Disney and Pixar’s Incredibles 2 could fly as high as $140 million in its North American debut this weekend, a record for an animated movie.
The current champ is fellow Pixar sequel Finding Dory, which swam away with $135 million domestically on the same weekend in 2016. Animated family movies aren’t known for mega-openings; rather, they can enjoy a longer run than live-action summer event pics. Disney is projecting a domestic start in the $120 million-$140 million range for Incredibles 2, which centers on a lovable family of superheroes.
Incredibles 2 is the first studio animated film of the 2018 summer season. The summer box office, built around tentpoles, could use a big win after the disappointing performance of Disney and Lucasfilm’s Solo: A Star Wars Story. To date, the season’s big winner is Disney and Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War, which is only the fourth film in history to cross $2 billion at the global box office, not adjusted for inflation. Conversely, Solo will have trouble earning much more than $350 million worldwide.
Both Fandango and Atom Tickets are reporting that Incredibles 2 has become the top-selling animated pic in their respective histories in terms of advance ticket sales.
It has been nearly 14 years since The Incredibles played on the big screen, opening to $70.5 million in November 2004 on its way to earning $633 million globally, not adjusted for inflation.
Incredibles 2 was directed by Brad Bird, who also wrote and helmed the first film. Along with Bird, Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell, Samuel L. Jackson and…
