155 million dollars in its first weekend certify the Pixar film as one of the triumphs of 2024
It has almost doubled the forecasts. That’s how well ‘Inside Out 2’ has gone, which was expected to gross between 80 and 90 million dollars. It has gone much further: 155 million dollars in its first weekend, far leaving behind two box office bombs like ‘Dune: Part 2’ (82.5 million) and ‘Godzilla and Kong’ (80 million). Good signs for the box office or isolated phenomenon?
Dizzying numbers. Those 155 million not only make it the undisputed great success of 2024, but also allow it to be compared with the last great box office phenomenon: ‘Barbie’, which last year very close to these dates grossed 162 million. That is to say, not only do those 155 million allow him to look face to face with Warner’s success, but they make ‘Inside Out 2’ the first film since that one to exceed 100 million in its first weekend.
And outside the US more. The triumph of ‘Inside Out 2’ does not end there. At the international box office, the Pixar film has added 140 million more, reaching a total of 295 million. Parallel numbers to the aforementioned ‘Barbie, which was also a little ahead and added 335 million dollars. ‘Inside Out 2’ thus surpasses ‘Frozen 2’ and the 135 million it made in its day to become the best animated premiere in history. In Latin America it is directly the second best premiere in history, only behind ‘Avengers: Endgame’.
A respite for cinemas. This being very good news for Disney and Pixar, those who really must be experiencing some relief are the cinemas, which had a streak of semi-unexpected failures at the box office that suggested a summer of empty theaters (despite the fact that the fourth part of ‘Bad Boys ‘ lifted spirits a couple of weeks ago). ‘Furiosa’, ‘Garfield’ and ‘The Specialist’ did not obtain the box office they expected, which added to other disappointments in the first half of the year, such as ‘Madame Web’ or the relative failure of ‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’. Some possible reasons that have been discussed are the drop in attendance between 2019 and 2022, which continues to extend, the high ticket prices, the exhaustion of certain formulas, competition from streaming and the effects of last year’s strikes.
…and a break for Disney. As we said when talking about the forecasts for ‘Inside Out 2’, Disney was betting a lot with Pixar’s latest film. Despite the unexpected success of ‘Elemental’, the company is going through a year of impasse where there will only be three major premieres in cinemas: this one, ‘Deadpool and Wolverine’ as the sole standard bearer of the Marvel factory and ‘Moana 2’ in November, as a representation of Disney animation. All three are expected to be notorious box office hits, which if it happens, would undoubtedly clean up the image and accounts of a company that has almost paralyzed Marvel and Star Wars to tighten its belt and inaugurate a new era of “less quantity, more quality.” .
Pixar wasn’t dead. He was out on a spree, but not before going through a few years of some restlessness. Last month the studio laid off 175 people (after 75 people in a previous round of layoffs), culminating a streak of films that had failed at the box office after Disney’s decision to release them directly on Disney+: ‘Soul’, ‘Luca’ and ‘Network’. Considerable tension was generated between Pixar and Disney, although the success of ‘Elemental’ and the good prospects for the future, with films based on infallible franchises such as ‘Toy Story’, open the door to new joys.
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