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Nah, It's clearly Spirited Away.

That is the weirdest combination ever.

That's because we had 3 of the out of nowhere breakouts before May.

Beauty and the Beast is pretty blah to me. I'm really not a fan of the story, really. One more thing about Zootopia, of course. I think it's the animated feature that Ralph Bakshi always wanted to make, but was never focused enough to do so. Knowing that two of his former proteges developed the movie backs this notion.

I like Zootopia because it's not as simple as The Lion King.

I used to be even more obsessed with The Lion King than I am currently with Zootopia. But eh, I think Zootopia is much better as a film.

I dunno about lesbian, but the owner is clearly The Onceler in an alternate dimension.

It's Disney. It has a Princess. It has more girl appeal than anything. No questions. And lol at the thought that it could be a flop akin to Alice 2.

If BvS can be in 6th place right now, Dr.Strange can out do Beasts.

Hey, at least next year Pixar is going to give us talking cars and talking humans.

In fairness, The Fast franchise got inexplicably bigger in every market.

Depends on if Frozen 2 is a good movie.

Corpse sez:

I finally got smart, and now I'm near the top 10. If only I hadn't overestimated Ghostbusters and underestimated Pets.

Why does everyone keep on mentioning re-releases? Re-releases are fucking dead. 3-D is passe now. Maybe if they start making new MX-4D versions of movies, re-releases can be a thing.

Zootopia is already in freaking redbox, man. And the Jungle Book is three months old. Funnily enough, Zootopia is in more theaters now than Alice 2, though.

Gotta rake in that extra $5m

I think the Japanese audience views Dory as a kiddy movie, judging by evening sales. The same went for Zootopia at first, but it changed later on its run because of WOM for the original movie. I don't think people's perspectives on Dory are going to change.

Oooh. It's definitely not passing Zootopia's total. It would need a 11x multiplier from its two-day opening. Not common for a sequel. I think the Japanese audience views Dory as a kiddy movie, judging by evening sales. The same went for Zootopia at first, but it changed later on its run because of WOM for the original movie. I don't think people's perspectives on Dory are going to change.

Pet's isn't making anything above $51m this weekend. Sorry, Baumer.

I don't think we should ever count Pixar out. Moviemaking is a volatile business. However, if the next sequels follow Finding Dory's path, it's not encouraging.

Finding Dory's sampled admissions for Saturday fell under 140,000. Way below my target for ¥900m. 139,061*1.66*¥1330 = ¥307m total for Saturday. If it's lucky, it could rise around 30% on Sunday. 182,000*1.66*¥1330 = ¥402m for Sunday Two-Day total: ¥709m This puts passing Zootopia (¥7.56 billion) in question, as it would need a more than 10x multiplier. And hopes of crossing ¥10 billion are gone right now.

I seriously doubt it.

All-Time Best Multipliers (¥1 billion Earners) [1998-] 01. 33.34 - Frozen (Mar., 2014) 02. 30.37 - Spirited Away (July, 2001) 03. 26.99 - Princess Mononoke (July, 1997) 04. 26.13 - Avatar (Dec., 2009) 05. 23.21 - Departures (Sept., 2008) 06. 19.96 - Les Miserabes (Dec., 2012) 07. 16.95 - Zootopia (Apr., 2016) 08. 16.44 - The Cat Returns (July, 2002) 09. 16.15 - The Eternal Zero (Dec., 2013) 10. 15.69 - Monsters, Inc. (Mar., 2002) 11. 15.29 - Big Hero 6 (Dec., 2014) 12. 15.25 - The Last Samurai (Dec., 2003) 13. 14.98 - Ponyo (July, 2008) 14. 14.84 - Howl's Moving Castle (Nov., 2004) 15. 14.81 - Always: Sunset on Third Street (Nov., 2005) 16. 14.25 - Confessions (June, 2010) 17. 13.96 - Bayside Shakedown: Save the Rainbow Bridge! (July, 2003) 18. 13.83 - Thermae Romae (Apr., 2012) 19. 13.64 - Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World (May, 2004) 20. 13.09 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Dec., 2001) 21. 12.98 - Summer Wars (Aug., 2009) 22. 12.88 - Ted (Jan., 2013) 23. 12.51 - The Wind Rises (July, 2013) 24. 12.50 - The Phantom of the Opera (Jan., 2005) 25. 12.48 - Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (Aug., 2003) 26. 12.24 - Finding Nemo (Dec., 2003) 27. 12.16 - Wolf Children (July, 2012)