SATURDAY UPDATE: Emotions are running higher and higher — in the best of senses — as Disney/Pixar’s Inside Out 2 has, through Friday, now grossed $545.1M globally. At this rate, and with so many markets firing, the worldwide cume through Sunday is well poised to be above $650M.
Currently through Friday, and across 44 international box office markets, the overseas cume is $259.4M including yesterday’s overseas haul of $32.7M. Among the offshore hubs there are some mind-blowing numbers. Mexico will pass $50M today.
In Latin America, the movie is No. 1 and in just nine days has become the biggest title of the year — also surpassing the lifetime of the first Inside Out.
Meanwhile, Italy yesterday saw the highest grossing 1st Friday for a Hollywood title ever. The gross there through Friday is $9.3M.
Across Europe, Middle East and Africa, IO2 was down just 26% from last Friday, with some markets increasing, including Germany.
Friday added China which, as noted yesterday, opened to $2.6M (through today, and not included in the total above, it’s at nearly $7M with very strong social scores).
The Top 5 markets through Friday are: Mexico ($49.3M), UK ($21.6M), Korea ($20.1M), Germany ($13.1M) and Argentina ($12.3M).
More to come…
FRIDAY UPDATE: There’s yet more joy in Inside Out 2 box office land as Thursday propelled the Disney/Pixar sequel to $481.4M worldwide. The half-billion milestone will be next once Friday’s numbers are tallied tomorrow.
In 43 international box office markets yesterday, Inside Out 2 added $23.4M for a running offshore cume of $226.7M.
Brazil joined the gang on Thursday with $3.2M, giving the movie a No. 1 launch that is the biggest opening day of all time for an animated title and the 5th highest for any film ever. It’s also tops overall for the year so far.
In holdover overseas markets, the Kelsey Mann-directed juggernaut was off 36% in Latin America versus its record-breaking start last Thursday. Across Europe, Middle East and Africa, the movie was up 2%.
Meanwhile, China opened today with an estimated $2.6M (not included in the totals above). This portends a weekend in the $10M range. IO2 has a 9.5 audience score from Maoyan (which is the best for any Hollywood movie so far this year, and above the 9.0 score of the original). The sequel is expected ultimately to best the first film’s final of $15.3M.
Through Thursday, the Top 10 markets are Mexico ($45M), UK ($19.7M), Korea ($18.5M), Germany ($11.5M), Argentina ($10.7M), Philippines ($9.1M), Central America ($8.9M), Australia ($8.2M), Colombia ($8M) and Chile ($7.4M).
We’ll have more updates throughout the weekend.
PREVIOUS, THURSDAY: Wednesday was yet another joyous day for Disney/Pixar’s Inside Out 2 as the sequel set opening benchmarks in new overseas releasing markets. The full offshore day was $29M (22% of the weekend), lifting the international box office cume to $203.3M in 42 markets, and global to $438.7M. The half a billion worldwide mark is around the corner.
Yesterday saw the offshore additions of Italy, France, Spain and Belgium with each giving the charmer a No. 1 launch. In just those markets, Wednesday was $12.3M (including previews).
With $4.2M, Italy logged the biggest opening day of all time for an animated title, the 7th best ever for any film (non-local) and the biggest overall opening day post-Covid. This is also the 4th biggest Disney opening day of all time after Avengers: Endgame, The Lion King and Avengers: Infinity War (excluding previews). The debut was 397% ahead of Inside Out, 136% above The Super Mario Bros Movie and 91% ahead of Minions: The Rise of Gru.
France scored the 3rd biggest Pixar opening day of all time and the biggest overall of the year. The $4M take was 171% ahead of Inside Out and 31% ahead of Super Mario.
As with Italy, Spain also gave Inside Out 2 the biggest opening day of all time for an animated title and the top start post-Covid with $3.3M.
At $700K, Belgium provided the biggest launch day ever for Pixar, and the 3rd best for a Disney or Pixar animated film. The start was 133% bigger than the original and 34% above Rise of Gru.
Brazil opens today, and China gets on board on Friday.
The top markets through Wednesday are Mexico (and its staggering $42.2M), the UK ($18.7M), Korea ($17.6M), Germany ($10.8M) and Argentina ($9.4M).
