‘Incredibles 2’ Hits $1 Billion at Box Office Faster Than Any Animated Film

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After seven weekends in theaters and with releases in several major overseas markets still to come, Disney/Pixar’s “Incredibles 2” has hit $1 billion at the global box office, doing so faster than any other animated film in history.

The sequel to Brad Bird’s hit 2004 film is also the 36th film in box office history to hit $1 billion and the seventh animated film to do so, alongside “Frozen,” “Minions,” “Toy Story 3,” “Finding Dory,” “Despicable Me 3,” and “Zootopia.” Of these films, “Frozen” is the all-time record holder with $1.27 billion.

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While all these films had a staggered international rollout and hit $1 billion more than two months after their initial release, “Incredibles 2” has made $1 billion in just 47 days, counting Monday’s totals, thanks to unparalleled interest from American audiences. The movie has yet to be released in 14 countries — including Japan, Scandinavia, Italy and Germany — yet it has reached this milestone thanks to a staggering domestic total of $573 million.

That makes “Incredibles 2” only the fourth billion-dollar film to make more than half its grosses from domestic receipts. The others are “The Dark Knight,” “Rogue One,” and earlier this year, “Black Panther.” The animated sequel was ready to shatter the domestic record out of the gates nearly a month ago, as its $182 million opening put it on pace to easily pass the $486 million stateside total for “Finding Dory.”

Disney now lays claim to 18 billion-dollar films on the box office charts, 20 if you include “Avatar” and “Star Wars: Episode I,” which were released by Disney’s latest acquisition, 20th Century Fox. Disney currently holds 35 percent of this year’s domestic box office revenue — 45 percent if you include Fox — and if “Incredibles 2” hits $600 million domestically, the studio will have released four films in the last eight months that have hit that mark along with over $1 billion worldwide, the others being “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” “Black Panther,” and “Avengers: Infinity War.”

Everythingismadeofpi on July 31st, 2018 at 22:08 UTC »

Is it wrong that I found the secondary story of mr. Incredible struggling with home life to be far more interesting than the main plot?

uncletravellingmatt on July 31st, 2018 at 17:34 UTC »

the 36th film in box office history to hit $1 billion and the seventh animated film to do so, alongside “Frozen,” “Minions,” “Toy Story 3,” “Finding Dory,” “Despicable Me 3,” and “Zootopia.”

It's interesting to see 2 titles from Illumination Entertainment on that list, along with the obvious Disney and Pixar ones. Illumination seems like more of an upstart compared to Dreamworks Animation, Sony Pictures Animation, and Blue Sky, but apparently it's been making more big hits in recent years. (I say "in recent years" because this isn't corrected for inflation, so huge hits in previous decades like Shrek or Ice Age wouldn't count for as much.)

Sisiwakanamaru on July 31st, 2018 at 16:28 UTC »

Obviously this is the third Disney movies that hits $1 Billion after Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War in 2018.