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“Inside Out 2” sold an estimated $100 million of tickets in its second weekend, setting a record for an animated movie, according to data compiled by researcher Comscore. The previous record for a second-weekend haul was $92 million for “The Super Mario Bros. Movie.”
Since opening a week and a half ago, “Inside Out 2” has become the highest-grossing film so far in 2024 with $724.4 million globally, including $355.2 million in U.S. and Canadian theaters. The Disney/Pixar sequel surpassed the $711.8 million global total of “Dune: Part Two.”
“Inside Out 2” is on track to exceed $1 billion in box-office sales, which would make it the first movie since “Barbie” was in theaters last year.
will likely blow through the $1 billion mark in about a week, which would make it the first film since “Barbie” to do so.
The biggest new release this weekend was “The Bikeriders,” a motorcycle gang drama whose release was postponed with last year’s strike by Hollywood actors. The Focus Features release starring Jodie Comer, Austin Butler and Tom Hardy, netted $10 million from 2,642 venues in its opening weekend.
Next week will bring the openings of sci-fi horror prequel “A Quiet Place: Day One” and Kevin Costner’s Western epic “Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 1.”
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1. “Inside Out 2,” $100 million.
2. “Bad Boys: Ride or Die,” $18.8 million.
3. “The Bikeriders,” $10 million.
4. “The Garfield Movie, $3.6 million.
5. “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,” $3.6 million.
6. “If,” $2.8 million.
7. “The Exorcism,” $2.4 million.
8. “Thelma,” $2.2 million.
9. “The Watchers,” $1.9 million.
10. “Ghost: Rite Here Rite Now,” $1.5 million.