Disney-Pixar’s “Finding Dory” had the biggest opening weekend of all time for an animated film, bringing in an estimated $136.2 million, well ahead of initial expectations.
The record-breaking sequel to “Finding Nemo” set a huge margin between past top opener “Shrek the Third,” which grossed $121.6 million in its first weekend.
It is also the second-largest June opening of all time, behind Universal’s 2015 dinosaur hit “Jurassic World.”
Estimates for “Dory” kept jumping higher over the weekend as it picked up the pace, tracking to top $130 million. Initial predictions from Disney set the opening at roughly $100 million, by comparison.