An amazing success that helps Pixar leave behind the serious crisis it was going through
A few days ago we told you that ‘Inside Out 2’ was doing very well at the box office and that it had dethroned ‘Dune 2’ as the best release of the year. Of course, even then we were not prepared for the thunderous success that the Pixar film has had, since has managed to raise 295 million dollars in just three days. A real outrage.
‘Inside Out 2’ has debuted with 155 million dollars in the United States, making it the second-best opening for an animated film there. Curiously, the record belongs to another Pixar feature film, since ‘Incredibles 2’ started in 2018 with 182.6 million. However, the tables turn when the collection from the rest of the world is added, since there ‘Incredibles 2’ had to settle for 51.5 million, so it finally ended up at 234.1 million.
The two animated films that surpass it
Thus, ‘Inside Out 2’ has achieved the record for the best world premiere for a Pixar filmbut when it comes to animated films it has to settle for third position, being surpassed by both ‘Frozen 2’ and ‘Super Mario Bros. The Movie’, although with the latter there is something of a trick.
‘Frozen 2’ started 2019 with 350 million worldwide grosses during its first weekend, of which 127 were from North America and 223 from the rest of the world. For its part, the big screen adventure of the Nintendo plumber destroyed the competition with 377 million -204 million in the United States and 173 in the rest of the world-. Of course, he had five days to achieve it compared to the three for ‘Frozen 2’ and ‘Inside Out 2’, which is why he says there is something of a trick.
What is beyond any doubt is that ‘Inside Out 2’ is going to be a huge success and that it will most likely join the select club of films that closed their run in theaters with revenues exceeding 1,000 million. In fact, the question is more whether it will surpass ‘Incredibles 2’ to become Pixar’s highest-grossing film. The figure to beat is 1,243 million.
Em Espinof | From ‘Toy Story’ to ‘Inside Out 2’: all the Pixar movies ordered from worst to best
In Espinof | The 31 best animated films in history
