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# _Inside Out 2_ Flies Past _Incredibles 2_’s Box-Office Record

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Maybe this news will finally get Sadness to cheer up a bit? [_Variety_](https://variety.com/2024/film/news/inside-out-2-pixar-highest-grossing-movie-box-office-incredibles-2-1236066094/#recipie) reported on July 10 that [_Inside Out 2_](http://www.vulture.com/article/inside-out-2-is-another-product-of-the-pixar-slump.html) has made $1.25 billion globally, which means it has beaten [_Incredibles 2_](https://www.vulture.com/2018/06/incredibles-2-which-new-superhero-is-best.html)’s record of $1.24 billion to become Pixar’s top-grossing film. We wonder if the Incredible family feels emotional about being dethroned … and whether the emotions in their heads have superpowers. Jack-Jack’s brain would be chaos, no? After beating _Incredibles 2_, _Inside Out 2_ is also now the fourth highest-grossing animated movie from any studio, behind _Frozen_($1.29 billion), [_The Super Mario Bros. Movie_](https://www.vulture.com/article/the-super-mario-bros-movie-is-another-bad-game-adaptation.html) ($1.36 billion), and _Frozen II_($1.45 billion). You might be thinking that it seems possible for _Inside Out 2_’s Money Island to surpass _Frozen II_’s total. Even if that does happen, just remember that Disney [reportedly](https://www.vulture.com/2023/11/will-there-be-a-frozen-4-disney-ceo-bob-iger-thinks-so.html) has plans for a third _and_ fourth _Frozen_ movie that could also do well at the box office. As far as this record goes, we’d be surprised if Elsa [let it go](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0MK7qz13bU&pp=ygUJbGV0IGl0IGdv) without a fight.

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