Wowed: ‘Dory’ swims into box office history
Movie makes highest opening weekend revenue for an animated film
Dory follows a forgetful fish on a quest to find her parents, much as she did as a supporting character in the 2003 hit Finding Nemo. PHOTO: FILE
LOS ANGELES:
Pixar’s Finding Dory has made box office history, taking in the biggest ever opening weekend revenue for an animated movie.
Dory, voiced by Ellen DeGeneres, earned $135.1 million, according to industry tracker Exhibitor Relations, smashing the $121.6 million take of the previous record holder, 2007’s Shrek the Third.
Just keep swimming: Dory’s journey is relatable says Ellen
The movie earned an 11th weekend at the top of the North American box office for Disney, which owns Pixar and was behind the three top-grossing 2016 films so far — Zootopia, Captain America: Civil War and The Jungle Book. “Finding Dory is almost guaranteed to hit $1 billion worldwide this summer, as the franchise is one of Pixar’s most beloved series,” said Jeff Bock, a box office expert at Exhibitor Relations.
Hello again: Finding the voice of Dory
Dory follows a forgetful fish on a quest to find her parents, much as she did as a supporting character in the 2003 hit Finding Nemo.
The sequel blew away the competition, including Central Intelligence, a comedy with Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and Kevin Hart that also was new in theatres this weekend.
Last week’s top earner, The Conjuring 2, dropped to third place, raking in $15.5 million in its second week in theatres. Now You See Me 2, starring Jesse Eisenberg and Woody Harrelson as illusionists, dropped a notch to fourth after making $9.4 million over the weekend. Fifth with $7.2 million was Warcraft, a CGI extravaganza based on the hit video game World of Warcraft.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 22nd, 2016.
Pixar’s Finding Dory has made box office history, taking in the biggest ever opening weekend revenue for an animated movie.
Dory, voiced by Ellen DeGeneres, earned $135.1 million, according to industry tracker Exhibitor Relations, smashing the $121.6 million take of the previous record holder, 2007’s Shrek the Third.
Just keep swimming: Dory’s journey is relatable says Ellen
The movie earned an 11th weekend at the top of the North American box office for Disney, which owns Pixar and was behind the three top-grossing 2016 films so far — Zootopia, Captain America: Civil War and The Jungle Book. “Finding Dory is almost guaranteed to hit $1 billion worldwide this summer, as the franchise is one of Pixar’s most beloved series,” said Jeff Bock, a box office expert at Exhibitor Relations.
Hello again: Finding the voice of Dory
Dory follows a forgetful fish on a quest to find her parents, much as she did as a supporting character in the 2003 hit Finding Nemo.
The sequel blew away the competition, including Central Intelligence, a comedy with Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and Kevin Hart that also was new in theatres this weekend.
Last week’s top earner, The Conjuring 2, dropped to third place, raking in $15.5 million in its second week in theatres. Now You See Me 2, starring Jesse Eisenberg and Woody Harrelson as illusionists, dropped a notch to fourth after making $9.4 million over the weekend. Fifth with $7.2 million was Warcraft, a CGI extravaganza based on the hit video game World of Warcraft.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 22nd, 2016.