‘Incredibes 2’ is the 20th Disney-Pixar movie to hit theaters. So far, they’ve collectively taken $5.05 billion at the domestic box office.
Incredibles 2 has smashed both box office expectations and records.
Expected to secure a domestic box office weekend of around $110 million to $140 million, it’s pulled in an estimated $180 million – that’s the best debut of all time for an animated film and the eighth-biggest domestic opening ever.
So far, Disney-Pixar movies have collectively taken $5.05 billion at the domestic box office, unadjusted for inflation – that figure increases to $6.6 billion adjusted. I’ve ranked all 20 of them by their opening weekends – all figures are for domestic box office take and are unadjusted for inflation.
What will probably strike you straight away is that two big movies are in 19th and 20th place, A Bug’s Life and Toy Story 2 respectively. The reason is they opened in just one movie theater and then went wide.
20. A Bug’s Life (Disney) 1998
Opening Weekend: $291,121
Final Box Office: $162.8 million
Inspired by Aesop’s fable The Ant and the Grasshopper, production on A Bug’s Life began not long after the release of Toy Story in 1995 and was Roddy McDowall’s final role before his death. The film went on to inspire the theme park attraction at Disney’s Animal Kingdom in Orlando, Florida, It’s Tough To Be A Bug.
19. Toy Story 2 (Disney) 1999
Opening Weekend: $300,163
Final Box Office: $245.9 million
Made in nine months and initially envisioned as a straight-to-video sequel, when story reels went down well, Disney upgraded Toy Story 2 to a full theatrical release. Pixar wasn’t happy with the film, so director John Lasseter and his team redeveloped the entire plot in one weekend. The whole film was turned around in nine months – they usually take two years.
18. Toy Story (Disney) 1995
Opening Weekend: $29.14 million
Final Box Office: $191.8 million
This was Pixar’s first full-length feature, having previously only turned out shorts. At the time, Pixar was just a small company with a handful of employees and budgets were tight. The release, critical and commercial success of Toy Story changed everything.
17. The Good Dinosaur (Disney) 2015
Opening Weekend: $39.16 million
Final Box Office: $123.09 million
Set on a fictional Earth in which dinosaurs never became extinct, The Good Dinosaur grossed $332 million worldwide, making it Pixar’s lowest-grossing film. Even though critics liked it, audiences failed to get onboard with the 3D animated adventure.
16. Ratatouille (Disney) 2007
Opening Weekend: $47.03 million
Final Box Office: $206.45 million
Ratatouille, directed by Brad Bird, grossed $620.7 million at the box office and received worldwide acclaim. It went on to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and was nominated for four others, including Michael Giacchino’s first Oscar nomination for Best Original Score
15. Coco (Disney) 2017
Opening Weekend: $50.8 million
Final Box Office: $209.73 million
Based on an original idea by director Lee Unkrich, Coco grossed over $806 million worldwide, became the 15th highest-grossing animated film ever and was the 11th highest-grossing film of 2017. Aside from being loved by audiences and critics alike, Coco also won two Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song.
14. Cars 3 (Disney) 2017
Opening Weekend: $53.69 million
Final Box Office: $152.9 million
Projected to open with a domestic take of around $60 million, it debuted with $53.3 million but that was still enough for Cars 3 to take the top spot at the weekend’s box office. Despite it being the 16th Pixar film to debut at number one it was the lowest opening weekend box office take of the Cars series.
13. Cars (Disney) 2006
Opening Weekend: $60.12 million
Final Box Office: $244.08 million
Cars opened to mostly positive reviews from critics and was nominated for two Academy Awards including Best Animated Feature. Merchandise based on the film broke records for retail sales of merchandise based on a Disney-Pixar film, bringing an estimated $10 billion in the 5 years after the film’s release.
12. Monsters Inc. (Disney) 2001
Opening Weekend: $62.58 million
Final Box Office: $255.87 million
John Goodman and Billy Crystal led the cast as top scarer Sully and his colleague Mike Wazowski as two monsters employed at the energy-producing factory, Monsters, Inc. – they help generate their city’s power by scaring children. Originally released in 2D, Disney and Pixar re-released Monsters, Inc. in 3D a year later.
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