Pixar’s ‘Inside Out 2’ Scores Biggest Opening Weekend Since ‘Barbie’

Inside Out 2, an animated film from Walt Disney Co.’s Pixar, grossed $154.2 million at the box office in the US and Canada, besting Dune: Part Two as the movie with the biggest opening weekend of the year.

In a reprieve for theater chains such as AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. and Regal owner Cineworld Group, which have suffered from a dearth of Hollywood films in the first half due to last year’s twin actors and writers strikes, Inside Out 2 scored the biggest opening weekend since 2023’s Barbie. That Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. release grossed $162 million on its debut.