Finding Dory on track to get biggest-selling animated film debut ever
The nine-year record is currently held by Shrek the Third
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Your support makes all the difference.Since its release in 2003, Pixar film Finding Nemo became the highest-grossing U-certificate film of all time, a feat since beaten by the studio's very own Toy Story 3.
It's no surprise then that Nemo's long-awaited sequel Finding Dory is doing stellar business at the box office just a few days after its US release.
Such is the film's profit, in fact, it's on the cusp of having the highest-grossing debut in animation history.
Early estimates state that Finding Dory will haul in an impressive $130 million in its opening weekend alone, Variety reports.
It would be easy to assume the record is currently held by a previous Pixar release, but no, it's Shrek the Third riding high at the top of the list with $121.6 million. Despicable Me spin-off Minions is in second place with $115.7 million followed by the aforementioned Toy Story 3 ($110 million).
Finding Dory's box office success would place it as the year's second-biggest opening behind Captain America: Civil War which pulled in a staggering $179 million - the fifth highest of all time. The news is surely a reprieve for studio bigwigs following the news that the US box office had recently suffered a major slump.
Director Andrew Stanton returns for the exceptionally well-received sequel which places Ellen DeGeneres' forgetful fish Dory front and centre of the story. The film is expected to achieve similar success when it's released in the UK on 29 July.
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