Inside Out 2 delivers biggest opening weekend since Barbie

Nathan Jolly

June 17, 2024 2:49

The new Disney Pixar film, Inside Out 2, pulled $9.11 million in its opening weekend, dwarfing this year’s previous biggest weekend, and marking the best results since Barbie debuted last June.

Inside Out 2 was responsible for 60% of the total box office in the country this weekend, and enjoyed the highest-grossing opening weekend for an animation ever globally – at $295 million.

In Australia, it was the third best Pixar opening weekend ever, the fourth highest Walt Disney Animation Studios/PIXAR opening weekend of all time, and the eighth-highest animated opening weekend ever.

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Nathan Jolly

Nathan Jolly is the Features Editor at Mumbrella. He joined the team in July, 2023.