Inside Out 2 Becomes the Highest-Grossing Animated Film Ever

Already the most successful worldwide theatrical release of 2024, Disney and Pixar’s Inside Out 2 is now the highest-grossing animated film of all time, with $1.462 billion to date at the global box office. In addition to surpassing Disney’s Frozen 2 ($1.454 billion) on the animated chart, the film has also moved into the #13 spot in the all-time industry global box office rankings.

Now in its sixth week of release, the film also crossed $600 million at the domestic box office yesterday and has remained in the top three titles throughout its run. Inside Out 2 has brought in $861 million internationally and is set to open in its final market, Japan, next week.

Other box office records and milestones include the fastest animated film to $1 billion globally (19 days), the highest-grossing movie of 2024 to date and the only one to cross $1 billion, the biggest global animation opening of all time ($292 million), and the second-biggest domestic animation opening ($154 million).

With the blockbuster success of Inside Out 2, Disney holds four of the top five and nine of the top 12 highest-grossing animated films in history.

Disney and Pixar’s Inside Out 2 returns to the mind of newly minted teenager Riley just as headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions! Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, and Disgust, who’ve long been running a successful operation by all accounts, aren’t sure how to feel when Anxiety shows up. And it looks like she’s not alone.

Joining Joy (voice by Amy Poehler), Anger (voice by Lewis Black), Sadness (voice by Phyllis Smith), Fear (voice by Tony Hale), and Disgust (voice by Liza Lapira) is a group of Emotions ideally suited for the teenage years.

Maya Hawke voices Anxiety, the previously announced new arrival bound to shake up everything in headquarters and beyond. A bundle of frazzled energy, Anxiety enthusiastically ensures Riley’s prepared for every possible negative outcome.

Envy, voiced by Ayo Edebiri, may be small, but she sure knows what she wants. She’s perpetually jealous of everything everyone else has and is not afraid to pine over it. Ennui, who’s voiced by Adèle Exarchopoulos, couldn’t care less. Bored and lethargic with a well-practiced eye-roll, Ennui adds the perfect amount of teenage apathy to Riley’s personality when she feels like it.

Embarrassment, voiced by Paul Walter Hauser, likes to lay low, which isn’t easy for this burly guy with a bright blush-pink complexion. Additionally, Kensington Tallman lends her voice to Riley Andersen, who’s about to begin high school. Lilimar was called on to voice Valentina “Val” Ortiz, a high school hockey player whom everyone, including Riley and her friends, looks up to.

Diane Lane and Kyle MacLachlan return to voice Riley’s mom and dad; Sumayyah Nuriddin-Green and Grace Lu provide the voices for Riley’s besties; and Yvette Nicole Brown voices Coach Roberts, who heads up a summer hockey camp. The film was directed by Kelsey Mann and produced by Mark Nielsen with a score by Andrea Datzman.