Box Office Ecstatic: ‘Inside Out 2’ Marks Historic Second Weekend for Animated Pic With Over $98 Million – Saturday Morning Update

SATURDAY AM: Disney/Pixar Inside Out 2 continues to keep the box office alive with what is shaping up to be a record second weekend for an animated film according to industry sources with $98 million + After $30 million Friday, beating Illumination/Universal’s Super Mario Bros movie ($92.3 million). Studios will release their official numbers later this morning. At this level, certain competing distributors estimate Inside Out 2 could be closer to $600 million.

This is the first time since the second weekend of barbie (July 28-30) that a film’s second weekend grossed more than $90 million, and Inside Out 2The second-year executive even beats Mattel’s American girl who earned $93 million. Last year barbie And super mario bros were the only films to post a second weekend gross of over $90 million.

The entire market appears to be around $147 million this weekend, which is 35% ahead of the same weekend last year.

The boats are rising: those of Sony Bad Boys: Ride or Die in 3,781 theaters, posts a third Friday of $5.3 million, -37% with an eye on $18.6 million third weekend, -45%, and a cumulative total of $146.7 million. Endgame is worth around $180 million per source. Not shabby. Bad boys for life finalized at $206.3 million.

Focus Features Bikers booked in 2,665 theaters after a 4 million dollars Friday and B CinemaScore and 73% positive Comscore/Screen Engine PostTrak is close to $10 million, but between $9.5 million to $9.7 million in number 3. It would be nice if this brooding, Scorsese-style motorcycle bad boy movie could reach double digits in 2,665 theaters. When Focus took over marketing from Disney, I heard that the Universal Classic label didn’t emphasize Austin Butler and Tom Hardy; the film’s Mouse House campaign is built around Jodie Comer (who sublimely puts on an Illinois accent in this film as the tortured wife of Butler’s reckless but sensitive biker gang member). Bikers is especially popular in the West. Men were present in high proportion, at 62%, with half of those who purchased tickets aged 18-34 and 32% over 45. The diversity displays were 60% Caucasian, 22% Latino or Hispanic, 6% Black and 6% Asian. The top grossing venue is AMC Burbank with almost $17,000 to date.

The verticals The exorcism, which is on an 18 day window, taking advantage of the absence of product before there are a lot of people this summer, posted around $930,000 yesterday with a $2 million to $2.2 million takes 7th place with 2,240. Russell Crowe’s film gets a CinemaScore D, 38% positive on PostTrak (eeks) with 58% of men daring to buy tickets, and 64% of 18-34 year old demos agreeing present. The largest demonstration was that of 18-24 year olds, or 39%. The diversity demos are 37% Caucasian, 32% Latino and Hispanic, 16% Black and 11% Asian. The film is best seen in the Midwest and South Central, with AMC Fresh Meadows in New York being the top ticket seller for the pic, at nearly $3,000. The film was financed by Miramax during the Bill Block regime.

As for what else is happening this weekend:

Magnolia is in 1,300 theaters, starring June Squibb, premiering at Sundance, Thélma about a 93-year-old woman who takes on a phone scammer. Reviews are a winner with 99% reviews certified fresh with a 79% RT audience score. The first figures show $700,000 yesterday with $1.9 million for the weekend. OK numbers in New York, Austin and Los Angeles.

3-hour absurdist comedy from Yorgos Lanthimos of Searchlight Kinds of Kindness who re-equips him with his Poor things Best Actress Oscar winner Emma Stone, along with Willem Dafoe, are planning a huge $80,000 per theater since its release in five theaters in New York and Los Angeles this weekend – so far this the highest screen average since the start of 2024 – with a $400,000 after a $180,000 Friday. The film is booked at AMC Lincoln Square, Angelika NYC, AMC Burbank, AMC Grove and Culver City, with Lincoln Square being the best of the bunch with nearly $60,000. Coming out of Cannes, some critics were cynical about it, however the Rotten Tomatoes score is quite good at 73% with RT audiences (Poor things was certified fresh at 92%) with an even higher score at 88% (and also the best Poor things‘79%!). Although told with different characters across three different stories, there is a fun string throughout to keep the filmmakers engaged. Searchlight held a cool New York premiere at MOMA on Thursday night with calligraphy artists writing notes on note cards for attendees (a nod to what Jesse Plemons’ character does in the film), with a guy, dressed like Plemons’ character with an indigo jacket and turtleneck. hand out the cards during the after-party.

