Amy
Poehler
and
Maya
Hawke
voice
Joy
and
Anxiety,
respectively,
in
Disney
and
Pixar’s
“Inside
Out
2.”

Disney
|
Pixar


Disney
 and
Pixar’s
“Inside
Out
2”
is
the
newest
member
of
the
billion-dollar
club.

The
animated
feature
has
tallied
$1.014
billion
worldwide
as
of
Sunday,
making
it
the
highest-grossing
film
of
2024
and
the
first
film
since Warner
Bros.′
 “Barbie” to
top
$1
billion
 at
the
global
box
office.

“On
behalf
of
movie
theatre
owners
across
the
country
and
around
the
world,
we
want
to
congratulate
Disney’s
‘Inside
Out
2’
for
grossing
$1
billion
faster
than
any
animated
movie
in
history,”
said
Michael
O’Leary,
president
and
CEO
of
the
National
Association
of
Theatre
Owners.
“The
film’s
stunning
global
success
once
again
illustrates
that
audiences
the
world
over
will
respond
to
compelling,
entertaining
movies,
and
that
they
want
to
enjoy
them
on
the
big
screen.”

The
billion-dollar
benchmark
is
a
much-needed
win
for
Disney’s
Pixar
animation
hub.
A
once
prolifically
successful
studio,
Pixar
has
suffered
at
the
box
office
in
the
wake
of
the
pandemic.
Much
of
its
difficulties
have
come,
in
part,
because
Disney
opted
to
debut
a
handful
of
animated
features
directly
on
streaming
service
Disney+
during
theatrical
closures
and
even
once
cinemas
had
reopened.

As
a
result,
before
“Inside
Out
2,”
no
Disney
animated
feature
from
Pixar
or
its
Walt
Disney
Animation
studio
had
generated
more
than
$480
million
at
the
global
box
office
since
2019.

“Inside
Out
2”
has
also
showcased
how
vital
the
family
audience
is
to
the
box
office.
This

underserved
crowd
 accounted
for
more
than
70%
of
those
in
attendance
during
the
film’s
domestic
debut,
according
to
data
from
EntTelligence.

While
this
audience
came
out
in
droves
for
Universal’s
“The
Super
Mario
Bros.
Movie,”
which
generated
more
than
$1.36
billion
at
the
global
box
office,
there
was
little
for
them
to
feast
on
until
the
recent
releases
of


Sony’s

“The
Garfield
Movie”
and


Paramount’s

“IF.”

“Inside
Out
2”
also
drove
the
coveted
teen
demographic
to
cinemas,
with
14%
of
foot
traffic
coming
from
those
aged
13
to
17.
This
younger
generation
has
been
largely
absent
from
the
market
in
recent
years.

As
the
future
of
moviegoing,
this
group
is
particularly
important
to
the
industry.
Getting
them
back
to
the
big
screen
has
become
a
top
priority
for
studios
and
movie
theater
operators.

Next
up
for
family
and
teens
is
Universal
and
Illumination’s
“Despicable
Me
4,”
due
out
in
theaters
during
the
July
Fourth
holiday
weekend.


Disclosure:
Comcast
is
the
parent
company
of
NBCUniversal
and
CNBC.