Incredibles 2 crushes animation record with $180 million US
The Pixar film beat opening weekend records held by Finding Dory and Beauty and the Beast
Disney and Pixar's Incredibles 2 has broken the record for the best animated opening of all time and the biggest for a PG-rated film.
Disney estimates Sunday that the film has earned $180 million US in its first weekend in theatres. The previous animation record-holder was another Pixar sequel, Finding Dory, which had a $135 million launch in 2016. It was Disney's live-action Beauty and the Beast that held the record for a PG debut.
Incredibles 2 comes 14 years after The Incredibles and picks up right where the first film left off with the superhero family. Brad Bird returned to write and direct the sequel, which has been overwhelmingly well-received by both critics and audiences.
Incredibles 2 is also the second biggest ever June debut, behind only Jurassic World.
HEALTH ALERT I haven’t seen this mentioned in a lot of places, but the new Incredibles 2 movie (<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/incredibles2?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#incredibles2</a>) is filled with tons of strobe/flashing lights that can cause issues for people with epilepsy, migraines, and chronic illness. This thread is spoiler free
—@veron4icaThank you to everyone for retweeting this, writing articles, and signal boosting my message! My goal of having signs at the ticket counter was reached so that people can be warned about the flashing lights in Incredibles 2. <a href="https://t.co/JljozWlojd">pic.twitter.com/JljozWlojd</a>
—@veron4icaDisney Pixar has asked cinema owners to post printed warnings about the strobe light effects at theatre ticket counters.