Inside Out 2 tops Frozen as highest-grossing animated movie as flick earns $1.5 billion at box office

There's a new animated movie that has beaten Frozen as the highest-grossing animated movie of all time .

Inside Out 2 has taken the honor making $1.46 billion at the global box office which has surpassed Frozen II in 2019 according to Disney . The animated movie is a sequel to the 2015 Inside Out which followed a the five personified emotions (Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust) of pre-teen Riley as she navigated a new change in her life. Then the sequel features a Riley entering puberty as a 13 year old and dealing with new personified emotions this time such as Anxiety, Envy, Ennui and Embarrassment.

The animated film has a star studded ensemble voice cast with Amy Poehler, Liza Lapira, Tony Hale, Lewis Black, Phyllis Smith, Kensington Tallman, Maya Hawke, Ayo Edebiri, Lilimar, Grace Lu, Sumayyah Nuriddin-Green, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Diane Lane, Kyle MacLachlan, Paul Walter Hauser and Yvette Nicole Brown.

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Last month, Inside Out 2 came out in theaters on June 14 and it proceeded to make the 1 Billion Dollar club in 19 days which is the quickest for any animated film ever yet.

The Pixar film is also the highest-grossing film of 2024 to date, and the only one to go over $1B so far. In the list of all time grossing films, Inside out 2 sits at No. 13, it knocked juggernaut 2023 smash hit Barbie with $1.446 billion. This is not the only record Inside Out 2 made, it also dethroned The Incredibles 2 ($1.242 billion) globally to become the top-grossing Pixar film worldwide.

"Inside Out 2 is a quintessentially Pixar film, and it’s been amazing to see how it has connected so deeply with people all over the world,” Alan Bergman, Co-Chairman, Disney Entertainment, said about the news. “We knew it was really special, but no one could have predicted it would reach these record-breaking heights. We’re grateful to all the fans who have made this the biggest animated film ever.”

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Seven of the top ten grossing animated films are either produced by Pixar or Walt Disney Animation Studios. There has been no confirmation of a third installment in the franchise but a third one could be possible with the success of the second film.

Also the director Kelsey Mann furthered that hope by when in a June interview with USA Today , he said there a "whole stockpile of ideas" to tap into about a potential third sequel and how the "audience really wants" it.