Inside Out 2 Box Office Return Overtakes Original Film

Inside Out 2 is a box office smash, and has now officially surpassed the original film in its total return as it continues its successful run in theaters.

According to the latest box office returns (via Deadline), Inside Out 2 has reached $863.1 million at the global box office through Thursday. That number is good to overtake the original Inside Out’s entire run ($859 million) in just 16 days of release. Inside Out 2 is also already the 19th-highest-grossing animated film ever worldwide.

The film’s success is only likely to continue, with recent reports suggesting that the film will cross the $1 billion mark in the coming weeks. As of now, Inside Out 2 is the highest-grossing film of 2024, having surpassed Dune: Part Two’s $711.8 million.

What is Inside Out 2 about?

“In the follow-up to 2015’s Oscar-winning Inside Out, Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, and Disgust—who’ve long been running a successful operation by all accounts—aren’t sure how to feel when Anxiety, Envy, Ennui, and Embarrassment show up,” the synopsis for the movie reads.

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The voice cast for Inside Out 2 includes Amy Poehler as Joy, Phyllis Smith as Sadness, Lewis Black as Anger, Tony Hale as Fear, Liza Lapira as Disgust, Maya Hawke as Anxiety, Ayo Edebiri as Envy, Adèle Exarchopoulos as Ennui, Paul Walter Hauser as Embarrassment, Kensington Tallman as Riley Andersen, Diane Lane as Mrs. Andersen, Kyle MacLachlan as Mr. Anderson, Lilimar as Valentina “Val” Ortiz, Paula Pell as Mom’s Anger, Sumayyah Nuriddin-Green as Bree, Grace Lu as Grace, Yvette Nicole Brown as Coach Roberts, John Ratzenberger as Fritz, June Squibb as Nostalgia, and Ron Fuches as Bloofy.

(Source: Deadline)

Anthony Nash

Anthony Nash has been writing about games and the gaming industry for nearly a decade. When he’s not writing about games, he’s usually playing them. You can find him on Twitter talking about games or sports at @_anthonynash.