If someone had told me at the beginning of June that Inside Out 2 was (probably) going to make more money than Barbie, I'd have called the cops on them.
Don't get me wrong, IO2 was always a guaranteed hit but I doubt that anyone expected it to be that successful.
It seems like Pixar sequels that are long-awaited tend to do exceptionally well and people are always surprised when they "overperform." Toy Story 3, Finding Dory and Incredibles 2 broke all kinds of records when they were new. Like those, Inside Out 2 benefited from being the sequel to an especially well-liked first film with characters the audience was excited to see again after a long absence. And, of course, it really delivered the goods as an entertaining and substantial follow-up. They made this because they found another story worth telling, so audiences are leaving satisfied, and the studio being rewarded with tons of money. I don't think they would have had this result if they had just pumped out another one for the sake of making another one, like with the Cars sequels and Monsters University.
I would reverse that. If someone had told me in 2022 that a Barbie film would compete with a Pixar film for worldwide box office take, I would have looked at them like they were crazy.If someone had told me at the beginning of June that Inside Out 2 was (probably) going to make more money than Barbie, I'd have called the cops on them.
| Movie Title | Distributor | Gross | %LW | Theaters | Theaters Change | Per Theater | Total Gross | Weekends In Release | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Deadpool & Wolverine | Walt Disney | $54,175,000 | -44% | 4,330 | +100 | $12,512 | $494,331,382 | 3 |
| 2 | N | It Ends With Us | Sony Pictures | $50,000,000 | 3,611 | $13,847 | $50,000,000 | 1 | ||
| 3 | (2) | Twisters | Universal | $15,000,000 | -34% | 3,664 | -345 | $4,094 | $222,262,000 | 4 |
| 4 | N | Borderlands | Lionsgate | $8,800,000 | 3,125 | $2,816 | $8,800,000 | 1 | ||
| 5 | (4) | Despicable Me 4 | Universal | $8,000,000 | -30% | 3,009 | -367 | $2,659 | $330,132,000 | 6 |
| 6 | (3) | Trap | Warner Bros. | $6,725,000 | -56% | 3,181 | n/c | $2,114 | $28,676,000 | 2 |
| 7 | (5) | Inside Out 2 | Walt Disney | $4,956,000 | -27% | 2,200 | -415 | $2,253 | $636,456,948 | 9 |
| 8 | (6) | Harold and the Purple Crayon | Sony Pictures | $3,100,000 | -48% | 3,325 | n/c | $932 | $12,889,000 | 2 |
| 9 | N | Cuckoo | Neon | $3,012,500 | 1,503 | $2,004 | $3,012,500 | 1 | ||
| 10 | (7) | Longlegs | Neon | $2,000,000 | -53% | 1,310 | -840 | $1,527 | $71,251,907 | 5 |
| 11 | (-) | Dìdi (弟弟) | Focus Features | $650,000 | +44% | 200 | +153 | $3,250 | $1,626,000 | 3 |
| 12 | (8) | A Quiet Place: Day One | Paramount Pi… | $475,000 | -66% | 468 | -571 | $1,015 | $138,575,000 | 7 |
| - | (-) | Sing Sing | A24 | $226,965 | +38% | 39 | +21 | $5,820 | $821,862 | 5 |
| - | (10) | Bad Boys: Ride or Die | Sony Pictures | $185,000 | -72% | 152 | -285 | $1,217 | $193,342,000 | 10 |
| - | (-) | Fly Me to the Moon | Sony Pictures | $125,000 | -64% | 193 | -227 | $648 | $20,302,000 | 5 |
| - | (-) | Widow Clicquot | Vertical Ent… | $67,500 | -48% | 81 | -16 | $833 | $771,954 | 4 |
| - | (-) | Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes | 20th Century… | $35,000 | -59% | 20 | -10 | $1,750 | $171,096,048 | 14 |
| - | (-) | MaXXXine | A24 | $32,079 | -79% | 29 | -41 | $1,106 | $15,082,041 | 6 |
| - | N | Good One | Metrograph P… | $30,013 | 3 | $10,004 | $30,013 | 1 | ||
| - | (-) | Janet Planet | A24 | $11,177 | n/c | 16 | -5 | $699 | $774,451 | 8 |
| 20 | $157,606,234 |
I think they’re having a great Sunday.
| Theatrical Performance | ||
| Domestic Box Office | $494,331,382 | Details |
| International Box Office | $535,200,000 | Details |
| Worldwide Box Office | $1,029,531,382 | |
| Further financial details... |
Not to mention that Lively has a cameo in Deadpool and Wolverine, so she's technically in both of the top two films.
