium large format screens. It earned $ 1.7 million from Thursday previews,

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4536-474: The furry fandom demographic, believing that they would logically be most interested in this film project. Zootopia was released on March 4, 2016, in Disney Digital 3-D , RealD 3D , and IMAX 3D, making it the first Disney animated film shown in domestic IMAX theatres since Treasure Planet (2002). It was shown for the first time to the public as a feature film in an international competition for

4644-399: The mallard duck , wild boar , the rock dove or pigeon, the red junglefowl ( Gallus gallus ) (ancestor of all chickens ), carp , and more recently salmon . Other examples of genetic swamping lie in the breeding history of dingoes . Dingoes are wild true dogs that will interbreed with dogs of other origins, thus leading to the proliferation of dingo hybrids and the possibility of

4752-506: The seventh-highest-grossing film of 2016 , and the tenth-highest-grossing animated film of all time. In June 2020, due the worldwide closure of cinemas during the COVID-19 pandemic and limits on which films played, Zootopia returned to 280 theaters—mostly drive-ins —and grossed $ 393,600. Zootopia received a scattered release as Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures took advantage of school holidays in various markets. The film opened in

4860-419: The $ 100 million mark to become the third animated film in China to do so, after Kung Fu Panda 3 and Monkey King: Hero Is Back . This also marked the single best weekend for an animated film. In mid-March, the combined total of Kung Fu Panda 3 and Zootopia alone broke 2014's record of $ 286 million in box office grosses for American animated features in China. In its third weekend, it grossed $ 40 million for

4968-540: The 1986 film Running Scared starring Gregory Hines and Billy Crystal and the 1987 film Lethal Weapon starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover . The genre was revisited multiple times by Lethal Weapon creator Shane Black , who went on to write The Last Boy Scout , Last Action Hero , Kiss Kiss Bang Bang , and The Nice Guys , all of which play off the mismatched-partners (if not always specifically cops) theme. Feral A feral (from Latin fera  'a wild beast') animal or plant

5076-522: The 19th and early 20th centuries, thrives in the Australian interior today. Water buffalo run rampant in Western and Northern Australia. The Australian government encourages the hunting of feral water buffalo because of their large numbers. Cattle have been domesticated since the neolithic era, but can survive on open range for months or years with little or no supervision. Their ancestors,

5184-526: The CIS ($ 39.2 million), Germany ($ 34.2 million), the UK ($ 34.2 million), France ($ 31.9 million), and South Korea ($ 31.6 million). In China, it is the highest-grossing Disney film in local currency ( ¥ 1.530 billion), surpassing Avengers: Age of Ultron (¥1.464 billion), as well as the seventh-highest-grossing film of all time. In Russia, it is the second-highest-grossing film of all time in local currency ( ₽ 2.3 billion), behind only Avatar (₽3.6 billion). It topped

5292-637: The Pacific Islands. Pigs were introduced to the Melanesian and Polynesian regions by humans from several thousand to 500 years ago, and to the Americas within the past 500 years. In Australia, domesticated pigs escaped in the 18th century, and now cover 40 percent of Australia, with a population estimated at 30 million. While pigs are thought to have been brought to New Zealand by the original Polynesian settlers, this population had become extinct by

5400-520: The Russian and German box office for three weekends, and the Chinese and Korean box office for two weekends. In China, where it was locally known as Crazy Animal City (疯狂动物城), the film exceeded expectations and was considered Hollywood's biggest breakout success in China since 2015's Jurassic World made $ 229 million. It had an opening day of $ 3.4 million on its way to $ 23.6 million for its three-day opening weekend, debuting in second place and scoring

5508-505: The Two Strings . On March 21, 2017, a copyright infringement lawsuit was filed against Disney by Esplanade Productions, a company owned by Gary L. Goldman , the co-screenwriter of Total Recall . The lawsuit claims that Goldman (in 2000 and 2009) pitched a concept to Disney for a live-action film titled Looney , which was about a socially awkward animator who creates a self-inspired TV cartoon called Zootopia . Disney twice rejected

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5616-455: The UK daily newspaper The Daily Telegraph , Robbie Collin noted, "The lion doesn't just lie down with the lamb , they run for City Hall on a joint ticket. It's the diversity dream come true. Or is it? […] Think Busytown by way of Chinatown. It's almost certain to be the most existentially probing talking animal cartoon of the year." Collin added, "Like Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy in 48 Hrs. , albeit considerably cuter, Judy and Nick make

