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‘Inside Out 2’ Becomes First Movie of 2024 to Hit $1 Billion at Global Box Office


Disney and Pixar's "Inside Out 2" is the first film of the year to hit $1 billion at the global box office.

Pixar chief Pete Docter, who directed 2015’s “Inside Out,” has stressed that COVID-era strategy “trained” audiences to watch the studio’s movies at home — hence the comparatively less-embraced theatrical releases of 2022’s “Lightyear” and 2023’s “Elemental.” The follow-up film arrived on the big screen nearly 10 years after the original adventure about the inner feelings — including Joy (Amy Poehler), Sadness (Phyllis Smith) and Anger (Lewis Black) — of a young girl named Riley. The sequel, directed by Kelsey Mann in his feature debut, revisits a teenaged Riley, who discovers new emotions of Anxiety (Maya Hawke), Envy (Ayo Edebiri), Embarrassment (Paul Walter Hauser) and Nostalgia (June Squibb) as she heads to hockey camp over the summer.

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