The Incredibles (franchise)
The Incredibles is an American media franchise created by Pixar Animation Studios. Brad Bird wrote and directed both films, and Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell and Samuel L. Jackson are part of the cast. The first film, "The Incredibles", was released in November 2004 and received acclaim from critics, winning the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. The second film, "Incredibles 2", was released in June 2018, received mostly positive reviews and set the record for best opening weekend for an animated film with $183 million. The series has grossed a combined $1.876 billion worldwide.
Incredibles 2
The film set animated records for its Monday and Tuesday grosses, making $23.9 million (beating the $23.4 million made by "Shrek 2" in May 2004) and $27.1 million (beating "Finding Dory"s $23.1 million), respectively. Its Tuesday gross also set a June record, topping "Jurassic World" ($24.3 million in 2015). By Thursday, its seventh day of release, the film had grossed $269.4 million, topping the entire lifetime domestic gross of the original, not accounting for inflation ($261.4 million). In its second weekend the film dropped 56% to $80.9 million, finishing second behind newcomer "" ($148 million), marking the first time two films opened to over $100 million in back-to-back weekends. It remained in second place in its third and fourth weekends, grossing $45.5 million and $29 million, respectively. On July 7, its 23rd day of release, the film crossed $495 million, passing "Finding Dory" to become the highest-grossing animated film and Pixar's highest-grossing film of all-time domestically, and the following day became the first animated film to gross over $500 million domestically. On September 2, its 80th day of release, it became the first animated film to gross over $600 million domestically.