Het schijnt dat Finding Dory niet beter is dan Finding Nemo, maar een volwaardig vervolg is dat de fans van de eerste film tevreden houd. Hoewel wij in Nederland tot woensdag moeten wachten om te zien hoe Dory op zoek gaat naar haar familie, is deze Disney Pixar film al in de US te zien en bracht maar liefst $140.6 miljoen in het eerste weekeinde en daar mee kan je al spreken van een dikke hit.

The summer box office slump is officially over. Pixar and Disney's Finding Dory made quite a splash at the Friday box office, taking home a record $55 Million for a projected weekend total of $140.6M. That total exceeds early predictions, which pegged Finding Dory for a possible $120M opening weekend, and it's more than enough to claim the title of top animated opening from DreamWorks Animation's Shrek The Third, which has held the title for the last nine years with $121.6M.

The $55M+ Friday projections also earn Dory the title of highest single day earnings for an animated feature, beating Minions $46M opening day and Shrek the Third's previous record-holding $47M Saturday. Considering the heft of the weekend projection, it's possible that Dory might go on to steal that title from itself with the Saturday earnings.