We’re sure the dominant emotion felt by everyone at Disney and Pixar is pure JOY this weekend. As many box-office observers had predicted, Pixar’s well-reviewed sequel Inside Out 2 is having a fantastic, record-breaking opening weekend. Directed by Kelsey Mann, the movie is enjoying a $295 million at the global box office, which includes a smashing $62 million Stateside (much better than the early $45 million predictions). The numbers include $71.1 million from 30 international territories, and that score doesn’t even include the box office for countries such as France, Italy, Spain and China and Brazil, where the movie doesn’t open until next week.
According to Box Office Mojo, this positions Inside Out 2 as the record-holder for the biggest animation opening of all-time, beating last year’s The Super Mario Bros Movie, which had a $146.4 million three-day opening weekend (April 5, 2023). The Pixar pic also surpassed Disney’s Frozen 2’s $135.4 million biggest international opening of all time. That’s not all! The movie also had the biggest overseas and worldwide opening of 2024.
Fandango also confirmed that the movie is its biggest opening weekend ticket seller of 2024 on the service, having already made the audience survey list of the year’s most anticipated movies.
Directed by first-time helmer Kelsey Mann, produced by Mark Nielsen and exec produced by Pixar chief Pete Docter, Jonas Rivera and Dan Scanlon, the movie explores what happens to Riley (Kensington Tallman) when she experiences puberty and a whole new set of emotions, including Anxiety (Maya Hawke), Envy (Ayo Edebiri), Ennui (Adèle Exarchopoulos) and Embarrassment (Paul Walter Hauser).
The movie received mostly good reviews from critics around the country. On Sunday, Pixar’s 28th movie was shining with a 92% score on the critic consensus site Rotten Tomatoes. You can read out behind-the-scenes look at the making of the movie here.
Sources: Box Office Mojo, Deadline, Variety, Fandango
