Box office Incredibles 2 grossed $608.6 million in the United States and Canada, and $634.2 million in other territories, for a total worldwide gross of $1.242 billion. The film crossed the $1 billion mark on July 30, 2018, becoming the seventh animated film and the 36th film of all time to reach the milestone. It was also the fifth animated Disney film, the third Pixar film, and Disney's 18th film overall to gross $1 billion worldwide, as well as the fastest animated film to gross $1 billion, doing so in 46 days, surpassing
Minions (49 days), but later being surpassed by
The Lion King in 2019 (21 days), also made by Disney, and
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (25 days) in 2023. On August 12, the film surpassed
Toy Story 3 ($1.067 billion) to become the highest-grossing Pixar film worldwide, and held this record until being surpassed by
Inside Out 2 in 2024.
Deadline Hollywood calculated the net profit of the film to be $447.4 million, when factoring together all expenses and revenues, making it the third-most-profitable release of 2018.
United States and Canada In April 2018, early box office projections had
Incredibles 2 grossing $110 million in its opening weekend in the United States and Canada. In May 2018, a month before the film's release, tracking revised to an opening weekend of $140 million or more. A week prior to the film's opening,
Fandango reported that pre-sale of tickets for the film had exceeded that of previous mid-year blockbusters
Finding Dory,
Wonder Woman,
Spider-Man: Homecoming and
Suicide Squad at the same point in their release cycles. By the week of its release, opening weekend projections had reached upwards of $150 million. A day before release, it became Fandango's top pre-selling animated film of all time, outselling the previous record-holder,
Finding Dory. The film grossed $18.5 million from Thursday night previews, increasing weekend projections to as high as $174 million. The previews set the record for an animated film, doubling
Finding Dorys $9.2 million, and were higher than the likes of fellow superhero films
Spider-Man: Homecoming,
Thor: Ragnarok and
Justice League. It made $71.6 million on its first day, including previews, the best ever for an animated film (besting
Dorys $54.7 million by 31%) and 14th-highest all time. It went on to debut to $182.7 million, the eighth-best opening of all time, far ahead of
Finding Dorys animated record of $135.1 million and more than the entire lifetime gross of Pixar's ''
A Bug's Life ($162.8 million), Cars 3 ($152.9 million), and The Good Dinosaur'' ($123.1 million). The film set animated records for its Monday and Tuesday grosses, making $23.9 million (beating the $23.4 million made by
Shrek 2 in May 2004) and $27.1 million (beating
Finding Dorys $23.1 million), respectively. Its Tuesday gross also set a June record, topping
Jurassic World ($24.3 million in 2015). By Thursday, its seventh day of release, the film had grossed $269.4 million, topping the entire lifetime domestic gross of the original, not accounting for inflation ($261.4 million). In its second weekend the film dropped 56% to $80.9 million, finishing second behind newcomer
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom ($148 million), marking the first time two films opened to over $100 million in back-to-back weekends. It remained in second place in its third weekend, grossing $45.5 million and third in its fourth weekend with $29 million, respectively. On July 7, its 23rd day of release, the film crossed $495 million, passing
Finding Dory to become the highest-grossing animated film and Pixar's highest-grossing film of all time domestically, and the following day became the first animated film to gross over $500 million domestically. On September 2, its 80th day of release, it became the first animated film to gross over $600 million domestically.
Incredibles 2 ended its run at the box office as the
third highest-grossing film of 2018 behind
Black Panther and
Avengers: Infinity War.
Internationally Outside the United States, the film made $51.5 million from 25 countries in its opening weekend, for a global debut of $231.5 million. This made it the biggest international opening weekend for an animated film, surpassing
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. Mexico was the largest debut with $12.3 million, followed by Australia ($7.7 million) and Russia ($5.4 million). In its second weekend of release the film made $58.6 million from 28 countries, bringing its two-week total to $134.7 million. Its largest market was China where it made $21.2 million, the best-ever opening for a Pixar film in the country. It was also released in India where it made $3.3 million. In the United Kingdom, the film grossed $12.6 million in its opening weekend, the second-biggest opening for Pixar after
Toy Story 3. , The biggest markets in terms of total earnings are the United Kingdom ($73.1 million), followed by China ($51.5 million), Japan ($43.9 million), France ($41.7 million), and Brazil ($37.6 million).
