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Box Office Milestone: ‘Inside Out 2’ Becomes Pixar’s Top-Grossing Movie of All Time Globally
It’s an emotional day for Pixar and parent company Disney. On Wednesday, Inside Out 2 passed up Incredibles 2 ($1.242 billion) to become the top-grossing Pixar title of all time at the worldwide box office, not adjusted for inflation. That puts it at No. 4 on the overall list of top-grossing animated films, and the […]
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Box Office: ‘Despicable Me 4’ Heads for Sparkly $120M July 4 Opening, ‘Inside Out 2’ Crosses $500M in U.S.
Gru and his mischievous minions are hoping to fulfill their patriotic duty and once again set off major fireworks at the Fourth of July box office. Illumination and Universal’s Despicable Me 4, which opened Wednesday in theaters across the U.S., posted an opening day gross of $27 million for an estimated five-day holiday debut of […]
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Box Office Milestone: ‘Inside Out 2’ Crosses $1 Billion Globally in Record Time
Talk about feeling joyful. Pixar and Disney’s Inside Out 2 has crossed the $1 billion club at the global box office in record time for an animated film after playing a major role in reviving the summer box office. The movie achieved the feat on Sunday, it’s 19th day in release. That’s faster than any […]
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Hollywood Flashback: When Wall-E Became an Environmental Folk Hero
Set on a trash-filled, uninhabitable Earth in 2805, Wall-E tells the story of a lonely robot left behind to clean up the mess — and 16 years after the Pixar film’s release, that robot has become something of an environmental icon. In the film, Earth has been destroyed by corporate greed and consumerism, with humans […]
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Box Office: ‘Inside Out 2’ on Fire at Friday Box Office, Now Heading for Joyful $130M-$140M U.S. Debut
Inside Out 2 is on fire at the Friday box office after starting off with a joyful $13 million in Thursday evening previews, well ahead of expectations and putting the movie on course to become the first title of 2024 to clear $100 million in its debut. In fact, traffic is so strong that the […]
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Box Office Preview: Pixar’s ‘Inside Out 2’ Jumps on Tracking, Now Eyeing $90M U.S. Opening
Emotions are running high at Pixar and Disney as they open Inside Out 2 at the global box office this weekend, including a jolt of excitement over a last-minute bump in tracking. On Thursday, Hollywood’s leading tracking service the National Research Group upped its domestic opening forecast for the summer’s first animated tentpole from $85 […]
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Animation at a Crossroads as Hope Mixes with Anxiety
As footage from DreamWorks Animation’s fall feature The Wild Robot screened at the Annecy Animation Festival in France this week, big laughs — and later, audible sniffling — could be heard throughout the packed auditorium. With a passionate standing ovation immediately breaking out after the final scene, the audience reaction was a vote of confidence for […]
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‘Inside Out 2’ Review: Pixar’s Psych Studies Pay Off Big Time in Delightful Sequel Set in Turbulent Early Adolescence
Amy Poehler is back as the voice of Joy, with a new whirl of emotions represented by Maya Hawke, Ayo Edebiri, Adèle Exarchopoulos and Paul Walter Hauser.
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Pixar CCO Says Live-Action Remakes Bother Him: “I Like Making Movies That Are Original”
Josh O’Connor won’t be playing Alfredo Linguini anytime soon. Pixar chief creative officer Pete Docter said this week that the animation-to-live-action craze “sort of bothers me.” “This might bite me in the butt for saying it, but it sort of bothers me,” Docter told TIME. “I like making movies that are original and unique to […]
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Amy Poehler Says Being Part of ‘Inside Out’ Has “Changed Me a Lot”
Nine years after exploring the emotions of 11-year-old Riley, Inside Out 2 made its debut in Los Angeles on Monday, rolling out a whole new range of feelings as Riley becomes a teenager. Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger and Disgust from the original film are still in the mix, but now are joined by Anxiety, Envy, […]
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‘Moana 2’ Sets Record for Most Viewed Trailer in Disney Animation and Pixar History
Thanksgiving may be months away, but audiences are already getting ready to feast on Moana 2. A trailer for the movie was viewed by 178 million people in its first 24 hours this week, more than any other trailer for a film in the history of Disney’s animated empire, which is made up of Walt […]
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Major Pixar Layoffs, Long-Expected, Now Underway in Restructuring (Exclusive)
The long-expected layoffs at Pixar Animation Studios have begun. Today, leadership at the storied company that traces it origins to the late Steve Jobs and was bought by Disney in 2006 will notify employees of the reductions, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. It is the biggest restructuring in Pixar’s history, although top leadership isn’t impacted. […]
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