It’s worth saying: it was an “exciting” weekend at the American box office! After a series of moderate successes, the past week finally saw the debut of a new title with record numbers, the first since Barbie by Greta Gerwig. This is the Pixar cartoon Inside Out 2which exceeded all expectations, collecting a new series of records.
The long-awaited sequel debuted to an impressive showing of 155 million dollarsovercoming Dune: Part Two (82.5 million) e Godzilla and Kong – The new empire (80 million). In addition to being the best opening of 2024, it is also the best post-season result.Barbie (162 million) and the only one to manage to exceed 100 million.
This is the second best result in the history of Pixar Animation Studiosbetter than Finding Dory (135 million) e Toy Story 4 (120 million), and behind only The Incredibles 2 (182 million). And that’s not all: with $140 million internationallyhas established itself as the biggest debut in history for an animated film, even surpassing it Frozen 2 – The secret of Arendelle. Overall, the total takings reached 295 million.
A victory that Pixar studios desperately needed, after the difficult period of the pandemic – during which titles such as Soul, Luca And Red were released directly on Disney+ – and the difficulties encountered at the box office by Lightyear and Elemental.
Inside Out 2directed by Kelsey Mann, takes us back into the mind of Riley Andersen, now grown up and dealing with the emergence of the overwhelming emotions typical of adolescence. Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust they are now a well-tested team, but everything is destined to change when a completely unexpected restructuring marks the arrival of a new emotion: Anxiety! And other tenants arrive with her: Envy, Embarrassment and Ennui.
Inside Out 2 is expected on the Italian big screens for June 19, 2024.
Source: Variety
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