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Weekend Box Office Report: 'Finding Dory' Swims Its Way To The Top

By Bill Wine

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- At the box office, Finding Dory is hunky dory.

The animated sequel to Finding Nemo was a runaway – okay, swim-away -- first-place finisher at the box office over the weekend.

The debuting smash hit featuring the lead voice of Ellen DeGeneres earned an estimated and astounding $136 million, setting the record for the biggest opening weekend in animation history.

The runner-up was the weekend's other new mainstream release, Central Intelligence, starring Kevin Hart and Dwayne Johnson. It took in a robust $35 million.

Holdover sequels took the next two slots:

The Conjuring 2 was third with $16-million.

And Now You See Me 2 took fourth with $10-million.

Industry-wide totals were behind those of last year, but -- mostly thanks to the smash hit, Dory – were well ahead of those of last weekend.

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