Categories
Business Movies

Finding Dory Tops the Box Office Breaking Records

Finding Dory topped the box office this weekend earning an estimated $136.2 million continuing Disney’s dominance at the movies this year. It’s the largest opening weekend for an animated feature. Finding Nemo earned $70.2 million when it opened in 2003.

The film earned an “A” CinemaScore with an audience that was 45% male and 55% female, 65% made up by families and 32% 12 and under.

The film also has the largest single day and opening day for an animated film with $54.9 million, though that includes $9.2 million from Thursday.

The film also earned an estimated $50 million in 29 international territories for a total of $186.2 million.

In second place was Central Intelligence with an estimated $34.5 million, a respectable opening for the film.

In comic related film news…. X-Men: Apocalypse added $5.21 million to its domestic total to come in sixth. The film has now earned $510.1 million worldwide. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows added $5.2 million to its total as well to come in seventh. That film stands at $142.7 million worldwide. Captain America: Civil War crosses the $400 million mark and stands at $401.3 million after bringing in an estimated $2.3 million at the domestic box office.

Next weekend sees the opening of Independence Day: Resurgence. Expect that film to top the box office.

By Brett

Brett is a political consultant who resides in Arlington, VA. He grew up in Cleveland, OH and Buffalo, NY and attended the University at Buffalo, majoring in Political Science.
Since then Brett has made his mark on politics working in various positions such as a Legislative Staffer for the Erie County Legislature, Special Assistant for Senator John Kerry, as the Database Administrator for Forward Together PAC, Database Director for Chris Dodd for President, and Internet/Database Director for Virginians for Brian Moran, and Email Deliverability Czar for Salsa Labs and NGP VAN.
In 2007 Brett formed 5B Consulting providing his expertise on database solutions, new media and email strategy.
He's a long time geek, reading comics since he was a child and learning to spell his name on an Atari 800. When he's not working, he's reading comics, playing video games and relaxing with a nice cup of tea.
You can follow him on Twitter @bhschenker