Expect Disney to rebound nicely this weekend with its first release following the lackluster box-office performance from the « Star Wars » movie, « Solo, » a few…
Expect Disney to rebound nicely this weekend with its first release following the lackluster box-office performance from the « Star Wars » movie, « Solo, » a few weeks ago.
Its Pixar shingle will release the long-anticipated « Incredibles 2, » and by the numbers coming out of its Thursday night previews, it’s looking like Disney will be getting another record-breaking performance from the animated studio by Sunday.
« Incredibles 2, » which is the sequel to the hit 2004 movie about a family with superhero powers in hiding, took in a huge $18.5 million at Thursday previews, according to Deadline. That shatters the previous record held by fellow Pixar release « Finding Dory » in 2016 of $9.2 million.
« Finding Dory » went on to take in $135 million its opening weekend to set the record for biggest opening ever by an animated movie. The start by « Incredibles 2 » makes it look like it will pass « Finding Dory » for the top spot by the end of the weekend.
It should also be helped by good reviews. The movie currently has a 94% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Thursday night performance by « Incredibles 2 » also did better that some big name live-action titles. The Hollywood Reporter pointed out that its $18.5 million outpaced the live-action « Beauty and the Beast » ($16.3 million), « Spider-Man: Homecoming » ($15.4 million), and « Thor: Ragnarok » ($14.5 million). All three of those movies went on to not just have over $100 million opening weekends, but easily earned over $800 million worldwide for their box-office runs.
2004’s « The Incredibles » earned over $633 million worldwide at the box office.
