As it continues its mind-blowing trajectory, and with Tuesday’s receipts now included, Disney/Pixar’s “Inside Out 2” has become the highest-grossing Pixar movie of all time at the worldwide box office. On Tuesday, it passed Pixar’s “Incredibles 2” ($1.243B) to get to this latest milestone. The running global cume on “Inside Out 2” through Tuesday is $1,251.5M which makes the Kelsey Mann-directed juggernaut the No. 4 animated film ever on a worldwide basis. As a reminder, Japan still has yet to open on August 1.
Riley, Joy, Anxiety, Fear, Ennui and Co next have “Frozen” in their sights, looking to overtake its $1.285B in the next few days — likely over the weekend — to become the No. 3 animated film of all time globally.
The international box office crossed the seven-century mark yesterday with the overseas total through Tuesday now standing at $708M. Domestic is $543.5M. On Tuesday, “Inside Out 2” grossed an additional $11.8M from 45 material offshore markets (15% of the most recent weekend which had seen a terrific drop of just 31% from the prior frame). “Inside Out 2” remains the No. 8 animated film, and biggest Pixar title, of all time internationally.
The Top 5 overseas markets to date are: Mexico ($91.5M — IO2 became the biggest movie ever in the market last weekend), Brazil ($58.9M), UK ($52.4M), Korea ($49M) and Italy ($41M).
“Inside Out 2” remains the No. 17 industry film of all time domestically, as well as the No. 3 animated movie ever domestically.
“Inside Out 2” became the highest-grossing Pixar film of all time at the global box office on Tuesday, overtaking “Incredibles 2” on $1.243bn to reach $1.252bn. The animated smash already ranks as the highest-grossing film of the year to date, and has become the fourth highest animated film globally behind “The Lion King” ($1.663bn, 2019), “Frozen II” ($1.454bn, 2019), and “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” ($1.362bn, 2023).
In North America, where “Inside Out 2” has amassed $543.5m, it ranks 17th in the all-time pantheon, and is the third highest grossing animated film ever released. Internationally the Pixar smash has earned $708m and sits at number eight in the all-time animated charts. It has also become Pixar’s highest grossing release of all time internationally.
The film is closing on the $100m mark in Mexico, which leads the international territories on $91.5m, followed by Brazil on $58.9m, UK on $52.4m, South Korea on $49m, Italy on $41m, France on $38.1m, and China on $37.8m. “Inside Out 2” opens in its final market Japan on August 1.
“Inside Out 2” continued its box office success and became Pixar’s highest-grossing movie on Wednesday, shortly after it became the first film of the year to hit $1 billion. The summer hit “Inside Out 2” has seen continued success, grossing $1.25 billion globally since it opened last month.
“Inside Out 2” surpassed “Incredibles 2” to become Pixar’s highest-grossing film at the worldwide box office, not adjusted for inflation, and the fourth highest-grossing animated film of all time, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The summer hit has grossed $1.25 billion globally, including $543.5 million in North America, according to Box Office Mojo.
The film has dominated the box office since its release in mid-June—when it grossed almost $155 million at the domestic box office, marking the best opening weekend of the year by far. The film has already outdone its 2015 predecessor, “Inside Out,” which grossed about $857.6 million worldwide.
“Inside Out 2” has helped revive the summer box office, and has eased concerns about Pixar’s viability following its slump during the COVID-19 pandemic. After “Onward” was released in early March 2020 and grossed just $141.9 million at the global box office, Pixar sent its next three movies—”Soul,” “Luca,” and “Turning Red”—straight to streaming on Disney+, leading to concerns about the ability of Pixar films to draw crowds to theaters, according to the Los Angeles Times. The film is a sequel that follows new teenager Riley as she enters puberty and her emotions as they grapple with the presence of new emotions like anxiety, embarrassment and ennui. The film received positive reviews, receiving a 91% score from critics and a 96% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.
Whether “Inside Out 2” continues its climb and becomes the highest-grossing animated film of all time. Its global box office sales would need to pass “Frozen” ($1.29 billion), “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” ($1.36 billion) and “Frozen II” ($1.45 billion) to become the top animated film, according to Variety.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter, Box Office Mojo, Los Angeles Times, Variety
