"Inside Out 2" grossed $100 million in its second weekend, the highest amount for any animated movie, as it remains on track to pass $1 billion soon."Inside Out 2" has become the fastest-ever animated film to surpass $1 billion globally, shooting past the box office milestone this weekend, just 19 days after its release.
The resounding success of "Inside Out 2" has jolted a sluggish 2024 box office. Until the film's release on June 16, domestic sales had been lagging more than 25% behind 2023's performance, according to Comscore data. "Over the past few weeks, we've seen the year-to-date, year-over-year domestic box office revenue deficit shrink from 27% to 19% and that's due in large part to the amazing and much welcome performance of 'Inside Out 2,' a film that has adjusted the mood of the movie industry in just a few short weeks," said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at Comscore.
The movie is the highest grossing film of the year, and the first to pass $1 billion since "Barbie," which came out last July. It also joins the ranks of eight other Disney and Pixar movies grossing more than a $1 billion, including "The Incredibles 2," "Finding Dory," both "Frozen" movies and the final two "Toy Story" installments.
Daniel Loria, editorial director at Box Office Pro, which collects sales and showtime data from thousands of movie theaters across the United States, projects this year will see an overall domestic box office total between $8.1 billion and $8.4 billion, down from 2023's total of more than $9 billion, the highest since the pandemic.