Inside Out 2 has surpassed Dune: Part 2 to become the highest-grossing movie of 2024, and it only took eight days to secure that title at the U.S. box office.
As reported by Variety, the animated tentpole from Disney and Pixar has so far earned $724 million at the worldwide box office, including $355 million in the U.S. and Canada, overtaking Dune: Part 2’s $711 million global haul (with $282 million from the U.S. and Canada) to become the most successful movie of the year.
Inside Out 2 followed its massive opening weekend with more staggering ticket sales in its sophomore outing, raking in $100 million in the U.S. and Canada and $164 million from other territories in its second weekend at theaters. These takings put it on track to become the first movie of 2024 to join the $1 billion box office club.
Last weekend, Inside Out 2 scored the second-biggest opening of all time for an animated film behind the $182 million Incredibles 2 brought in back in 2018. Pixar’s latest also secured the biggest U.S. opening of 2024 and became the first film to cross $100 million in its first few days (since Barbie’s achievement last summer).
Inside Out 2 takes audiences further inside the mind of Riley, now a teenager conjuring an entirely new range of emotions. IGN recently toured the Pixar Animation Studios campus in California and caught up with director Kelsey Mann to take a closer look at the new characters, plus the designs that didn’t make the final cut.
Audiences have hardly been able to contain their emotions over Inside Out 2. The movie is Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, with critics praising its visuals, cast, and clever storytelling. IGN’s review of Inside Out 2 called it “a smart but emotionally stunted sequel” with “a few inventive ideas that make for hearty amusement.”
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