5724-505: The US, excessive numbers of feral cats are often shot. The " trap-neuter-return " method has been used in many locations as an alternative means of managing the feral cat population. The goat is one of the oldest domesticated creatures, yet readily returns to a feral state. Sheep are close contemporaries and cohorts of goats in the history of domestication, but the domestic sheep is vulnerable to predation and injury, and thus rarely seen in

5832-589: The United Kingdom and Ireland with $ 7.5 million, Mexico with $ 4.6 million, Australia with $ 3.2 million, Brazil with $ 2.6 million, and in Italy, on a non-holiday weekend with $ 3.1 million. The film had number-one openings in Austria, Switzerland, Portugal, and South Africa. In the UK and Ireland, with significant competition from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and the animated family film Kung Fu Panda 3 ,

5940-406: The United Kingdom and other European, Middle Eastern, and North African countries, the film was renamed Zootropolis , a reference to the concept of a " metropolis " rather than to that of a " utopia ". This was due to Disney being unable to trademark the name "Zootopia" in these territories for various legal reasons, including Danish Givskud Zoo registering the name Zootopia in 2014. In Germany,

6048-402: The United States on March 4. Zootopia received largely positive reviews from critics, who praised its screenplay, animation, voice acting, subject matter, and Michael Giacchino 's musical score. The film opened to record-breaking box offices in several countries, and earned a worldwide gross of over $ 1   billion, making it the fourth-highest-grossing film of 2016 . Among other accolades ,

6156-412: The ZPD for help, but Manchas vanishes before backup arrives. Bogo demands Judy's resignation, but Nick reminds him that Judy still has 10 hours to solve the case. After leaving the scene with Judy, Nick reveals that as a child, he was bullied by his peers because they had prejudiced beliefs about foxes. At City Hall, Bellwether allows Judy and Nick to access Zootopia's traffic cameras, which reveal Manchas

6264-554: The biggest non-sequel animated opening, as well as the second-biggest three-day opening and IMAX opening for an animated film, behind Kung Fu Panda 3 . In its ninth day of release (a Saturday), it recorded the biggest single-day gross ever for an animated film, with $ 25 million (compared to $ 10.6 million on its first Saturday), and passed the lifetime total of Big Hero 6 to become the highest-grossing Disney animated film in China. In its second weekend, it grossed $ 60 million, an enormous increase of 139% from its previous weekend, and crossed

6372-557: The biodiversity of a human-altered area by being able to survive in it in ways local species cannot. Feral zebu have been reintroduced in Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary in order to replace their ancestor, the aurochs . Animals of domestic origin sometimes can produce fertile hybrids with native, wild animals which leads to genetic pollution (not a clear term itself) in the naturally evolved wild gene pools, many times threatening rare species with extinction . Cases include

6480-427: The box office, behind Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare , and had the third-biggest Walt Disney Animation Studios debut in that market, behind Frozen and Big Hero 6 . Deadline.com pointed out that the average opening number might have been due to the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes , which could have affected moviegoers. In a rare achievement, it topped the box office in its third weekend after two weeks at No. 2. In

6588-568: The buddy cop film genre are the 1967 American film In the Heat of the Night and 1974's Freebie and the Bean . The genre was later popularized by the 1982 film 48 Hrs. , starring Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte , then also the 1984 film Beverly Hills Cop along with its 1987 sequel Beverly Hills Cop II , all three are among the most successful buddy cop films. The genre was further popularized by

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6696-434: The city's assistant mayor, Dawn Bellwether, praises Judy for taking the assignment. Bogo begrudgingly agrees, but demands Judy's resignation if she cannot close the case within 48 hours. Having ascertained that Nick was the last to see Emmitt, Judy blackmails Nick into helping her by covertly recording his confession to tax evasion . They track a limousine that picked up Emmitt and find his belongings inside. They learn that

6804-410: The darts with blueberries and recorded Bellwether's confession. Bellwether and her accomplices are arrested for their crimes, while the still-imprisoned Lionheart publicly denies knowledge of her scheme, insisting that imprisoning the infected predators was "doing the wrong thing for the right reason". The predators are rehabilitated and Judy is reinstated into the ZPD. Months later, Nick graduates from

6912-607: The end of the last ice age . In both Australia and the Americas, modern "wild" horses descended from domesticated horses brought by European explorers and settlers that escaped, spread, and thrived. Australia hosts a feral donkey population , as do the Virgin Islands and the American southwest. The pig has established feral populations worldwide, including in Australia, New Zealand, the United States, New Guinea and

