Refresh for latest…: There’s joy all around as Disney/Pixar’s Inside Out 2 has crossed the coveted $1B milestone at the worldwide box office. With $1,014.8B through 19 days, this is the quickest time to the mark for an animated movie ever, besting the previous record holder, Frozen 2, which got there in 25. Only 11 animated films have ever crossed the $1B threshold, and of those, Disney and Pixar combined now have eight.
Directed by Kelsey Mann, Inside Out 2 is also the first film of the year to get to $1B.
The international box office weekend was an estimated $108M, a 37% ease in the holdover markets, with continued No. 1s in most majors. The overseas cume is now $545.5M. The running domestic total is $469.3M. Inside Out 2 has jumped up the all-time animated chart in North America, now at No. 5 after topping Toy Story 3 ($415M), The Lion King ($423M), Toy Story 4 ($434M) and Shrek 2 ($445M).
On the news, NATO President & CEO Michael O’Leary said in a statement, “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. The film’s stunning global success illustrates, once again, that audiences the world over will respond to compelling, entertaining movies, and they want to enjoy them on the big screen. Thanks to its robust theatrical run, Inside Out 2 is bringing together moviegoers of all ages for a shared cinematic experience that they will always remember.”
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