Disney Pixar movie Inside Out may surpass $2 billion at the box office

“Inside Out 2” has yet to be released in Japan, which contributed about $33 million to the first film’s $850.5 million global total in 2015.

“As a global phenomenon that appeals to moviegoers beyond families and children, and with 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 runner and a marathon runner,” said Paul. Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at Comscore. “He is the perfect candidate to join the billion-dollar club.”

While Disney’s 2022 film “Avatar: The Way of Water” passed the $1 billion mark on its way to more than $2 billion, the company’s Pixar studio has not seen a film reach the benchmark since 2019’s “Toy Story 4.”

After the pandemic, both Walt Disney Animation and Pixar have struggled to regain a foothold at the box office. The difficulties came in part because Disney chose to release a few animated features directly on its Disney+ streaming service while movie theaters were closed and even after theaters reopened.

Prior to “Inside Out 2,” no animated film produced by Disney Pixar or Walt Disney Animation had grossed more than $480 million at the global box office since 2019.

The film earned another $100 million domestically over the weekend, an unprecedented 35% decline from its opening weekend. Movies typically see a 50% to 70% drop in ticket sales from their first weekend to their second weekend.

With this feat, “Inside Out 2” becomes one of only seven titles to surpass $100 million in its second weekend. The others are five Disney films – “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” “Avengers: Endgame,” “Avengers: Infinity War,” “Black Panther,” “The Avengers,” and “Jurassic World.” Universal production.

“Inside Out 2” added $100 million from previous weekday showings Monday through Thursday.

“Doing Inside Out 2 is the culmination of many things,” said Sean Robbins, founder and owner of Box Office Theory. “A meaningful story that people of all ages and backgrounds can relate to, the endearing goodwill toward the original film, the appeal of the old Disney and Pixar brand, the pent-up demand for a family film, a very user-friendly runtime of under two hours, and school vacations and oppressive heat waves that drive Several people inside for air-conditioned entertainment can all be pointed out as ingredients in the recipe for this box office storm.

The film received significant coverage from family audiences, accounting for more than 70% of attendance during the film’s domestic debut, according to data from EntTelligence. This audience of moviegoers has been underserved post-pandemic, with many family-friendly films heading straight to streaming or being pushed from the calendar due to theater closures or production halts.

Last year, that audience turned out in droves to see Universal’s “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” which grossed more than $1.36 billion at the global box office.

“Inside Out 2” also led the coveted teen segment into theaters, with 14% of viewers coming from those ages 13-17. This younger generation has been largely absent from the market in recent years.

As the future of cinema, this collection is of particular importance to the industry. Bringing them back to the big screen has become a top priority for studios and movie theater operators.

“A blockbuster show is exactly what the doctor ordered for theater owners as well,” Robbins said. “They were hungry for event-level releases to kick off the summer season in May, thanks in large part to release delays caused by last year’s labor strikes. It doesn’t normally take until mid-June to see a box office performance of this stature, but along with continued… If Bad Boys: Ride or Die is true, it may herald the kind of success the industry is hoping for among the many high-potential releases that will debut in the second half of the year.

Disclosure: Comcast is the parent company of NBCUniversal and CNBC. NBCUniversal is the distributor for “Jurassic World” and “The Super Mario Bros. Movie.”