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Joy for Pixar as Inside Out 2 smashes expectations – and box office records
The sequel to the 2015 hit opened with $155m at the US box office, the best of the year so far, and $140m internationally – the biggest overseas animated opening of all time
The core emotions – Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger and Disgust – are dispatched to the back of the mind, from where they must attempt to return to headquarters before Riley’s sense of self is entirely dismantled. The studio itself will be particularly pleased: chief Pete Docter (who directed the first Inside Out) had voiced fears that the release of pandemic titles such as Turning Red, Soul and Luca straight to Disney+ had habituated audiences to reliance on streaming. Yet Inside Out 2 scored the second biggest opening in Pixar history, behind the 2018 Incredibles sequel ($182m/£143m) and ahead of the 2016 followup to Finding Nemo ($135m/£106m) and the fourth Toy Story movie in 2019 ($120m/£94m).
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