‘Finding Dory’ blows animation record out of the water

By Lindsey Bahr, AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES – The forgetful blue fish of “Finding Dory” is box-office gold. The Pixar sequel far-surpassed its already Ocean-sized expectations to take in $136.2 million in North American theaters, making it the highest-grossing animated debut of all time, according to comScore estimates Sunday. Movie poster photo courtesy of impawards.com The 2007 film “Shrek the Third” was the previous record-holder with a $121.6 million debut. “Finding Dory,” which comes 13 years after “Finding Nemo” hit theaters, is also now the second-largest June opening of all time. The well-reviewed film features the voices of Ellen DeGeneres and Albert Brooks and played particularly well with audiences, who gave the film an A CinemaScore. The Kevin Hart and Dwayne Johnson buddy comedy “Central Intelligence” also had a relatively muscular weekend, with a better-than-expected $34.5 million, putting it in second place. Movie poster photo courtesy of CinemaBravo