Inside Out 2 grosses $1 billion in record time

“Inside Out 2”

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Pixar and Disney Inside Out 2 It has a big weekend ahead of it as it prepares to close out June by becoming the first film of 2024 to cross the billion-dollar mark in worldwide ticket sales. The feat is expected to be accomplished on Sunday or Monday, faster than any animated film in history, or 17 to 18 days.

She will have no problem fending off the competition and staying in first place in her third round before that A Quiet Place: Part One And Kevin Costner’s ambitious $100 million Western period film, Horizon: An American Epic – Chapter One.

No one expected Inside out 2 — which follows Riley as she turns 13 and encounters a new cast of emotions that she must juggle with her other feelings — turns into the must-see film of the year so far, as much as Barbie I did about a year ago. In the process, movie viewing overall is on the rise (Sony’s Bad Boys: Ride or DieWhich opened a week ago Inside outThe rebound has begun.)

A Quiet Place: Day One Tracking an opening of between $40 million and $45 million, it’s a strong showing for a prequel that doesn’t feature any of the series’ original stars, including John Krasinski — who doubles as director and writer — and Emily Blunt. Instead, Michael Sarnoski is directing the prequel based on a story he and Krasinski came up with together. It stars Lupita Nyong’o and Thomas Quinn.

Horizon is undoubtedly the weekend’s biggest curiosity considering Costner left behind a lucrative gig on Taylor Sheridan’s hit show. Yellowstone In order to turn his decades-long passion project into reality, four historical Westerns. Horizon: An American Epic – Chapter One It is set to open in the $10 million to $12 million range, a worrying start for a three-hour film that cost $100 million to make. Many box office pundits believe the film will overperform in the American heartland and will rank higher.

Warner agreed to distribute and market the film for a fee in the United States. Costner – who tirelessly promoted the film – invested $38 million of his own money, while two mystery investors also raised shares. The rest came from the sale of foreign rights with the help of sales company K5 International, which premiered the film at the Cannes Film Festival.

Horizon: An American Epic: Chapter Two It will open shortly on August 16 in one of the most unusual distribution schemes in Hollywood history. (Costner also allocated most of the marketing money.)

Inside out 2 It has broken any number of records since it opened its global run just over two weeks ago, helping revive 2024’s belated box office and turning June gloom into June bloom.

The latest: On Tuesday, it reached No. 10 on the list of highest-grossing animated films of all time at the domestic box office with $387.8 million in ticket sales. Overseas, it ended the day with a total of $411.9 million versus a global haul of $798.2 million, a slight difference. Third partner ($799.5 million).

Frozen part two, from Walt Disney Animation Studios, the sister division of Pixar, is the highest-grossing animated film of all time with $1.45 billion worldwide. The last animated film to cross $1 billion was Illumination and Universal Super Mario Bros movie In 2023, while the last Pixar title to do so was The Incredibles 2 in 2019.

Inside out 2 It would become only the 11th film to cross $100 billion, and the seventh produced by Pixar or Walt Disney Animation.