Surprised that My Big Fat... is holding up! :o

The Jungle Book has opened to $103.4M in America and £9.6M in the UK :o :o

Absolutely terrific and shockingly big numbers :o

Wow! I guess the bad weather really helped this weekend, but it's got great reviews and good word of mouth! It seems to be popular with students/adults too though. Our 10pm showing of it on Friday sold out, which is extremely rare for a kids/family movie!

 

EDIT: I think it also pulled in the biggest opening day sales in India too, or something!

I went to a lunchtime showing yesterday and the next two lined up in the same screen were already sold out, but wow that's a great number!!

Jungle Book did £7.6m this weekend and is now over £20m, absolutely gigantic :o Also $60M 2nd weekend in America!

 

Huntsman completely flopped in Amercia, debuted with $20m which is nearly 3x lower than the first one's debut and Zootopia has nearly overtaken Batman's gross in America as well *.*

I don't get why The Jungle Book is doing quite so well, it's really not as good as the reviews are making out. It's by no means a bad film, but I think it's just decent ... hence the high Rotten Tomatoes score because there isn't any real reason to give it a poor review but there's also no real reason to go crazy over it either imo.

Finding Dory has had the biggest ever midnight showings for an Animated movie in America ever with an incredible $9.2M! :wub:

 

Really hope this is coming to completely smash *.*

Amazing news! I really thought it'd do slightly better than 'Monsters University' but not much more. I guess it helps that the reviews have been surprisingly strong overall!

'Finding Dory' makes US history with $136.2m bow!

 

That's the biggest domestic opening ever for an animated film; Dwayne Jonson and Kevin Hart's action comedy 'Central Intelligence' opens to a solid $34.5 million.

Good things come to those who wait — at least in the case of a forgetful blue fish named Dory.

 

Some 13 years after Finding Nemo first hit theaters, Pixar and Disney's sequel Finding Dory made a gigantic splash at the box office, landing the biggest domestic opening of all time for an animated title with $136.2 million from 4,305 theaters. It's also the only animated movie to crack the overall list of top 20 openings, ranking No. 18.

 

Finding Dory easily topped the box-office chart, while Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart's Central Intelligence did solid business in its opening, earning $34.5 million from 3,508 theaters to come in No. 2. Some rival studios have the action-comedy coming in higher, but Sunday's NBA Finals Game 7 could subdue moviegoing later on Father's Day.

 

Overseas, Finding Dory grossed $50 million as it rolled out in 32 percent of the marketplace for a global bow of $186.2 million, including a Pixar-best $17.5 million in China and $7.6 million in Australia.

 

The previous crown-holder for top animated domestic launch was DreamWorks Animation's Shrek the Third, which debuted to $121.6 million in 2007. Until now, Pixar's best was Toy Story 3 (2010) with $110.3 million.

 

Finding Dory — which garnered an A CinemaScore — is a needed boost for the summer box office, which has seen a number of sequels underperform. It also reminds of the power of families in driving mega openings, as well as underscoring the nostalgia for Nemo. While families made up the largest chunk of the audience (65 percent), adults turned out in force (26 percent), followed by teens (9 percent). Imax theaters, not generally a family destination, turned in $5 million domestically.

 

"In a funny way, the 13-year separation between the first and second movie was serendipitous," said Disney domestic distribution chief Dave Hollis. "It's part of what created a want-to-see, need-to-see movement. And it's the 17th consecutive Pixar film to receive some variation of an A CinemaScore."

 

Finding Dory's Friday haul of $55.2 million marked the largest single day ever for an animated film, eclipsing the record $47 million earned by Shrek the Third on its first Saturday. Finding Dory kicked things off by earning $9.2 million in Thursday-night previews, likewise a record for an animated pic, besting last year's Minions ($6.2 million).

 

Directed by Andrew Stanton and Angus MacLane, the follow-up sees Finding Nemo voice stars Ellen DeGeneres and Albert Brooks returning to voice the roles of Dory and Marlin, respectively. Newcomer Hayden Rolence voices the character of Nemo.

 

The tale centers on Dory's attempts to reunite with her parents, whom she lost years ago. Accompanied by Nemo and Marlin, Dory arrives at a marine institute, where she engages with new friends, including a white beluga whale named Destiny (Ty Burrell), a white shark (Kaitlin Olson) and a cranky octopus (Ed O'Neill).

 

SOURCE: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-...cebook_20160619

MONSTER OPENING! :o :o :o

 

Absolutely incredible.

 

Here's the chart (US):

 

01. 'Finding Dory' | $136.2m

02. 'Central Intelligence' | $34.5m

03. 'The Conjuring 2' | $15.6m

04. 'Now You See Me 2' | $9.7m

05. 'Warcraft' | $6.5m

06. 'X-Men: Apocalypse' | $5.2m

07. 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out Of The Shadows' | $5.2m

08. 'Me Before You' | $4.2m

09. 'Alice Through The Looking Glass' | $3.6m

10. 'Captain America: Civil War' | $2.3m

Not the only animation doing really good business!

 

Though it won’t be counted until next week, The Secret Life Of Pets comfortably led the UK market over Saturday and Sunday.

 

Universal’s latest Illumination Entertainment release scored the biggest ever Sat/Sun preview haul for an original animation with a mighty two-day total of $5.3m (£3.6m).

 

It not only bodes well for its official opening this Friday [June 24], but also suggests that Independence Day: Resurgence has a fight on its hands for the top spot this coming weekend.

 

Zootropolis 'only' did £1.3m in previews so I look forward to seeing what Secret Life of Pets manages over the next few weeks.

Wasn't the weather warmer for 'Zootropolis'/no rain? But not surprised tbh. People have been anticipating it for a while!

Secret Life Of Pets has opened to $103M in America *.* Biggest ever opening for a non sequel/franchise based animated property (maybe even has the record for non-animated as well!) :cheer:

Shame it's such an average movie :(