That’s quite a bit less than the $50.2 million the original movie opened with and that was based on 1996 movie ticket prices.
It should surpass Up‘s $293 million this coming week and the $340 million the original Finding Nemo grossed in 2003 by next weekend.
Opening in 2,815 theaters on Friday, it grossed an estimated $7.8 million for the weekend or $2,760 per theater.
Finding Dory added another $37 million internationally over the weekend to bring its overseas total to $110.3 million and $397 million globally with many territories still to get the animated sequel.