Superhero film
This MCU project was soon followed up by the successful "", released on April 27, 2018 which earned both critical praise and worldwide financial success earning in excess of $2 billion. Soon after, 20th Century Fox released "Deadpool 2" on May 18, 2018 which proved a major success in both regards itself In addition, the long awaited sequel for the Academy Award winning animated film "The Incredibles", "Incredibles 2", had its wide release on June 15, 2018 met with considerable critical praise and earned $182.68 million on its premiere weekend. The next superhero film In the Marvel Universe "Ant-Man and the Wasp" was released on July 6, with competing studios declining to release major films on American Independence Day in the face of the reliably popular film franchise.
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.