

With those ticket sales, it secured the largest opening weekend of the year and the second-biggest debut ever for an animated movie. Movie” opened in theaters on April 5, the film generated a towering $204 million in its first five days of release. Outside of North America, top-earning territories include Mexico ($85 million), Japan ($80.5 million), the United Kingdom and Ireland ($65.8 million) and France ($57.6 million). So far, it’s the first and only movie of the year to cross the coveted $1 billion milestone.

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