FRIDAY PM: Whoever wrote that the movie business is dead might want to make a correction, because Disney/Pixar Inside Out 2 potentially headed for a historic second weekend for an animated film, surpassing that of Illumination/Universal Super Mario Bros movieThat’s $92.3 million.

Rival projections call for $95 million for second picture in Kelsey Mann-directed sequel, while insiders see $85M to $90M+ after a $28 million to $30 million Friday in 4,400 locations. Today’s box office alone will make the sequel the highest-grossing film so far this year. Dune: part two in the dust ($282.1 million domestically).

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At this level, Inside Out 2 looks to post the best second weekend for any Disney animated release, beating Frozen 2it’s $85.9 million and Incredibles 2That’s $80.3 million.

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Inside Out 2 finished its first week with $254.7 million, and after this weekend its cumulative total will reach $339.7 million to $344.7 million. Yesterday’s cash broke Thursday’s record for Pixar at $19.2 million, ahead of Finding Dory ($17.4 million) and Incredibles 2 ($16.3 million). The global cumulative total for Inside Out 2 as of yesterday stands at $481.1 million.

Sony Bad Boys: Ride or Die maintains second place with $16 million-53%, for a cumulative total of $144.1 million. This hold is located near Bad boys for lifeThe third weekend of -48%. By Sunday, Will Smith and Martin Lawrence’s fourth installment will lag behind by about $4 million. Bad boys for life at the same time. Friday’s revenue was $4.6 million at 3,781 locations.

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The third goes to Regency/Focus features. Bikers in 2,641 rooms with a $3.8 million Friday, including $1.45 million preview screenings and Thursday previews for a 9 million dollars opening. Focus covered 50% of the $30 million to $40 million production cost and is responsible for P&A. The film directed by Jeff Nichols is expected to gross between $8 million and $10 million. Focus took over distribution of the film after Bikers was parked at Disney; the photo is from the first weekend in December. Disney took a dig at the brilliant sci-fi film The creator, releasing the Gareth Edwards-directed epic during the actors’ strike where it finalized at $40.8 million with Regency driving Bikers to Uni’s classic label which released Nichols Magnet to a premiere at the Cannes Film Festival and an Oscar nomination for lead actress for Ruth Negga. Bikers is certified at 82% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes from critics, and currently at 77% from audiences.

Sony The Garfield Movie in 3,013 cinemas experiences a fifth Friday of $1.3 million and fifth weekend of 4 million dollars-16% and a cumulative total on Sunday of $85.5 million.

20th Century Studios/Disney Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes in 2,410 theaters shows a seventh Friday of 1 million dollarsseventh weekend of $3.75 million-32%, and cumulative total of $164.5 million. As we reported, the new Wes Ball-directed iteration has already surpassed Matt Reeves’ previous chapter, War for the Planet of the Apes which ended its US/Canada run at $146.88 million.

Outside the top 5 is Vertical Entertainment’s widest release ever, the Russell Crowe genre film. The exorcism, financed by Miramax, in 2,240 theaters. Claimed with a score of 32% from critics on Rotten Tomatoes and 50% from audiences, the film turns towards a $800,000 Friday, $1.85 million 3-day estimates by sector. I heard that as far as the photo economy for Vertical is concerned, it’s a low threshold, nothing to lose your shirt. I understand that those interviewed thought it was a sequel to Crowe’s genre film from last year, The Pope’s Exorcist, However, he does not play a priest in this film, but a struggling actor.