‘Inside Out 2’ launches to $13 million in previews, the most of any 2024 film

Move out of the way, Sadness: “Inside Out 2” just scored the biggest box office previews of 2024.

Move out of the way, Sadness: “Inside Out 2” just scored the biggest box office previews of 2024.

Disney and Pixar‘s latest animated outing grossed $13 million in Thursday previews domestically, plus $22.3 million internationally. The family-friendly sequel is projected to launch between $80 million and $90 million this weekend.

A debut on the higher end would give “Inside Out 2” the biggest opening of the year. Warner Bros. currently holds the top two spots of 2024 with “Dune: Part Two” at $82.5 million and “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” at $80 million.

For reference, “Inside Out 2’s” $13 million in domestic box office previews outpaced last year’s “The Little Mermaid” ($10.3 million), “Minions: The Rise of Gru” ($10.8 million) and “Toy Story 4” ($12 million). It falls a bit short of recent animated superhero sequels like “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” ($17.4 million) and “Incredibles 2” ($18.5 million).

Outside of the U.S. and Canada, “Inside Out 2” did particularly well in Mexico, where it raked in $5.7 million in previews and scored the third-highest animated opening day in the country’s history. In Argentina, “Inside Out 2” scored the second-highest animated opening day, falling behind only “Toy Story 4.” Plus, the movie still has legs internationally, as it will play in various markets (like France, Italy, Spain, China, Japan and Brazil) after opening weekend.

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