‘Inside Out 2’ scores $100M in its second weekend, setting records

Jake Coyle, Associated Press movie writer

NEW YORK (AP) — Weekend number 2 was conscionable arsenic joyous for “Inside Out 2.”

The Pixar sequel collected $100 cardinal successful summons income successful its 2nd weekend, according to workplace estimates Sunday, mounting a caller grounds for an animated movie successful its follow-up framework successful theaters. The erstwhile champion 2nd play for an animated title was nan $92 cardinal for “The Super Mario Bros. Movie.” Only six movies ever person had amended 2nd weekends.

In conscionable a week and a half, “Inside Out 2” has go 2024’s highest-grossing movie to day pinch $724.4 cardinal globally, including $355.2 cardinal successful U.S. and Canadian theaters. That passes nan $711.8 cardinal worldwide full of “Dune: Part Two.” “Inside Out 2” will apt rustle done nan $1 cardinal people successful astir a week, which would make it nan first movie since “Barbie” to do so.

The grade of nan “Inside Out 2” occurrence startled Hollywood, which had grown accustomed to little expectations arsenic nan movie manufacture watched summons income this twelvemonth slump astir 40% beneath pre-pandemic totals, according to information patient Comscore, earlier “Inside Out 2” came along.

The grounds haul for “Inside Out 2,” though, recalled past years erstwhile $1 cardinal grosses were much commonplace for nan Walt Disney Co. It is besides a much-needed blockbuster for Pixar, which aft experimenting pinch direct-to-streaming releases, reconsidered its movie pipeline and attack to mass-audience appeal.

Now, “Inside Out 2,” which dipped a specified 35% from its $154 cardinal home debut, is poised to situation “The Incredibles 2” ($1.2 billion) for nan all-time apical grossing Pixar release. It could besides steer nan venerated animation mill toward much sequels. Among its upcoming films is “Toy Story 5,” owed retired successful 2026.

For theatre owners, “Inside Out 2” could hardly person been much needed. But it besides reminded exhibitors of really feast-or-famine nan movie business has go successful caller years. Since nan pandemic, movies for illustration “Barbie,” “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and “Top Gun: Maverick” person pushed summons income to grounds heights, but fallow periods successful betwixt box-office sensations person grown longer. Ticket income complete Memorial Day past period were nan worst successful 3 decades.

Some of 2024’s downturn tin beryllium attributed to release-schedule juggling caused by past year’s writers and actors strikes. The biggest caller merchandise complete nan play was Jeff Nichols’ motorcycle pack play “The Bikeriders,” a movie primitively slated to unfastened successful 2023 earlier nan actors onslaught prompted its postponement.

“The Bikeriders,” starring Jodie Comer, Austin Butler and Tom Hardy, came successful connected nan precocious broadside of expectations pinch $10 cardinal from 2,642 venues successful its opening weekend. “The Bikeriders,” which costs astir $35 cardinal to produce, was primitively to beryllium released by Disney earlier New Regency took it to Focus Features past fall.

The beardown business for “Inside Out 2” appeared to raise summons income generally. Sony Pictures’ “Bad Boys: Ride aliases Die” held good successful its 3rd week of release, collecting $18.8 million. It remained successful 2nd place. The “Bad Boys” sequel, starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, has grossed $146.9 cardinal domestically frankincense far.

Next week, nan sci-fi scary prequel “A Quiet Place: Day One” and Kevin Costner’s Western epic “Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 1″ will dream immoderate of nan “Inside Out 2” occurrence rubs disconnected connected them.

Estimated summons income for Friday done Sunday astatine U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Final home figures will beryllium released Monday.

1. “Inside Out 2,” $100 million.

2. “Bad Boys: Ride aliases Die,” $18.8 million.

3. “The Bikeriders,” $10 million.

4. “The Garfield Movie, $3.6 million.

5. “Kingdom of nan Planet of nan Apes,” $3.6 million.

6. “If,” $2.8 million.

7. “The Exorcism,” $2.4 million.

8. “Thelma,” $2.2 million.

9. “The Watchers,” $1.9 million.

10. “Ghost: Rite Here Rite Now,” $1.5 million.