‘Inside Out 2’ Surpasses ‘Frozen 2’ as Highest-Grossing Animated Film in History
variety.comRebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter Disney is jumping for Joy. That’s because the studio’s emotion-laden “Inside Out 2” has surpassed “Frozen II” to stand as the highest-grossing animated film in history.
After six weeks of release, “Inside Out 2” has generated $601 million domestically and $861 million internationally, bringing its global tally to a staggering $1.462 billion. “Frozen II” was bigger than the very successful original 2013 film and collected a mighty $1.45 billion during its theatrical run in 2019. (Disney’s 2019 remake of “The Lion King,” which earned a staggering $1.65 billion, is technically computer-generated, but the studio has categorized the movie as live-action.
So, it doesn’t have a place on the list of top-animated movies.) In terms of global ticket sales, “Inside Out 2” just overtook “Barbie” ($1.446 billion) as the 13th-biggest movie of all time.
Among its many records, the Pixar sequel is the fastest animated film to cross the $1 billion benchmark, having done so in 19 days.
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