‘Despicable Me 4’ Rises To $438M WW, ‘Inside Out 2’ Grins With $1.35B, ‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ Tops $200M & ‘Twisters’ Starts Swirling Early Overseas – International Box Office
deadline.comRefresh for latest…: Animation domination continues at the global and international box office with Universal/Illumination’s Despicable Me 4 leading the pack this frame, and Disney/Pixar’s Inside Out 2 still positively on fire after five sessions.
At the same time, we’re seeing encouraging numbers for all major titles in release. And that’s a great thing; yes, there is reason to be positive.
Already this week, Inside Out 2 became Pixar’s highest grossing movie ever globally, and the Despicable Me/Minions franchise became the first to reach $5B global.
Neither of the current films in release are close to done. To wit: DM4 still has Japan, Korea and Italy on deck. IO2, meanwhile, is going to Japan on August 1 — and that market may just help propel the Pixar sequel past Frozen 2 to become the biggest animated film of all time worldwide.
Read more on deadline.com