7020-427: The export for their meat trade. At certain times, animals were sometimes deliberately left to go feral, typically on islands, in order to be later recovered for profit or food use for travellers (particularly sailors) at the end of a few years. Populations of feral animals present good sources for studies of population dynamics, and especially of ecology and behavior (ethology) in a wide state of species known mainly in

7128-492: The extinction of pure wild dingoes. Researches in Scotland have remarked on a similar phenomenon of the genetic mixing of feral domestic cats and their wild counterparts. Feral animals compete with domestic livestock, and may degrade fences, water sources, and vegetation (by overgrazing or introducing seeds of invasive plants). Although hotly disputed, some cite as an example the competition between feral horses and cattle in

7236-438: The film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale. Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times considered the movie "funny, smart, [and] thought-provoking". Peter Travers of Rolling Stone wrote that Zootopia "may be the most subversive movie of" 2016, giving the film three-and-a-half stars out of four and praising its timely message about the harm of prejudice in the face of the prevailing xenophobic political rhetoric at

7344-427: The film had a £5.31 million ($ 7.6 million) opening weekend from 579 theaters, including £1.74 million ($ 2.5 million) worth of previews, debuting in second place behind Dawn of Justice and falling just short of Walt Disney Animation Studios' best opening in the UK. It fell just 24% in its second weekend. Zootopia ' s largest markets overseas are China ($ 235.6 million), followed by Japan ($ 70.1 million), Russia and

7452-407: The film titled " Try Everything ", which was written by Sia and Stargate . The soundtrack was released on March 4, 2016, by Walt Disney Records . The first teaser trailer was released online at Walt Disney Animation Studios' YouTube page on June 11, 2015. A second teaser trailer was released online again at Walt Disney Animation Studios' YouTube page on November 23, 2015, featuring a sequence of

7560-541: The film was named one of the top ten best films of 2016 by the American Film Institute and won Best Animated Feature at the 89th Academy Awards . A television spin-off series, Zootopia+ , premiered on Disney+ on November 9, 2022, while a sequel, Zootopia 2 , is scheduled for release on November 26, 2025. In a world inhabited by anthropomorphic animals, Judy Hopps , a rabbit from rural Bunnyburrow, fulfills her childhood dream of becoming

7668-419: The film was titled Zoomania due to a children's book by German author Kay Fischer titled Zootropolis released in 2010. Zootopia was released by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on Blu-ray , Blu-ray 3D , DVD , and Digital HD platforms on June 7, 2016. It includes some bonus material such as "Scoretopia", an alternate opening, and the music video to Shakira's "Try Everything". The film debuted at

7776-474: The film where the main characters encounter a Department of Mammal Vehicles (based on the DMV ) run entirely by sloths. The official theatrical trailer for the film was released online at Walt Disney Animation Studios' YouTube page on New Year's Eve 2015. Figures of Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde were released for Disney Infinity 3.0 on March 1, 2016. In addition, the studio devoted considerable marketing attention to

7884-558: The film's lead character, Judy Hopps, as a welcome change for Disney animated feature film heroines, such as the Disney Princess franchise. She found that unlike those characters' focus on romance or family loyalty, Hopps' focus is on her dream career as a police officer and serving her city. Some were critically divided of the message about universal prejudices of all sorts interpreted as an allegory of American racism. Nico Lang of Consequence of Sound felt that Disney delivered

7992-493: The film. To make the characters' fur even more realistic, they also went to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County to closely observe the appearance of fur with a microscope under a variety of lighting. The filmmakers drew inspiration for Zootopia ' s urban design from major cities including New York City , San Francisco , Las Vegas , Paris , Shanghai , Hong Kong , and Brasília . To develop

8100-493: The first film of 2016 to gross over $ 800 million in ticket sales, and on April 24, became the first film of 2016 to cross $ 900 million. On June 5, the film crossed the $ 1 billion mark, becoming the second film of 2016 to do so (after the studio's own Captain America: Civil War ), the fourth animated film (after Toy Story 3 , Frozen and Minions ), the eleventh Disney film, the third Disney animated film, and

8208-704: The first rabbit police officer in the city of Zootopia. On her first day at the Zootopia Police Department (ZPD), she is given parking duty by Chief Bogo, and is hustled by two con artist foxes, Nick Wilde and Finnick, during her shift. The next day, she abandons her post to arrest small-time crook Duke Weaselton for stealing a bag of crocus bulbs . Later, while Chief Bogo is reprimanding Judy, Mrs. Otterton visits his office, pleading for her husband Emmitt, one of 14 missing predators, to be found. Without first seeking approval, Judy volunteers, and Bogo attempts to fire her for insubordination, but

