‘Inside Out 2’ Scores $100 Million in Sensational Second Weekend

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Paging Joy. Pixar‘s “Inside Out 2” has electrified the box office again, scoring a sensational $100 million in its second weekend of release. Ticket sales declined just 35% from its mighty $154 million debut, resulting in the seventh-biggest sophomore outing in history and best ever for an animated film.

Notably, “Inside Out 2” added more in its second weekend than its predecessor, 2015’s “Inside Out,” earned in its $90 million opening weekend. The only movies with bigger second weekends were billion-dollar behemoths “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” ($149 million), “Avengers: Endgame” ($147 million) and “Infinity War” ($114 million), “Black Panther” ($111 million), “Jurassic World” ($106 million) and “The Avengers” ($103 million). At this rate, “Inside Out 2” is barreling toward the coveted $1 billion club.

So far, the family-friendly sequel has grossed $355 million in North America and $724 million globally. After eight days in theaters, “Inside Out 2” surpassed “Dune: Part II” — which has generated $282 million domestically and $711 million worldwide — as the biggest movie of the year.

It’s another huge weekend for theaters in this otherwise dismal summer season. With the sizzling performance of “Inside Out 2,” the year-to-date deficit shrank again from 23.8% to 21%, according to Comscore. Now, movie theaters need the rest of the summer slate — including “A Quiet Place: Day One” (June 28), “Despicable Me 4” (July 3) and “Deadpool & Wolverine” (July 26) — to continue the momentum.

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“The Bikeriders,” directed by Jeff Nichols and starring Austin Butler, Jodie Comer and Tom Hardy, fared the best of new releases. It opened in third place with $10 million from 2,642 venues. It’s a decent start for an arthouse drama about a midwestern motorcycle club, except “The Bikeriders” carries a relatively sizable $35 million production budget.

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Sony’s “Bad Boys: Ride or Die” stayed in second place with an impressive $19 million from 3,781 locations in its third weekend of release. The fourth installment in the buddy-cop comedy series, starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, has grossed $147 million in North America.

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Disney and 20th Century’s “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” swung to No. 4 with $3.6 million from 2,410 venues in its seventh weekend in theaters. The fourth chapter in the “Apes” reboot franchise has earned $164 million domestically.

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