Sure, Anxiety took center stage in Inside Out 2. But in Disney/Pixar’s accounting offices, Joy is running the show.
Inside Out 2 spent a third straight weekend on the top of the North American box office, gathering in an enviable (albeit estimated) $57.4 million en route to the crown. Sure, the win feels a bit old hat now; hearing about another Inside Out 2 win might fill some box-office observers with a bit of ennui. Since its June 14 release, Inside Out 2 has never left the top spot and has thus far banked a whopping $469.3 million domestically, making it by far the year’s biggest film. Nothing to be embarrassed about there.
Fearful of how Inside Out 2 might be faring overseas? You shouldn’t be. It’s done even better internationally. Indeed, the animated movie has earned $545.5 million in international markets, pushing its grand, worldwide total to $1 billion. That makes it the first film of the year to cross that milestone. Inside Out 2’s success might be seen—at least by its competitors—as downright disgusting.
That said, the weekend’s second-place film has nothing to be angry about.
A Quiet Place: Day One might not have won the crown, but the $53 million it earned domestically was still the best opening ever in the Quiet Place franchise. Add to that the $45.5 million it earned overseas, and Day One’s debut weekend lands at $98.5 million. That’s a positively boisterous beginning.
The weekend’s other major newcomer, Horizon: An American Saga—Chapter 1, had more reasons for sadness. Creator/director/star Kevin Costner’s three-hour Western—the first of a planned four-part series—was gunning for a big weekend. Instead, its aim was as faulty as a Star Wars stormtrooper. The R-rated drama earned just $11 million and finished third. That doesn’t bode well for Chapter 2, scheduled for release in August.
Bad Boys: Ride or Die finished fourth with $10.3 million. Meanwhile, an Indian film called Kalki 2898 AD took the fifth spot, collecting $5.5 million.
Down the list, Blue Lock: Episode Nagi landed in 13th place ($1 million); art-house flick Daddio finished 15th ($440,295); and Janet Planet spun to 17th ($187,488).
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I’ll probably see “Quiet Place” this week. From what I’ve heard, it may offer some clues to the aliens’ purpose. The first two films, while enjoyable, did not. There didn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason to their presence on Earth, other than to kill people and cause general mayhem. Do they sleep? Do they gather in groups? Do they reproduce? Presumably they came all the way from some other planet …. to do WHAT, exactly? Hopefully I’ll get a better idea.