8316-617: The following two weekends, it continued to increase its ticket sales, and topped the box office there for four consecutive weekends. After four straight wins, it was finally overtaken by the R-rated superhero film Deadpool . It was the No. 1 western/Hollywood film for eight consecutive weekends. The Hollywood Reporter cited that strong word of mouth, audiences watching both the English and Japanese versions, and 3D and 4DX screenings, as well as

8424-411: The international box office, behind the Chinese film Ip Man 3 . $ 3.3 million came from IMAX showings. It finally topped the box office in its fifth weekend after a strong second-weekend gross in China. It added $ 89.3 million from 45 countries, an increase of 25% from its previous weekend. It remained in first place for the second time in its sixth weekend, before Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice took

8532-431: The limousine is owned by Mr. Big, an arctic shrew crime boss whom Nick has a history with. Mr. Big reveals that Emmitt unexpectedly "went savage " and mindlessly attacked the limousine's chauffeur, Manchas, a black jaguar . Judy and Nick question Manchas, who explains that Emmitt yelled about "Night Howlers" before attacking him. Manchas suddenly turns savage himself and chases Judy and Nick. Judy traps Manchas and calls

8640-650: The new mayor. Judy, praised for solving the case, asks Nick to join the ZPD as her partner. At a press conference, Judy accidentally implies the savageness epidemic was caused by the physiology that all predators possess. Disappointed and offended by the remarks, Nick abandons Judy, whose comments subsequently incite fear and discrimination against predators throughout Zootopia. Wracked with guilt, she quits her job and returns to Bunnyburrow. While managing her parents' vegetable stand, Judy learns that Night Howlers are actually Midnicampum flowers, which have severe, lasting psychotropic effects if ingested. Realizing that someone

8748-453: The pitch, but Goldman accused the company of copying the name, themes, settings, and character tropes. Filed with the lawsuit was a graphic of early concept artwork of characters that are claimed to appear similar to major characters from the film, including Nick Wilde, Judy Hopps, Flash, and Chief Bogo. A Disney spokesperson described the lawsuit as being "ridden with patently false allegations". After months of back-and-forth deliberation between

8856-457: The police academy, becoming Judy's partner and the first fox police officer. Development of the film that would come to be called Zootopia began when Byron Howard pitched six story ideas to Disney Animation chief creative officer and executive producer John Lasseter , of which three involved animal characters: an all-animal adaptation of The Three Musketeers , a 1960s-themed story about a "mad doctor cat...who turned children into animals", and

8964-560: The role's similarity to many other roles he had done since he was 12. He explained that he had said to the directors: "'What kind of voice do you guys want me to do?' And they just looked at me like I was an idiot and said, 'Just do what you do. Just talk.'" Commenting on the casting of Goodwin, Moore said that she brought "very centered sweetness, tremendous heart and a great sense of humor"; he described Judy as "a little Pollyanna mixed with Furiosa ". Goodwin stated about her character: "People mistake kindness for naïveté or stupidity, and she

9072-416: The rules. Another frequent plot device of this genre is placing one of the partners in an unfamiliar setting (like a different city or foreign country) or role (like requiring police field work of a non-cop, rookie, or office-bound "desk jockey"). In these cases, they are usually guided by the other partner. In his review of Rush Hour , Roger Ebert coined the term "Wunza Movie" to describe this subgenre,

9180-414: The southwestern United States and northern Mexico . Such cattle are variously called mavericks , scrubbers or cleanskins. Most free roaming cattle, however untamed, are generally too valuable not to be eventually rounded up and recovered in closely settled regions. Horses and donkeys , domesticated about 5000 BCE, are feral in open grasslands worldwide. In Australia , they are known as Brumbies ; in

9288-580: The species A = race Y trap; though the viewer needs to accept that, in this context, animal behaviour is being treated as a stereotype." The film was chosen by the American Film Institute as one of the top ten films of 2016 , and won the Academy Award , Golden Globe , Critics Choice Movie Award and Annie Award for Best Animated Feature Film. It also received a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film , which it lost to Kubo and

