Incredibles 2 DESTROYED the animated opening record! Possible $180M+ OW and A+ Cinemascore! Disney is HOT again!!!
It has smashed Finding Dory's OW record of $135M with projections currently at $180M. It's previews of $18.5M was actually double the previous animated record and higher than any superhero preview in 2017. The fact an animated movie is opening this big is a crazy result. Only 4 films this year have received the coveted A+ Cinemascore with the only big budget one being Black Panther and we all know how that turned out in the box office! :D
https://deadline.com/2018/06/incredibles-2-tag-superfly-weekend-box-office-1202411262/
It's funny to think that Disney is having a very bipolar DOMESTIC box office year thus far, whilst still destroying the competition with ease. They've gone from 'Black Panther' (MASSIVE hit) -> 'Wrinkle in time' (HUGE flop) -> 'Infinity War' (MASSIVE hit) -> 'Solo' (HUGE flop) -> 'Incredibles 2' (MASSIVE hit). It should stabilise with 'Ant-Man' (HUGE hit) -> 'Christopher Robin' (SOLID hit although could over-perform with empty August) -> 'Nutcracker' (SOLID hit although could flop imo) -> 'Wreck-it-Ralph' (HUGE hit) -> 'Mary Poppins' (HUGE hit). I have a feeling they're going to get close to their 2016 record of $3B but that will get smashed in 2019 anyways.