Inside Out 2 Disney/Pixar’s The Animated Series has become the highest-grossing animated film ever at the global box office. With $1.4628 billion through Tuesday, the sequel has surpassed Frozen II from Disney Animation Studios ($1.454 billion). Disney has seven of the top 10 animated films in history worldwide, five of which are from Pixar.
Directed by Kelsey Mann, Inside Out 2 has also climbed the world all-time list, now at number 13, behind Top Gun: Maverick and having surpassed Barbie ($1.446B) on Monday.
The film’s international haul through Tuesday is $861.8 million, and it still has to open in Japan on Aug. 1.
The box office journey of Inside Out 2
The film has been on a roll since it began its release overseas on June 12 and in the U.S. on June 14. At the time, the opening weekend recorded the biggest opening for an animated film worldwide with $295 million.
In short order, it surpassed the $1 billion global milestone, reaching it in just 19 days, the fastest time for an animated film to reach that figure. It is the highest-grossing film of 2024 to date, and the only one to have surpassed $1 billion so far. In early July, it became the highest-grossing Pixar film of all time worldwide.
It is also the number 1 film in the history of the industry in Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Chile and Uruguay.
The top five foreign markets through Tuesday are: Mexico ($98.6 million), Brazil ($73.9 million), the United Kingdom ($61.2 million), Korea ($56.5 million) and France ($52.3 million).
Source: Ambito
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