Weekend Box Office: Incredibles 2 Soars Past Animated Record
The opening weekend forIncredibles 2was a heroic affair. Disney and Pixar’s long-awaited sequel soared past expectations to a record-shattering $180 million at the weekend box office out of 4,410 theaters. That’s one hell of a tally for any film, and easily makes the superhero sequel the best animated debut by a long shot.Finding Dorypreviously held the crown with a $135 launch in 2016. Incredibles2 didn’t just break animation records, the film also secured the eighth-best domestic opening for any film, not adjusted for inflation, and landed the title of best debut for a PG-rated film, surpassing Disney’s live-actionBeauty and the Beastremake, which opened to $174....