Disney's feel-good animated sequel "Zootopia 2" ruled the Thanksgiving box office in North America, taking in $156 million over the five-day holiday weekend, industry estimates showed Sunday.

"Zootopia 2," the buddy cop comedy featuring a menagerie of talking animals battling stereotypes, is the much-anticipated follow-up to the 2016 hit, which won the Oscar for best animated feature.

Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman and Idris Elba are all back for round two.

"This is an outstanding opening for an animation follow-up sequel," said David A. Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research, adding that Disney and Pixar are consistently making more with second episode sequels than with the first film.

"On average, they start 71 percent bigger," Gross said, also noting the film's excellent perform

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