Critical response Incredibles 2 received very positive reviews from film critics, who praised its character arcs, themes, and action sequences. On review aggregator
Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of based on reviews, with an average rating of . The website's critical consensus reads: "
Incredibles 2 reunites Pixar's family crimefighting team for a long-awaited follow-up that may not quite live up to the original, but comes close enough to earn its name." On
Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating to reviews, the film has a
weighted average score of 80 out of 100, based on 51 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. Audiences polled by
CinemaScore gave the film a rare grade of "A+" on an A+ to F scale, the same score as the first film. Those at
PostTrak gave the film a 93% overall positive score and an 83% "definite recommend". Robert Abele of
TheWrap, praised the film, saying: "Whatever the opposite of phoning in a sequel is, that's Brad Bird's progressive-minded, thunderously fun mix of super saves, throwback aesthetics and family comedy." A.A. Dowd, writing for
The A.V. Club, felt it was "A sparkling contraption of an animated comedy, funny and often wondrous in its midcentury-modern vision of an alternate America frozen in the amber of a bygone idealism." David Ehrlich of
IndieWire, gave the film a "B+", saying: "When the Parrs are pushed out of their comfort zone, Bird settles into his... [after] inciting a Spielberg-level monorail chase that reaffirms Bird's lucid gift for kinetic and character-driven action filmmaking, the movie blasts off and never looks back."
Stephanie Zacharek from
Time considered it "bold [and] rapturously entertaining," while David Sims at
The Atlantic, dubbed it "dazzling, thought-provoking, and sometimes overwhelming in terms of plotting."
Peter Travers of
Rolling Stone gave the film a 3.5 out of 4 stars, and said: "Long-awaited follow-up brings back everyone's favorite superhero family—and suggests that we should give our caped-crusader pop obsessions a rest."
Manohla Dargis of
The New York Times, wrote a positive review of the film, saying: "The family that fights together remains the steadily throbbing, unbreakable heart of
Incredibles 2, even when Bob and Helen swap traditional roles. There's something too self-conscious—overcompensating much?"
The Hollywood Reporter reported that even critics who were more reserved in their praise agreed that
Incredibles 2 was on par with recent superhero films and "one of the best sequels in recent memory". Meanwhile, some critics were divided on whether or not the sequel surpasses or matches the original.
Varietys
Owen Gleiberman called the film "fun but far from incredible" and wrote: "It's true that the
Toy Story films, all three of which are fantastic, did variations on the same theme of a toy's obsolescence, but as movies they kept the emotions close to the surface. In
Incredibles 2, we never get that rush of feeling."
Mark Kermode, writing for
The Guardian, gave the film four out of five stars, and said: "Slapstick genius, profound social comment and a monstrously funny infant combine to conjure a magical second outing for the superhero family." John Nugent of
Empire magazine also gave the film four out of five stars, saying: "There's some quibbles to be had in an over-familiar setup, and an under-served villain, but overall this is a gloriously fun family parable, and as entertaining as any superhero movie you'll see this year." Brian Tellerico of
Rogerebert.com gave the film 3.5 out of 4 stars, and said: "...
Incredibles 2 understands something that most family sequels, even the Pixar ones, fail to comprehend—we don't just want to repeat something we loved before. We want to love it all over again. You will with
Incredibles 2."
Michael Phillips of the
Chicago Tribune gave the film 2.5 out of 4 stars, and said: "
Incredibles 2 is content to punch the clock and stick to straight, bombastic action mode. In that mode, composer Giacchino's music is the most successful element, running nimble, beautifully orchestrated variations on themes that feel familiar in the best ways while retaining their spark. The animation is bright and visually dynamic. The script, well ... if the title were
Satisfactories 2, it'd be about right." Ty Burr for
The Boston Globe called it a "clattery, unfocused affair that at times is more irritating than fun."
Todd McCarthy of
The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a positive review, saying: "Boosted by central characters that remain vastly engaging and a deep supply of wit,
Incredibles 2 certainly proves worth the wait, even if it hits the target but not the bull's-eye in quite the way the first one did."
Health hazards/epilepsy problems Many disability advocates, including the
Epilepsy Foundation, have raised concerns that movie scenes with flashing lights, including that in
Incredibles 2 of Elastigirl's fight with the Screenslaver, can trigger seizures in viewers affected by
photosensitive epilepsy. As a result, several theaters posted warnings for audiences. Disney told
USA Today that it appreciated those efforts, and then, in a memo, asked all theaters exhibiting the movie to warn audiences: "
Incredibles 2 contains a sequence of flashing lights, which may affect customers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy or other photosensitivities." In response to this, a re-edited version was released in the United Kingdom with all affected sequences altered so that any flashing lights and strobe effects now pass the
Harding test.
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