'Finding Dory' Swims Past $300 Million in U.S. at Record Pace
‘Finding Dory’ (Photo: Pixar/Disney via AP)
By Dave McNary, Variety
Finding Dory swam past the $300 million mark at the domestic box office in record time. Disney-Pixar’s sequel hit the milestone in 12 days — the fastest animated film to do so.
The previous record for topping $300 million was 18 days, held by Toy Story 3 and Shrek 2. It’s the 11th animated pic to reach that mark and the seventh from Disney.
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Finding Dory, which stars Ellen DeGeneres as the forgetful fish, took in $14.7 million on Tuesday to lift its domestic total to $311.2 million. Disney has dominated the box office this year with Captain America: Civil War hauling $404 million, The Jungle Book earning $358 million, and Zootopia taking in $334 million.
Finding Dory has collected $433 million worldwide with $121.8 million internationally. It opens in Brazil and the Netherlands this weekend, with the U.K., Korea, Mexico, Japan, Italy, and Germany still to come.
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Finding Dory dominated the U.S. box office in its second weekend with $73 million — the eighth-highest grossing second frame ever and nearly double the debut of Independence Day: Resurgence. It’s likely to win again in the upcoming Fourth of July session, despite the launches of The BFG, The Legend of Tarzan, and The Purge: Election Year.
The original Finding Nemo grossed $300 million domestically and $556 million internationally in 2003.
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