9396-431: The spy film turned out to be its first act, set in a city created by and for animals. To focus on the all-animal city, Howard eventually dropped the 1960s setting, along with the espionage and international aspects, and changed the film into a contemporary police procedural in which Nick Wilde was the lead role and Judy Hopps was essentially his sidekick . For a while, "the filmmakers were very committed" to that version of

9504-531: The stereotypes about various animals are to some extent true, in particular the most basic one carnivores eat herbivores because it's in their nature. If Zootopia were a bit vaguer, or perhaps dumber and less pleased with itself, it might have been a classic, albeit of a very different, less reputable sort. As-is, it's a goodhearted, handsomely executed film that doesn't add up in the way it wants to. Also in The Daily Telegraph , Rosa Prince singled out

9612-509: The story, but then in November 2014, the filmmakers realized the film's plot would be more engaging if they reversed the roles to instead focus on Hopps as opposed to Wilde. The change in perspective involved dropping several characters, including two characters known as "The Gerbil Jerks" who were described as "trust-fund gerbils that had nothing better to do than harass Nick." In May 2013, The Hollywood Reporter initially reported that Howard

9720-525: The subject of the documentary film, The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill ) being particularly successful outside of their native habitats and adapting well to suburban environments. Wild cocks are derived from domestic chickens ( Gallus gallus domesticus ) who have returned to the wild. Like the red junglefowl (the closest wild relative of domestic chickens), wild cocks will take flight and roost in tall trees and bushes in order to avoid predators at night. Wild cocks typically form social groups composed of,

9828-464: The superhero film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice in its fourth weekend, despite only a marginal decline. It spent a total of 13 consecutive weeks in the top ten, more than any other film except for Avatar (14 weeks) and Frozen (16 weeks) over the last decade. It ended its theatrical run on August 4, 2016, after playing in theaters for a total of 154 days. It became the second-highest-grossing Walt Disney Animation Studios film (behind Frozen ),

9936-533: The time of European colonization, and all feral pigs in New Zealand today are descendants of European stock. Many European wild boar populations are also partially descended from escaped domestic pigs and are thus feral animals within the native range of the ancestral species. Rock doves were formerly kept for their meat or more commonly as racing animals and have established feral populations in cities worldwide. Colonies of honey bees often escape into

10044-466: The time of the film's release, and the film's humor. Peter Debruge at Variety opined that Zootopia "plays directly to the studio's strength". IGN reviewer Eric Goldman gave the film a 9.0 out of 10 'Amazing' score, saying " Zootopia is a wonderful example of how Disney, at its best, can mix its past and present together in a very cool, compelling way. It takes the classic animation trope of animals walking, talking, and acting like humans, but gives it

10152-539: The top of the home media sales chart for the week ending on June 12, 2016. The film made a revenue of $ 89.6 million from home media sales with 4.4 million units sold, making it the third best-selling title of 2016 behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Finding Dory . Zootopia was released on 4K Blu-ray on November 5, 2019. On June 22, 2020, amid the reopening of theaters due to the COVID-19 global pandemic , Disney announced that Zootopia , along with 11 other Disney owned titles, were to return to US theaters during

10260-635: The top spot. It passed the $ 500 million mark in its eighth weekend. In its opening weekend—which varied between markets—the film grossed $ 3.1 million in Spain and an additional $ 1.7 million in Belgium and Denmark. In Belgium, it had the biggest ever animated opening for a Disney or Pixar film. It broke opening records for a non-Pixar Disney animated film in China ($ 23.6 million), France ($ 8.1 million), Russia ($ 7.8 million), Germany ($ 6.6 million), Hong Kong ($ 1.5 million), Poland ($ 1.2 million), and India. It opened in

10368-435: The twenty-sixth film overall to reach the milestone. Worldwide, it was the fourth-highest-grossing film of 2016 (behind Civil War , Rogue One , and Finding Dory ), the second-highest-grossing animated film of 2016, the second-highest-grossing Walt Disney Animation Studios film (second-highest overall) of all time in its original release (after Frozen ), the second-highest-grossing original film (behind Avatar ), and

10476-422: The two parties, U.S. District Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald dismissed the infringement claims on November 8, 2017. As stated in the final review, "Goldman's effort to make the plots of Looney and Zootopia seem similar were strained. All the purported similarities between the two works were themes, not plot points or sequences of events, that were too general to be protected by copyright law." Esplanade appealed to

