The Finding Nemo sequel is breaking records.
On Friday, Disney/Pixar’s Finding Dory grossed $54.95 million, making it the biggest single day at the box office for an animated movie. The previous record-holder was 2007’s Shrek the Third with $47 million. With such a big debut, the projections for Finding Dory’s opening weekend are now in the $130-$140 million range.
Finding Dory could also have the biggest opening weekend ever for an animated film. To do so, it will need to beat Shrek the Third’s debut of $121.6 million. It is also likely the film will have the biggest Pixar opening, beating out the $110.3 million debut by Toy Story 3 back in 2010. If it hits the $140 million mark this weekend, it will have the third-highest debut of 2016 behind Captain America: Civil War ($179 million) and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice ($166 million).
Finding Dory, directed by Andrew Stanton and Angus MacLane, stars Albert Brooks, Ed O’Niel, Idris Elba, Diane Keaton, Sigourney Weaver and Hayden Rolence.
Check out our interview with Ellen DeGeneres about the film below:
