Incredibles 2 has reportedly made the biggest animated debut of all time, pulling in $180 million at the domestic box office. The film was a follow up to the original which was released back in 2004 and features the voices of actors Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, and Samuel L. Jackson. Clearly, it was a much-awaited sequel.
Finding Dory previously held the title for biggest animated opening at $135 million. Globally the numbers for Incredibles 2 are currently around $231.5 million. This also makes it the second biggest June film opening of all time, only behind Jurassic World which came out in 2015.
It’s a big win for Disney after having a slow opening with Solo: A Star Wars Story. That film debuted to the smallest number of viewers that a Star Wars film has seen since 2002.
Other upcoming releases for Disney include Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp and the live action Winnie the Pooh movie Christopher Robin. In the latter, a grown-up Christopher Robin will be played by Ewan McGregor and also stars Hayley Atwell and Mark Gatiss. It’s being directed by Mark Forster, who worked on Finding Neverland.
They reportedly used a real teddy bear on set a lot to use as a stand-in for the Pooh bear that would be put in later using after effects. The film will be released later this summer on August 3.
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Disney has done well with other live-action adaptions of classic favorites. Beauty and the Beast starring Emma Watson was one such film did that incredibly well at the box office.