It’s not out in the UK for a little while but U.S. audiences are set to get Finding Dory this coming weekend, and according to the trade papers the film is tracking to bag the biggest opening for an animated movie ever.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the sequel to Finding Nemo, which opens opposite the Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart comedy Central Intelligence this Friday across North America, could topple $100 million with some estimates claiming it could gross near the $120 million mark.
Pixar’s biggest opener to date is the $110.3 million debut of Toy Story 3 in the summer of 2010, but it is DreamWorks Animation’s Shrek the Third (2007) which has the biggest opening of all time in terms on animated features. The film grossed $121.6 million nine summers ago, followed by Illumination Entertainment’s Minions (2015) with $115.7 million.
Well know for sure come Sunday when the weekend estimates come in, but it looks like Disney-Pixar have an absolute monster on their hands. It is also one of those rare movies which has managed to bag some impressive critic scores too.
Finding Dory reunites everyone’s favourite forgetful blue tang, Dory, with her friends Nemo and Marlin on a search for answers about her past. What can she remember? Who are her parents? And where did she learn to speak Whale?
Directed by Andrew Stanton, he film features the voices of Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Ed O’Neill, Kaitlin Olson, Ty Burrell, Eugene Levy and Diane Keaton.
Finding Dory swims into UK cinemas on July 29, 2016.
