Box Office Round-Up ~ 6/18/24

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The whooshing sound you’re hearing is a massive sigh of relief from studios and theater chains, as Disney/Pixar’s Inside Out 2 premiered with the best opening weekend of 2024, surging past the $100 million mark to gross $154 million. It’s a higher opening weekend than last year’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which puts Inside Out 2 on a pace to be the highest grossing movie of the year in a matter of weeks.

It was an across-the-board big weekend at the box office, the first time since Barbenheimer that movies grossed a combined $200 million plus. In second place, Bad Boys: Ride or Die grossed $33.7 million, clearing $113 million overall in just two weekends. And as a welcome bonus for Disney, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes moved back up to third place with $5.5 million in its sixth weekend.

While the adult-oriented action movies over-performed this weekend, the family-friendly fare took a hit thanks to Inside Out 2’s success. The Garfield Movie grossed $4.7 million, while IF rounded out the top five with $3.6 million, though it did pass the $100 million mark overall. This coming weekend sees the release of The Bikeriders, which looks to be more counter-programming than competition for the dominant Inside Out 2.

1.  Inside Out 2 ($154 MM)
Director: Kelsey Mann
Writers: Meg LeFauve (Paradigm), Dave Holstein (CAA), Kelsey Mann
Cast: Amy Poehler (WME)
        Maya Hawke (CAA)
        Kensington Tallman (Buchwald)

2.  Bad Boys: Ride or Die ($33.7 MM)
Director: Adil El Arbi (CAA), Bilall Fallah (CAA)
Writers: Chris Bremner (UTA), Will Beall (Entertainment 360)
Cast: Will Smith (CAA)
        Martin Lawrence (UTA)
        Vanessa Hudgens (CAA)

3.  Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes ($5.5 MM)
Director: Wes Ball (WME)
Writers: Josh Friedman (CAA)
Cast: Owen Teague (CAA)
        Freya Allan (CAA)
        Kevin Durand (IAG)

4.  The Garfield Movie ($4.7 MM)
Director: Mark Dindal
Writers: Paul A. Kaplan, Mark Trove, David Reynolds (Entertainment 360)
Cast: Chris Pratt (UTA)
        Samuel L. Jackson (CAA)
        Hannah Waddingham (CAA)

5. IF ($3.6 MM)
Director: John Krasinski (WME)
Writers: John Krasinski (WME)
Cast: Cailey Fleming (CESD Talent)
        Ryan Reynolds (WME)
      John Krasinski (WME)

Source: Box Office Mojo, The Numbers