Inside Out 2 is showing no signs of slowing down as it shatters more records in its second weekend.
Among other feats, the Pixar film has passed up Dune: Part Two to become the top-grossing film of 2024 at the domestic box office with $285.6 million in ticket sales through Friday, only its eighth day in release. (The Dune sequel topped out at $282.1 million domestically.)
In North America, the animated tentpole earned a mighty $30.5 million on Friday, meaning it could now earn a record $93 million to $103 million in its second weekend after, a drop of less than 40 percent, and putting its domestic total at around $350 million through Sunday. Rival studios show Inside Out coming in at $98 million, a decline of just 36 percent. Few movies earn $90 million or more in their second weekend; Barbie was the last one to do so.
It’s also a powerhouse overseas, where its total through Thursday was $226.7 million, meaning Inside Out 2 could finish its second weekend with $650 million to $700 million in the bank. As of now, Dune: Part Two remains the top-grosser of the year at the worldwide box office with $711.8 million in ticket sales.
Elsewhere, Sony’s Bad Boys: Ride or Die, reteaming Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, will have no trouble staying at No. 2 in North America with an estimated haul of $18.4 million in its third weekend for a domestic tally of nearly $150 million through Sunday, or $146.6 million.
Among new offerings, Focus Features and New Regency’s The Bikeriders is opening in third place with $9.5 million to $10 million after grossing $4 million on Friday, in line with expectations. Directed by Jeff Nichols, the movie follows the rise and fall of a motorcycle gang in the 1960s and stars Austin Butler, Jodie Comer and Tom Hardy. (New Regency and Focus hope to lure older males).
Russell Crowe-starrer The Exorcism is also opening nationwide, but its prospects are looking dim after getting slapped with a D CinemaScore from audiences. Based on early returns, the indie pic may open $2.2 million, one of the worst wide launches of Crowe’s career. The movie, from Miramax and Vertical, stars Crowe as an actor who starts to behave irrationally on the set of his latest horror film, prompting his daughter to investigate whether something more sinister is afoot.
The specialty box office sees the debut of Yorgos Lanthimos‘ latest film, Kinds of Kindness in five locations in New York and Los Angeles. The movie, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, stars Jesse Plemons, Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Joe Alwyn, Hong Chau and Mamoudou Athie. Kinds of Kindness is on course to post a per-theater average of $82,000, the best average of the year to date for a limited release.
June 22, 7:52 a.m.: Updated with revised estimates.
This story was originally published June 21 at 3:01 p.m.