10584-539: The ultimate criterion for success is longevity . Persistence depends on their ability to establish themselves and reproduce reliably in the new environment . Neither the duration nor the intensity with which a species has been domesticated offers a useful correlation with its feral potential. The cat returns readily to a feral state if it has not been socialized when young. Feral cats, especially if left to proliferate, are frequently considered to be pests in both rural and urban areas, and may be blamed for devastating

10692-571: The voices of Ginnifer Goodwin , Jason Bateman , Idris Elba , Jenny Slate , Nate Torrence , Bonnie Hunt , Don Lake , Tommy Chong , J. K. Simmons , Octavia Spencer , Alan Tudyk , and Shakira . The film follows a rookie police officer rabbit and a con artist fox as they work together to uncover a conspiracy involving the disappearance of predators. Zootopia premiered at the Brussels Animation Film Festival in Belgium on February 13, 2016, and went into general theatrical release in Disney Digital 3-D , RealD 3D , IMAX 3D , and 4DX formats in

10800-487: The western United States. Another example is of goats competing with cattle in Australia, or goats that degrade trees and vegetation in environmentally-stressed regions of Africa. Accidental crossbreeding by feral animals may result in harm to breeding programs of pedigreed animals; their presence may also excite domestic animals and push them to escape. Feral populations can also pass on transmissible infections to domestic herds. Loss to farmers by aggressive feral dog population

10908-470: The wild from managed apiaries when they swarm ; their behavior, however, is no different from their behavior in captivity, unless they breed with other feral honey bees of a different genetic stock, which may lead them to become more docile or more aggressive (see Africanized bees ). Large colonies of feral parrots are present in various parts of the world, with rose-ringed parakeets , monk parakeets and red-masked parakeets (the latter of which became

11016-420: Was abducted by timberwolves , whom Judy assumes are the Night Howlers. Following the wolves, Judy and Nick locate Emmitt, Manchas and the other missing predators, who are all "savage" and imprisoned in an asylum . Zootopia's mayor, Leodore Lionheart , had ordered their capture, and is trying to secretly ascertain what caused their feral behavior. Lionheart and the asylum staff are arrested, and Bellwether becomes

11124-405: Was also able to control an unseen "imaginary" under-layer that gave fur a degree of plushness not seen before. This feature was used to create characters like Officer Clawhauser, who has a big head that is entirely made of spotted fur. Characters with noteworthy numbers of strands of hair or fur included both of the two lead characters, Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde, who each had around 2.5 million hairs;

11232-755: Was directing the film and that Jason Bateman had been cast, but little else about the film was known at the time. Zootopia was first officially announced on August 10, 2013, at the D23 Expo , with a March 2016 release date. Research for the film took place in Disney's Animal Kingdom , as well as in Kenya and the San Diego Zoo Safari Park , where animators spent eight months studying various animals' walk cycles as well as fur color. Eight hundred thousand forms of mammals were created for and featured in

11340-455: Was for the titular character of the 2008 film Bolt , but the software they had used at the time was not ready for creating the realistic fur of the animals of Zootopia . Therefore, the studio's IT engineers developed the fur-controlling software "iGroom", which gave character designers precise control over the brushing, shaping, and shading of fur and made it possible to create a variety of eccentric character styles for each animal. The software

11448-655: Was produced in makeshift quarters in a giant warehouse in North Hollywood (together with Moana ) while Disney Animation's headquarters in Burbank was being renovated. On May 6, 2015, Bateman and Ginnifer Goodwin were announced as having been cast, respectively, in the roles of Nick Wilde and Judy Hopps. The filmmakers chose Bateman because they wanted an actor who could bring "a funny yet heartfelt side" with "a wily, dry-witted sort of voice". Bateman described his character as "a crafty, sarcastic schemer", remarking on

11556-516: Was re-released in Helios theaters across Poland on October 22, 2023. Zootopia grossed $ 341.3 million in the U.S. and Canada and $ 682.5 million in other countries for a worldwide total of $ 1.024 billion, against a budget of $ 150 million. On March 18, 2016, the film reached the $ 500 million mark, becoming the third consecutive Walt Disney Animation Studios film to reach the milestone after Frozen (2013) and Big Hero 6 (2014). On April 5, it became

11664-621: Was somewhat like James Bond . It was around this time that screenwriter Jared Bush was hired to work on the film; he was excited to work on a spy film because his own father and grandfather had worked for the Central Intelligence Agency . Howard and Bush continued to develop the film with the assistance of the Disney Story Trust, the studio's top creative personnel who meet regularly to review and discuss all projects in development. The most delightful part of

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