'Inside Out 2' Surpasses 'Frozen 2' as Highest-Grossing Animated Film (original) (raw)
Disney is jumping for Joy. That’s because the studio’s emotion-laden “Inside Out 2” has surpassed “Frozen II” to stand as the highest-grossing animated film in history.
After six weeks of release, “Inside Out 2” has generated 601milliondomesticallyand601 million domestically and 601milliondomesticallyand861 million internationally, bringing its global tally to a staggering 1.46billion.“FrozenII”wasbiggerthantheverysuccessfuloriginal2013filmandcollectedamighty1.46 billion. “Frozen II” was bigger than the very successful original 2013 film and collected a mighty 1.46billion.“FrozenII”wasbiggerthantheverysuccessfuloriginal2013filmandcollectedamighty1.45 billion during its theatrical run in 2019. (Disney’s 2019 remake of “The Lion King,” which earned a staggering $1.65 billion, is technically computer-generated, but the studio has categorized the movie as live-action. So, it doesn’t have a place on the list of top animated movies.)
In terms of global ticket sales, “Inside Out 2” just overtook “Barbie” ($1.446 billion) as the 13th-biggest movie of all time. Among its many records, the Pixar sequel is the fastest animated film to cross the $1 billion benchmark, having done so in 19 days. It’s also the highest-grossing movie of 2024 to date, and the only one this year to join the billion-dollar club.
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“Inside Out 2” has succeeded theatrically thanks to several factors, including goodwill for the original 2015 film, stellar word-of-mouth and four-quadrant appeal. The first “Inside Out” triumphed with $858 million globally, but the sequel managed to clear those ticket sales in a matter of weeks.
The PG-rated “Inside Out 2,” which cost $200 million to produce, also jolted Pixar out of its box office slump. Critics and audiences were charmed by the sequel, so positive word of mouth was a boon for ticket sales. Nearly a decade after the original, “Inside Out 2” revisits the mind of the now-teenaged Riley, whose familiar emotions of Joy (Amy Poehler), Sadness (Phyllis Smith) and Anger (Lewis Black) were running the show. As she heads to summer camp, though, a whole bunch of new ones, such as Anxiety (Maya Hawke), Envy (Ayo Edebiri), Embarrassment (Paul Walter Hauser) and Nostalgia (June Squibb), show up and bring some chaotic energy.