Update: With the preliminary figures corresponding to the box office for the weekend of June 21 to 23, ‘Inside Out 2’ officially becomes the highest-grossing film of the year so far not only in the United States, but also globally, surpassing ‘Dune: Part Two’ with 724.2 million dollars raised worldwide (355 in North America and 369.2 in the rest of the world). Source: Variety
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After several failures in a row that closed a worrying first half of 2024, the global box office needed a boost. And Disney has been in charge of giving it to them with Pixar’s new bet, ‘Inside Out 2’, which is exceeding all expectations and is on its way to becoming one of the highest-grossing films of the year. And of history.
For now, Its collection in the United States has already exceeded, in just one week, the total of ‘Dune: Part Two’, so far the highest-grossing film of the year. He achieved it on Friday, June 21, adding an incredible $30.5 million, bringing his domestic total to $285.7 million, according to Variety. The second part of ‘Dune’, which ended its run in the United States with 282 million, thus loses the title of highest-grossing film of the year in North America.
Globally, ‘Dune: Part Two’ continues to lead, with $711.8 million worldwide. But there is no doubt that ‘Inside Out 2’ will catch up soon at the pace it is going. In fact, the animated film directed by Kelsey Mann surpassed the $500 million barrier worldwide at the start of the weekend, so it is assumed that he will have ahead of ‘Dune 2’ on Sunday. To put it in perspective, in just over a week it has already grossed more than the previous Pixar film that hit theaters, ‘Elemental’, which stood at 496 million.
Second historic weekend
‘Inside Out 2’ does nothing but accumulate records, with the best opening in history for an animated film in countries like Spain, Brazil or Italy, the best opening of the year in the United States and the best since ‘Barbie’. And now, the film adds another impressive record to his list.
As Variety confirms, the collection corresponding to the second weekend at the North American box office once again shatters expectations with other 100 million dollars, which represents a drop of only 35% compared to the previous one, where it premiered with 154 million. This gives him the title of best second weekend in history for an animated film in the United States and seventh in total, only surpassed by the mega-blockbusters ‘Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens’, ‘Avengers: Endgame’, ‘Avengers: Infinity War’, ‘Black Panther’, ‘Jurassic World’ and ‘ The Avengers’.
