Disney and Pixar's "Inside Out 2" has tallied $724.4 million at the box office worldwide as of Sunday, making it the highest-grossing film of 2024. Box-office experts expect the film will soon surpass $1 billion globally, becoming the first film since Warner Bros.' "Barbie" to reach that milestone
“Inside Out 2” has yet to open in Japan, which contributed nearly $33 million to the $850.5 million global total of “Inside Out in 2024.
“As a global phenomenon attracting moviegoers well beyond families and kids and a message that resonates and is relatable across all cultures and languages, ‘Inside Out 2’ is the rare film that is both a box-office sprinter and a marathon runner,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at Comscore. “It is the perfect candidate for admission to the billion-dollar club.”
While Disney’s 2022 film “Avatar: The Way of Water” surpassed the billion-dollar mark on its way to a more than $2 billion haul, the company’s Pixar studio hasn’t seen a movie reach the benchmark since 2019′s “Toy Story 4.”
After the pandemic, both Walt Disney Animation and Pixar struggled to regain a foothold at the box office. The difficulties occurred in part because Disney opted to debut a handful of animated features directly on streaming service Disney+ during theatrical closures and even once cinemas had reopened.
Before “Inside Out 2,” no Disney animated feature from Pixar or Walt Disney Animation had generated more than $480 million at the global box office since 2019.
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