30.5 million views on Disney+
“Inside Out 2” was viewed 30.5 million times in its first five days of streaming on Disney+, where it premiered on September 25.
This makes the Pixar film not only Disney+’s biggest movie premiere of 2024, but also the biggest premiere for a theatrical film since 2021, when “Encanto” debuted. Furthermore, this is the service’s largest ever premiere in both the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) and Latin America regions. (A view is calculated by dividing the total stream time by the runtime.)
The success of “Inside Out 2” on streaming wasn’t surprising considering how well it performed at the box office earlier this year, surpassing “Frozen 2” as the highest-grossing animated film of all time with $1.7 billion on a $200 budget million. . It was the first film of 2024 to surpass $1 billion and remains the highest-grossing film of the year, even after “Deadpool and Wolverine” reached that mark. (The Marvel film grossed $1.3 billion.) Plus, it’s one of only twelve films to ever reach $1 billion at the international box office, and the only animated title on that list.
“Inside Out 2” was also a success among critics. The film scored a TK% on Rotten Tomatoes, with Variety critic Peter Debruge called it Pixar’s “most vibrant and recognizable film yet”, saying it “goes beyond the screen and becomes something that audiences will carry with them for the rest of their days – not as merchandise or spin- off theme parks (although there will inevitably be plenty of both), but as an elegant and iconic visual metaphor for understanding their own emotions and empathizing with others.”
The first “Inside Out” film also benefited from the popularity of “Inside Out 2.” Disney reports that the film has been viewed more than 121 million times worldwide since the sequel’s first teaser was released.
