“Incredibles 2” attracted a considerable amount of attention in its first day at the US box office.<\/p>\n
Record-setting attention, in fact.<\/p>\n
The eagerly anticipated sequel earned $71.5 million at the Friday box office (with Thursday previews included). The tally, which ranked as the day’s best by a multiple of 12, is the best ever attained by an animated film.<\/p>\n
Previous record-holder “Finding Dory” earned $54.8 million on opening day.<\/p>\n
On track to earn $175-185 million in its first three days, “Incredibles 2” will also set the opening weekend record among animated films. “Dory,” which holds that record as of this writing, earned $135.0 million in its inaugural frame.<\/p>\n
If it lands in the projected range, “Incredibles 2” will also score one of the ten biggest opening weekends for any film. “Iron Man 3,” the current #10 film, earned $174.1 million in its first weekend.<\/p>\n
— As for Friday, “Ocean’s 8” took second place with $5.9 million. “Tag” grabbed #3 with $5.4 million, while a daily gross of $2.3 million positioned “Solo: A Star Wars Story” in #4.<\/p>\n
“Deadpool 2,” the day’s #5 film, earned $2.3 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cIncredibles 2\u201d got off to a mammoth start at the US box office.","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[36,1050],"tags":[10998,11189,11134,11116,11190],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n