“Inside Out 2” becomes the highest-grossing film of 2024

Inside Out 2 shows no signs of slowing down as it enters its second weekend.

Among other record-breaking feats, the Pixar film misses out Dune: part two to become the highest-grossing film of 2024 at the domestic box office with more than $283 million in ticket sales through Friday, only its eighth day of release. (THE Dune the sequel reached $282.1 million domestically.)

Also Friday, Inside Out 2 surpassed the $500 million mark globally after finishing Thursday with a global haul of $481.4 million.

In North America, the animated tentpole is expected to dominate the weekend with a domestic gross of $85 million to $90 million, a drop of less than 40 percent, and bring its domestic total to nearly $350 million until ‘see you on Sunday.

It’s also a powerhouse overseas, where its total through Thursday was $226.7 million, meaning Inside Out 2 could end its second weekend with $650 million to $700 million in the bank. From now on, Dune: part two remains the highest-grossing film of the year at the worldwide box office with $711.8 million in ticket sales.

Elsewhere, Sony Bad Boys: Ride or Diefeaturing Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, will have no trouble staying at No. 2 in its third weekend with $15-16 million for an impressive domestic total close to $150 million.

Among the new offerings, Focus Features and New Regency’s Bikers is expected to open in third place with $9 million to $10 million after earning $1.45 million in Thursday previews, in line with expectations. Directed by Jeff Nichols, the film follows the rise and fall of a motorcycle gang in the 1960s and stars Austin Butler, Jodie Comer and Tom Hardy. (New Regency and Focus hope to attract older men).

Russell Crowe-featured The exorcism is also opening nationally, but its prospects appear bleak. Based on early returns, the indie pic could open to less than $2 million, one of the worst wide releases of Crowe’s career. The film stars Crowe as an actor who begins behaving irrationally on the set of his latest horror film, prompting his daughter to investigate whether something more sinister is afoot.

The specialist box office sees the debut of Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest film, Kinds of Kindness. The film, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, stars Jesse Plemons, Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Joe Alwyn, Hong Chau and Mamoudou Athie.