We have a winner.
Disney Pixar’s “Inside Out 2” will hit somewhere in the vicinity of $140 million tomorrow for its opening weekend.
The sequel to the 2015 hit, “Inside Out,” made $50 million Friday night for a total opening of $62 million! .
For Disney, this couldn’t have come any sooner. The company that got very taken away with itself thanks to Marvel movies had a dreary 2023. Only five releases cleared $100 million. Of those, only one — “Elemental” — was animated. And even that one was not a breakout hit.
The rest of 2023 included “Wish,” “The Marvels,” and “Haunted Mansion,” all non-starters. And while “Guardians of the Galaxy 3” scored $359 million, there wasn’t a lot else to celebrate.
But now, after a long drought, “Inside Out 2″ looks to be the hit everyone needed. Perfectly timed for the end of school, aimed at girls, ‘inside Out 2” is off to a stunning start. If only Richard Kind were in this one, it would have done even better!
