It looks like Pixar and Disney's Incredibles 2 will make a record-breaking $175 million-plus domestic release, which will be the largest box office debut ever for an animated film, as well as one of the 10 biggest openings for any movie, the Hollywood Reporter shares.
Fellow Pixar sequel Finding Dory currently holds the title with $135 million. Disney, however, is being a bit more cautious and estimating Incredibles 2 will earn around $160-170 million.
The sequel raked in $71.5 million from 4,410 theaters on Friday (a total that includes the record $18.5 million from Thursday), which makes it the 14th biggest opening day in history.
Incredibles 2 is set to land the third-best launch of the year so far after Avengers: Infinity War, which debuted to a record $257.7 million, and Black Panther, which opened with $202 million.
The first Incredibles came out almost 14 years ago with a $70.5 million opening in November 2004. It eventually garnered $633 million worldwide.
Incredibles 2centers on Elastigirl as she fights crime and tries to restore superheroes' good name. Meanwhile, Mr. Incredible takes on the duties of a stay-at-home dad, which includes homework help as well as managing teenage growing pains and an increasing list of powers from Jack-Jack. But soon enough, the whole family—including the multi-powered Jack-Jack who was left home with the babysitter in the original—will have to come together to defeat a sinister new villain.
