Now standing at a global cume of just over $1.46 billion, Kelsey Mann’s sequel to Pete Docter’s Oscar-winning 2015 ‘Inside Out’ takes us back inside the mind of newly minted teenager Riley as a new set of emotions, led by Anxiety, arrive to take over operations.
Disney/Pixar’s ‘Inside Out 2.’ Image © 2024 Disney/Pixar. All Rights Reserved.
Walt Disney Studios has earned major braggart rights with Pixar’s Inside Out 2’s hugely successful worldwide theatrical release. The studio just shared the film’s achievements to date: the summer sequel is now the highest-grossing animated film of all time, with $1.462 billion to date at the global box office. It even surpassed Disney’s Frozen 2 (2019) on the animated chart and moved into the #13 spot in the all-time industry global box office rankings.
Now in its sixth week of release, the film also crossed $600 million at the domestic box office yesterday and has remained in the top three titles throughout its run. Inside Out 2 has brought in a whopping $861 million internationally and is set to open in its final market, Japan, next week.
Other box office records and milestones include:
- Fastest animated film to $1 billion globally (19 days)
- Highest-grossing movie of 2024 to date, and the only one to cross $1 billion.
- Biggest global animation opening of all time ($292 million) and second-biggest domestic animation opening ($154 million)
- The highest-grossing film in industry history in Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, and Uruguay
With Inside Out 2’s enormous success, Disney holds four of the top five and nine of the top 12 highest-grossing animated films in history.
Disney and Pixar’s Inside Out 2, the sequel to Pete Docter’s Oscar-winning 2015 Inside Out, boasts an all-star voice cast including Amy Poehler; Maya Hawke; Kensington Tallman; Liza Lapira; Tony Hale; Lewis Black; Phyllis Smith; Ayo Edebiri; Lilimar; Grace Lu; Sumayyah Nuriddin-Green; Adèle Exarchopoulos; Diane Lane; Kyle MacLachlan; Paul Walter Hauser; and Yvette Nicole Brown.
The sequel returns to the mind of newly minted teenager Riley just as Headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions. Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust, who’ve long been running a successful operation by all accounts, aren’t sure how to feel when Anxiety, Envy, Ennui, and Embarrassment show up.
Kelsey Mann directs with Mark Nielsen as producer. Pete Docter, Jonas Rivera, and Dan Scanlon are executive producers. The film features a screenplay by Meg LeFauve and Dave Holstein and story by Mann and LeFauve. With music by Andrea Datzman, the all-new feature film hit theaters on June 14, 2024.
Source: Walt Disney Studios
Debbie Diamond Sarto is news editor at Animation World Network.
