‘Inside Out 2’ Breaks Records as First Animated Film to Reach $1 Billion Globally

“Inside Out 2” crossed the $1 billion at the international box office, making it one of only 12 releases — and the only animated film — to ever surpass that coveted milestone.

While 55 films have grossed $1 billion at the global box office (which is made up of domestic and international ticket sales), only a dozen managed to reach that mark in foreign markets alone — and 11 of those films were live-action. While Disney’s “The Lion King” grossed a staggering $1.1 billion internationally in 2019, the studio classified the remake as a live-action film rather than a CGI movie, so “Inside Out 2” is technically the first animated release to join the coveted club.

After hitting the $1 billion mark, Inside Out 2 opened to buzz almost everywhere, but its biggest overseas markets were Mexico ($102.2 million), Brazil ($80 million), the United Kingdom ($72.7 million), France ($62.6 million) and Korea ($60.8 million).

The Disney and Pixar sequel is already the highest-grossing film of the year, grossing $1.649 billion worldwide, including $1.002 billion overseas and $646.3 million domestically. A few weeks ago, Inside Out 2 overtook Frozen 2 to become the highest-grossing animated film in history.

Disney had a strong summer with two billion-dollar releases, the second of which is the Marvel superhero sequel Deadpool and Wolverine. To give you an idea of ​​Inside Out 2’s box office performance with international audiences, Deadpool & Wolverine grossed just over half that amount in the same markets – a whopping $634.1 million. Of course, Deadpool & Wolverine is rated R, which theoretically limits the audience to those ages 18 and up.

With a worldwide gross of $1.21 billion so far, Deadpool & Wolverine is now the 8th biggest film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, beating Captain America: Civil War ($1.155 billion). It is soon expected to overtake Iron Man 3 ($1.215 billion) for 7th place.

Another Disney box office hit, Alien: Romulus, added $41.6 million internationally and $57.8 million worldwide over the weekend, bringing its worldwide cume to $225.4 million. The latest chapter in the long-running sci-fi horror saga was one of the rare post-pandemic Hollywood films to resonate in China, where its box office takings reached $73.3 million.

Elsewhere at the box office, two new releases – Blink Twice and the remake of The Crow – failed to impress. Zoe Kravitz’s psychological thriller “Blink Twice” flopped, taking in $6.7 million in 73 overseas territories. The film also underperformed domestically, taking in $7.2 million, bringing its total opening to $14 million. “Blink Twice,” Kravitz’s directorial debut, is said to have a budget of $20 million before reshoots, so it’s pretty well positioned for its theatrical release. The film stars Channing Tatum, Kravitz’s fiancée, as a tech billionaire who invites a waitress (Naomi Ackie) to a lavish party on his private island, where things take a sinister turn. Amazon MGM is distributing the film in the U.S., while Warner Bros. is handling theatrical distribution in the rest of the world.

Lionsgate’s The Crow fared even worse, grossing $3.8 million in 44 international markets and a dismal $4.6 million domestically on its debut day, for a total of $8.5 million at the worldwide box office. Bill Skarsgård stars in the film, a gritty reimagining of the 1994 graphic novel, as a murdered musician who is resurrected to avenge the deaths of himself and his fiancée. It cost $50 million to produce.