‘Inside Out 2’: All The Box Office Records Pixar Sequel Has Broken

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Second biggest domestic animated opening of all-time at $154.2M, and second largest for Pixar: Behind Disney/Pixar’s own Incredibles 2 ($182.6M) and ahead of Illumination/Universal’s Super Mario Bros Movie‘s 3-day of $146.3M.

Pixar are now responsible for 3 of the top 4 domestic animated openings of all-time.The biggest opening for an animated movie worldwide at $295M: That is when using current exchange rates and in like-for-like markets; higher than Super Mario Bros Movie. The highest international animated opening of all-time at $140.8M that is figuring in the same foreign release pattern and at current rates. Biggest Opening YTD 2024: Six months in, Inside Out 2 bests Dune: Part Two‘s $82.5M. RELATED: ‘Inside Out 2’ Voice Cast Guide: Who Voices The Emotions? Biggest animated opening for Disney post Covid: Despite the Disney+ fever for Pixar’s Elemental ($154.4M domestic, $496.4M WW) last summer and Encanto ($96M, $256M WW), the latter released during Covid, the Mouse House has been made the laughing stock by a bunch of Minions.

But now their emotions are finally getting a laugh. First movie to open to $100M+ domestic since Barbie: Why is that important even though Inside Out 2 didn’t beat Barbie‘s $162M debut?Because after a marketplace that’s been battered by two strikes, leaving a lack of consistent tentpole inventory, the fact that a movie can come out and do five-quad business screams that theatrical still works. Fourth highest domestic PG-rated opening ever which also gives Disney the top 4 in industry history that being The Lion King ($191.7M), Incredibles 2 ($182.6M), Beauty and the Beast ($174.7M) and Inside Out 2. Second biggest domestic Monday for Pixar, third biggest for an animated movie at $22.2M: