![]() There’s no question that the best place to be during a heat wave is the ocean, but the second-best may be an air-conditioned theater watching a movie that takes place in the sea. Enter Disney-Pixar’s “Finding Dory,” which beat initial expectations by roughly $15 million to gross $135 million this past, hot weekend, becoming the top opener of all-time for an animated movie.Īlso Read: 'Finding Dory' Looks to Break 2016 Sequel Slump With $125 Million Opening “They want to come inside where it’s cool to see a movie… It’s unbearable outside.” “Even when I put you on hold right now, some people came in and literally said, ‘I’m glad we’re out of the heat,'” Switzer told TheWrap in a phone interview. But there’s still one place in the city where people are bringing their sweaters: pleasantly air-conditioned Stadium 9 Cinemas.Īs temperatures soar from the high 90s in Los Angeles to past 120 degrees in places like Bullhead City, Arizona, the movie industry sees a bright side in possibly higher ticket sales. That’s certainly the case in Laughlin, according Joseph Switzer, assistant manager at the Stadium 9.Īlso Read: 'Finding Dory' Blows Animated Opening Record Out of the Water With $136.2 Million It’s 120 degrees in Laughlin, Nevada, right now. ![]()
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