"Finding Dory" breaks record for opening of animated film

"Finding Dory" breaks record for opening of animated film

LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Finding Dory" is officially the record holder for top animated opening of all time in North American theaters, unseating "Shrek The Third."

[...] the buddy action comedy "Central Intelligence," starring Kevin Hart and Dwayne Johnson, came in slightly above initial estimates with a strong $35.5 million debut weekend.

The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by comScore:

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles:

Civil War, Disney, $2,331,622, 1,434 locations, $1,626 average, $401,312,591, 7 weeks.

"The Angry Birds Movie," Sony, $1,693,096, 2,021 locations, $838 average, $103,183,943, 5 weeks.

Universal and Focus are owned by NBC Universal, a unit of Comcast Corp.; Sony, Columbia, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics are units of Sony Corp.; Paramount is owned by Viacom Inc.; Disney, Pixar and Marvel are owned by The Walt Disney Co.; Miramax is owned by Filmyard Holdings LLC; 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight are owned by 21st Century Fox; Warner Bros. and New Line are units of Time Warner Inc.; MGM is owned by a group of former creditors including Highland Capital, Anchorage Advisors and Carl Icahn; Lionsgate is owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; IFC is owned by AMC Networks Inc.; Rogue is owned by Relativity Media LLC.