With close to $300 million earned worldwide over the weekend, “Inside Out 2” proved Pixar is still a box office Goliath.
Disney proved it still has some box-office firepower this weekend with Pixar’s “Inside Out 2.” The film had the biggest three-day opening weekend of the year, grossing $155 million domestically and $295 million worldwide.
That’s also the second-biggest domestic opening ever for an animated movie, behind another Pixar title, 2018’s “Incredibles 2” ($182.6 million). For reference, the “Inside Out 2” gross is so good that it’s only just behind last summer’s domestic opening of “Barbie” ($162 million).
The 2024 summer movie season is gradually becoming the season of comebacks. Last weekend, audiences showed they were ready to forgive Will Smith for the Oscars slap and showed up to theaters in droves for “Bad Boys: Ride or Die”, which topped the box office with an impressive $100 million-plus global opening.
This weekend’s impressive box-office numbers for “Inside Out 2” prove that audiences want to see Pixar titles on the big screen despite years of self-inflicted mishaps, like releasing “Luca” and “Turning Red” straight to Disney+ in the pandemic and the botched marketing campaign for “Elemental.”
Here are the three reasons “Inside Out 2″ was a box-office success.”Inside Out 2” is a sequel to a beloved Oscar-winning original
2015’s “Inside Out” was a story about the warring emotions inside a girl named Riley. We watched Joy, Sadness, Fear, Disgust, and Anger navigate her mind, leading to a hugely entertaining and emotional story (RIP, Bing Bong) that went on to win a Best Animated Feature Oscar.
