NEW YORK (AP) — The tidal wave of "Finding Dory" overwhelmed the sputtering sequel "Independence Day: Resurgence," whose weekend debut was drowned out by the popular Pixar release in North American theaters. 
 
 In its second week, "Finding Dory" easily remained on top with an estimated $73.2 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. That far surpassed the $41.6 million opening of "Resurgence," which debuted well off the pace off its 1996 original. The first "Independence Day" opened with $50.2 million, or about $77 million in inflation-adjusted dollars. 
 
 Of the week's other debuts, the Blake Lively shark thriller "The Shallows" rode a wave of good reviews to a better-than-expected $16.7 million for Sony. 
 
 Matthew McConaughey's Civil War drama "Free State of Jones," however, disappointed with just $7.7 million, a blow to the upstart studio STX Entertainment. 

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 'Finding Dory' tops the box office for a second weekend. (Photo: Pixar) 
 
 Finding Dory is the big kahuna of the summer box office. 
 
 Disney/Pixar's animated sequel just kept swimming into its second weekend, harpooning $73.2 million and dipping just 46%, according to studio estimates from comScore. In only 10 days, the Finding Nemo follow-up has hooked $286.6 million in the USA and $396.9 million worldwide. 
 
 "I'm not surprised that it did this well," says comScore senior media analyst Paul Dergarabedian. "It's been a go-to movie for everyone, and that's the magic of the Pixar brand. Having a Pixar movie in the summer mix is always good for business." 
 
 Dory, which arrives 13 years after the Oscar-winning Nemo, has stayed afloat thanks to glowing reviews (94% positive on aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes) and reactions from moviegoers (90% liked it). The movie follows regal blue tang fish Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) as she searches for her parents (Eugene Levy and Diane Keaton), and features new and returning voice talent including Ed O'Neill, Albert Brooks and Idris Elba. 
 
 Dory's titanic second weekend was enough to capsize Independence Day: Resurgence, which sank with $41.6 million for No. 2. The $165 million movie, a sequel to 1996 alien apocalypse blockbuster Independence Day starring Will Smith, was met with abysmal reactions from critics (33% positive reviews) and moviegoers (40% liked it). 
 
 In third place, action comedy Central Intelligence steathily pocketed $18.4 million in its second weekend. The CIA caper starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Kevin Hart has earned $69.3 million in 10 days — trailing Johnson's surprise hit San Andreas last summer (which made $98.5 million in two weeks), but coming in higher than Hart's Ride Along 2 ($58.6 million in two weeks) earlier this year. 
 
 Shark-attack thriller The Shallows made a splash its first week out, chomping off $16.7 million for No. 4. The modestly budgeted popcorn movie starring Blake Lively baited critics (74% positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes) and audiences alike (69% liked it). 
 
 Drawing strong word of mouth and social media chatter, "This is what every studio executive dreams of," Dergarabedian says. "Sort of like a shark, this movie came out of nowhere and surprised everyone." 
 
 Rounding out the top five, Free State of Jones grinds the "McConaissance" to a halt. The poorly reviewed Civil War drama starring Matthew McConaughey brought in just $7.8 million, although it earned an encouraging A- from moviegoers at CinemaScore (the best of any new openers). 
 
 On just three screens in New York and Los Angeles, offbeat buddy comedy Swiss Army Man took $114,000, giving it the best per-screen average of the summer with $38,000. The Sundance Film Festival breakout, which stars Daniel Radcliffe as a farting corpse, expands nationwide next week. 
 
 In wider release, writer/director Nicolas Winding Refn's fashion-world horror film The Neon Demon stumbled with only $607,000 on 783 screens. 
 
 Final numbers are expected Monday. 
 
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– The tidal wave of Finding Dory overwhelmed the sputtering sequel Independence Day: Resurgence, whose weekend debut was drowned out by the popular Pixar release in North American theaters, reports the AP. In its second week, Finding Dory easily remained on top with an estimated $73.2 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. That puts the Finding Nemo sequel at nearly $400 million in 10 days. "I'm not surprised that it did this well," a comScore analyst tells USA Today. "It's been a go-to movie for everyone and that's the magic of the Pixar brand." That far surpassed the $41.6 million opening of Resurgence, which debuted well off the pace off its 1996 original. The first Independence Day opened with $50.2 million, or about $77 million in inflation-adjusted dollars. Of the week's other debuts, the Blake Lively shark thriller The Shallows rode a wave of good reviews to a better-than-expected $16.7 million for Sony. Matthew McConaughey's Civil War drama Free State of Jones, however, disappointed with just $7.7 million, a blow to the upstart studio STX Entertainment.