Inside Out 2 Beats Frozen 2 as the Highest-Grossing Animated Movie of All Time

This year’s movie theatre slump has yet ended with the merchandise of summer blockbusters and animated films, which person relieved the manufacture with immense hits. And permission it to Disney and Pixar to person supercharged summons income with the merchandise of Inside Out 2, which is present officially the highest-grossing animated movie of each clip worldwide.

It took conscionable 2 weeks for it to outgross its predecessor Inside Out, and went connected to apical beauteous overmuch the remainder of the Pixar slate arsenic we’ve gotten deeper into the summer. Today it yet deed $1.462 cardinal to day astatine the planetary container office; that makes it a bigger occurrence than 2019’s Frozen 2, Disney’s still-ongoing biggest franchise, which pulled successful $1.453 billion.

In lone six weeks, Inside Out 2 has “moved into the #13 spot successful the all-time manufacture planetary container bureau rankings,” according to Disney. Additionally, “the movie besides crossed $600 cardinal astatine the home container bureau yesterday and has remained successful the apical 3 titles passim its run. Inside Out 2 has brought successful $861 cardinal internationally.” And it’s not done yet; the movie has yet to beryllium released successful Japan (it’s opening determination adjacent week), but it already has breached different records including becoming the fastest animated movie to scope $1 cardinal globally, successful lone 19 days. It’s besides the highest-grossing movie of 2024 to date, and the lone 1 to transverse $1 billion.

Walt Disney Animation Studios released the pursuing representation of Frozen sisters Anna and Elsa passing the baton to Anxiety and Joy to observe Pixar’s win.

Image: Walt Disney Animation

Inside Out 2 is retired successful theaters now.

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