Update: June 15, 2024
INSIDE OUT 2 Delivers Historic $155 Million U.S. Opening Weekend and $295 Million Globally in Huge Pixar Comeback
Where to begin in describing the emotions Hollywood and theater owners — not to mention Pixar and its parent company Disney — are likely feeling over the stunning start of
Inside Out 2 at the box office. (Hint: Sadness isn’t one of them.)
In a huge comeback for Pixar, the tentpole opened to a massive $155 million domestically over Father’s Day weekend — well ahead of an expected $90 million — to secure the second-biggest animated launch of all time for a three-day weekend, not adjusted for inflation. It also did historic business overseas, where it opened to a record $140 million for a global total of $295 million, the biggest opening of all time for an animated film in like-for-like markets when accounting for exchange rates.
Fellow Pixar sequel
Incredibles 2 is the crown-holder for top animated domestic opening ($182.7 million). That was previously followed by Illumination and Universal’s
The Super Mario Bros. Movie ($146.4 million) — which
Inside Out 2 has supplanted — Pixar’s
Finding Dory ($135.1 million) and Walt Disney Animation’s
Frozen II ($130.3 million).
Inside Out 2 is just what the doctor ordered for Pixar, which has endured several years of strife, including when the former Disney regime decided to send a trio of Pixar films straight to streaming.
Internationally, the film only opened in 60 percent of the marketplace this weekend. It broke records across Latin America, where it secured the second-biggest opening of all time behind Marvel and Disney’s
Avengers: Endgame.
Heading into the weekend, the $200 million sequel was tracking for a North American debut in the $90 million range, in line with the first film, which went on to earn nearly $860 million globally. Instead,
Inside Out 2is the first movie since
Barbie almost a year ago to cross $100 million in its launch, a symbol of just how beleaguered the box office has been so far in 2024 due to strike-related delays and a precipitous downturn in moviegoing. (
Barbie opened to $162 million domestically.)
Inside Out 2 earned glowing reviews and boasts a Rotten Tomatoes critics score of 93 percent. It earned an A CinemaScore, while the Rotten Tomatoes audience score of 96 percent is a Pixar-best.
The sequel boasts the second-biggest animated opening of all time in North America and the biggest ever at the worldwide box office when comparing like-for-like markets.
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