My local theater has Deadpool on its premium screen until Thursday, when it will be switched out for Alien. So Disney is taking the premium screen away from one of its inherited Fox properties and giving it to another of its inherited Fox properties.
Maybe the disaster genre doesn't move international audiences the way it did back then. And it is a very U.S.-focused story, not a global disaster, so that could be a factor.
| Movie Title | Distributor | Gross | %LW | Theaters | Theaters Change | Per Theater | Total Gross | Weekends In Release | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N | Alien: Romulus | 20th Century… | $41,500,000 | 3,885 | $10,682 | $41,500,000 | 1 | ||
| 2 | (1) | Deadpool & Wolverine | Walt Disney | $29,000,000 | -46% | 3,960 | -370 | $7,323 | $545,816,895 | 4 |
| 3 | (2) | It Ends With Us | Sony Pictures | $24,000,000 | -52% | 3,739 | +128 | $6,419 | $97,785,000 | 2 |
| - | (3) | Twisters | Universal | $9,800,000 | -35% | 3,483 | -181 | $2,814 | $238,439,000 | 5 |
| - | (-) | Coraline | Fathom Events | $8,391,479 | 1,535 | $5,467 | $86,592,301 | 811 | ||
| 6 | (5) | Despicable Me 4 | Universal | $6,000,000 | -25% | 2,788 | -221 | $2,152 | $340,402,000 | 7 |
| 7 | (6) | Trap | Warner Bros. | $3,435,000 | -48% | 2,436 | -745 | $1,410 | $35,214,000 | 3 |
| 8 | (7) | Inside Out 2 | Walt Disney | $3,200,000 | -34% | 1,850 | -350 | $1,730 | $642,194,883 | 10 |
| 9 | (4) | Borderlands | Lionsgate | $2,350,000 | -73% | 3,125 | n/c | $752 | $13,542,237 | 2 |
| - | (8) | Harold and the Purple Crayon | Sony Pictures | $1,025,000 | -67% | 1,829 | -1,496 | $560 | $15,716,000 | 3 |
| - | (9) | Cuckoo | Neon | $866,000 | -71% | 1,402 | -101 | $618 | $5,316,887 | 2 |
| - | (10) | Longlegs | Neon | $721,050 | -63% | 645 | -665 | $1,118 | $72,929,845 | 6 |
| - | (11) | Dìdi (弟弟) | Focus Features | $700,000 | +8% | 427 | +227 | $1,639 | $2,693,030 | 4 |
| - | N | Skincare | IFC Films | $315,894 | 768 | $411 | $315,894 | 1 | ||
| - | N | Rob Peace | Republic Pic… | $253,216 | 526 | $481 | $253,216 | 1 | ||
| - | (14) | Sing Sing | A24 | $251,955 | +10% | 112 | +73 | $2,250 | $1,176,009 | 6 |
| - | (12) | A Quiet Place: Day One | Paramount Pi… | $113,000 | -76% | 135 | -333 | $837 | $138,891,000 | 8 |
| - | (-) | CatVideoFest 2024 | Oscilloscope… | $82,655 | -20% | 61 | +1 | $1,355 | $540,527 | 3 |
| - | (-) | Good One | Metrograph P… | $45,260 | +51% | 13 | +10 | $3,482 | $85,138 | 2 |
| - | (-) | Widow Clicquot | Vertical Ent… | $39,000 | -42% | 49 | -32 | $796 | $849,681 | 5 |
| - | (-) | The Good Half | Utopia | $38,080 | 53 | $718 | $146,162 | 4 | ||
| - | (13) | The Firing Squad | Atlas Distri… | $34,000 | -86% | 83 | -357 | $410 | $1,722,275 | 3 |
| - | (-) | Caligula | Drafthouse F… | $30,815 | 13 | $2,370 | $23,430,815 | 2,325 | ||
| - | (-) | Janet Planet | A24 | $11,945 | +7% | 11 | -5 | $1,086 | $793,638 | 9 |
| - | (-) | MaXXXine | A24 | $6,951 | -78% | 13 | -16 | $535 | $15,097,633 | 7 |
| - | (-) | War Game | Submarine De… | $6,446 | -61% | 8 | +3 | $806 | $46,955 | 3 |
| - | N | Mountains | Music Box Films | $6,119 | 1 | $6,119 | $6,119 | 1 | ||
| - | (-) | La chimera | Neon | $1,200 | 1 | $1,200 | $1,004,503 | 21 | ||
| 28 | $132,225,065 |
Why no discounts by the way?
