When we met here last Monday, Inside Out 2 had just claimed the biggest debut since 2023’s Barbie en route to a no-doubt weekend win. But what would it do for an encore?
Oh, nothing much. Just become the biggest blockbuster of the year, that’s all.
Inside Out 2 (aka Disney/Pixar’s return to relevancy) skated to another victory this weekend, coasting to an estimated $100 million three-day frame in North America. That gives Inside Out 2 yet another box-office record: the biggest second weekend ever for an animated film, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
But we’re just getting started. That record-setting weekend pushed Inside Out 2’s domestic total to $355.2 million. With that, Inside Out 2 sprints well past Dune: Part Two to become the year’s highest-grossing film. (Dune: Part Two has earned a little over $282.1 million.) And it did so in just a little over a week.
Inside Out 2 is doing just as well overseas. The Pixar hit has earned $369.2 million in international markets, and it hasn’t even been released in Japan and a few other countries yet. Overall, that gives Inside Out 2 a global haul of $724.4 million, making it the world’s highest-grossing film this year. And it all-but-guarantees that it’ll become the first $1 billion movie since—you guessed it—Barbie.
Bad Boys: Ride or Die finished a distant second to Inside Out 2, but it still earned a solid $18.8 million, pushing its own domestic haul to a very respectable $146.9 million. With that kind of cash, Bad Boys’ characters Mike and Marcus could have a whale of a shopping spree in the franchise’s fifth installment—which would, naturally, be titled Bad Boys: Ride or Buy.
Newcomer The Bikeriders skidded into third place with an estimated $10 million—the only new release to finish in the top five.
As of Monday morning, two movies are locked in a dead heat for fourth place. Both The Garfield Movie and Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes earned $3.6 million, according to early estimates, which means we’ll need to count actual ticket stubs or something to figure out which film came out on top. Not that it matters much to either: The Garfield Movie has outstripped expectations, earning $85.1 million during its run. Meanwhile, the latest Planet of the Apes flick has locked down its seventh straight top five finish. Kingdom has now earned $164.4 million overall in North America.
Looking down the list a bit, we find a couple of other newcomers. The Exorcism found itself in possession of the box office’s seventh slot with $2.4 million. And in eighth place we find feisty grandma Thelma, which earned $2.2 million.
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“The Exorcism found itself in *possession* of”
Cute!
Also RIP Furiosa, and I thought the same thing last week after noting that that week’s article didn’t even give it a mention
Inside Out 2 was so accurate with all of the emotions that can come from stressful changes in one’s life. It had some really good funny moments sprinkled in there too, the comedic timing was on point. Pixar made a movie that was relatable, funny, a little heart wrenching. The story was cohesive, and instead of relying on overplayed plot tropes, they did a really good job at keeping the story unique. I like how this movie focused a little more on the friends aspect of life in contrast to the previous movie, which focused more on family.
I was honestly surprised at how good the story was.
Yeah. I had very muted expectations for the film (however unforgiving ones—the first one is one of my favorite Pixar films, and I wasn’t going to settle for anything less), but I was exceptionally impressed with how skillful the storytelling was. It avoided a lot of cliches I figured the story was going to necessarily include because of the genre and setting, and it made other characters than Riley relevant to the story without resorting to undeserved melodrama.