Anticipated by a massive advertising campaign, but also welcomed by positive criticism, Inside Out 2 arrived this weekend in theaters across the United States and Canada. And it gave Pixar and Disney the best theatrical debut of a film of 2024: 155 million dollars at the box office, of which 56 on Friday alone. The protagonist of the animated film, sequel to the great success of 2015, is always Riley, the little girl who has now become a teenager and is prey – like everyone – to a kaleidoscope of contrasting emotions. Riley has therefore grown up, and with her so has her “sensory” apparatus. And so, to the five quarrelsome emotions that compete for the girl’s attention – Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust – a new and unexpected one is added: Anxiety. And, Disney suggests in the presentation of the new cartoon, it seems that she is not alone. In addition to the USA and Canada, the film directed by Kelsey Mann has already been released in 38 other countries around the world. To see it in Italy we will have to wait a few more days: it will be in theaters from Wednesday 19 June. In the meantime, the global “loot” already collected is around 300 million dollars. Giving a jolt to a sector that, to be honest, hasn’t been doing very well in recent months. In America the last title to exceed nine figures in its debut weekend was Colossal Barbiewhich immediately took home $162 million in July.
