Early prognosticators are projecting a massive $125 million opening for “Finding Dory” at this weekend’s box office.
While Disney’s own estimates will likely be a bit lower than that, the sequel will easily swim past the $70.3 million that “Finding Nemo” made when it opened in 2003. (Disney has not yet shared its estimates with TheWrap.)
A big opening would break a trend of lackluster sequels this year.
As of now, 16 widely released sequels have come out in 2016, and we’re not even half way through the year. Only two have outperformed their most recent predecessor: “Captain America: Civil War” and “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.”