It has been nothing if not an interesting year at the box office. Many major movies have flopped and there have been some really unexpected surprises in the mix. What isn’t at all surprising is that Disney is once again having a killer year, which just got a little better for them. With the weekendFinding Doryjust took in at the box office, it has managed to surpassCaptain America: Civil Waras the top grossing domestic movie of 2016.
With what it made over the weekend,Finding Doryhas now managed to bring in a very impressive $422 million domestically according to Box Office Mojo.Captain America: Civil Waron the other hand has racked up a total of $406 million, and that is probably about where it will finish up its cinematic run. But Pixar’sFinding Nemosequel still has a long way to go and is likely going to wind up becoming the highest grossing animated movie of all time domestically. That record is currently held byShrek 2, which sits at $441 million.
Internationally,Captain America:Civil Waris still far ahead ofFinding Dory. As of right now, theCaptain Americasequel is the highest grossing movie of 2016 worldwide, with a total take of $1.15 billion.Finding Doryis still doing great for having only been out a few weeks, having already grossed $642 million worldwide and could easily surpass the total take of theFinding Nemo, which was a very impressive $936 million.Finding Doryhas already surpassedFinding Nemo’s domestic take by more than $40 million and should easily become the third Disney movie of the year to pass the $1 billion mark internationally.
Ultimately at this point even ifFinding Dorycould find the legs to overtakeCivil Warat theworldwide box office, it wouldn’t matter all that much. Disney is enjoying a level of success that is simply staggering and unprecedented. As of right now, the studio is responsible for the top three highest grossing movies of 2016 withCaptain America: Civil War,ZootopiaandThe Jungle Book.Zootopiais now the highest grossing movie of all-time that wasn’t based on any existing intellectual property, which makes its take of just over $1 billion all that much more impressive.Finding Doryshould easily overtakeDeadpoolfor the number five spot this year, and that would mean 4 out of the 5 top grossing movies of 2016 would belong to Disney. All of which should be over or at least near $1 billion by the end of their theatrical runs.
Disney and Pixar have a few more sequels slated in the coming years, includingToy Story 4,Cars 3and the long awaited and highly anticipatedThe Incredibles 2. But the studio has said they will be shifting their focus to moreoriginal movieslikeInside Out, which worked out very well for the studio last year. This is the first week thatFinding Dorydidn’t take the number one spot at the box office since its release, and it very nearly overtookThe Legend of Tarzanfor the number two spot this weekend.Finding Dorystill has a lot of time left to make a lot more money, so we will see if it can manage to pull in enough to overtakeCivil Warworldwide, but either way, Disney wins.
