Zootopia (known as Zootropolis in some regions[1]) is a 2016 American animated buddy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The film was directed by Byron Howard and Rich Moore and was based on a screenplay written by Jared Bush (who also co-directed) and Phil Johnston.[2] Zootopia focuses on the unlikely partnership between an ambitious rabbit police officer, Judy Hopps (voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin) and a crafty red fox con artist, Nick Wilde (voiced by Jason Bateman) as they uncover a conspiracy behind the mysterious disappearance of predators from a mammalian metropolis.[3]
Zootopia premiered on February 11, 2016, in Denmark[4] before going into wide release in more than 3,800 theaters in the United States and Canada on March 4.[5] Made on a production budget of $150 million, Zootopia grossed a worldwide total of over $1 billion at the box office.[5][6] On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 98% based on 298 reviews.[7]
Zootopia has received various awards and nominations. At the 89th Academy Awards, the film won Best Animated Feature. It also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film, losing to Kubo and the Two Strings. At the 44th Annie Awards, Zootopia received eleven nominations and won six including Best Animated Feature and Outstanding Achievement, Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production for Bateman. The film won Best Animated Motion Picture at the 28th Producers Guild of America Awards. Goodwin received the Best Animated Female award from the Alliance of Women Film Journalists and received nominations from the People's Choice Awards, and the Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association. Musician Sia and music producers Stargate garnered a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media for "Try Everything", performed by Shakira. The American Film Institute included Zootopia in their list of the top ten of 2016.
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