Disney-Pixar’s “Finding Dory” crossed $1 billion globally on Sunday, after the animated sequel earned $485 million domestically and $517 million overseas.
The feature is Pixar’s second billion-dollar title, following 2010’s “Toy Story 3,” and The Walt Disney Studios’ fourth billion-dollar film in the past year.
“Dory” is now the fifth highest grossing animated film of all time globally.
The film was among only three of this summer’s many sequels — also Universal-Blumhouse-Platinum Dune’s “The Purge: Election Year” and Disney-Marvel’s “Captain America: Civil War” — to outperform their predecessors at the box office.
But being a blockbuster doesn’t guarantee a follow-up.