Inside Out 2 (2024): trivia & fun facts

Fun facts

• On November 9, 2023, with the release of the teaser trailer, it was revealed that Tony Hale and Liza Lapira would replace Hader and Kaling as Fear and Disgust, respectively, while Maya Hawke joined the cast as Anxiety, a new emotion.
• On a budget of $200 million, Inside Out 2 was initially projected to gross $80–90 million in its domestic opening weekend.
• The teaser was viewed 157 million times in its first 24 hours, it was the most-watched animated film trailer until the teaser of Moana 2 surpassed that record in May 2024.
• Initially, the plot of the film was to involve a talent show, but that idea ended up being scrapped.
• On July 10, 2024, the film surpassed the global box office of Incredibles 2 ($1.242 billion) to become the highest-grossing Pixar film.
• Development on Inside Out 2 began in January 2020, after director Kelsey Mann revisited photos of one of his childhood birthday parties.
• Pixar officially confirmed the sequel's development during the D23 Expo announcement in September 2022, with Amy Poehler coming on stage to discuss the film alongside Docter.
• The first 35 minutes of the film were screened during the Walt Disney Studios' presentation of first looks at their 2024 theatrical release slate at CinemaCon on April 11, 2024.
• With an average ticket price of $12.53 overall and $10.36 for children, twelve million moviegoers saw the film in its first weekend, nearing the thirteen million admissions for Barbie (2023) in its first three days.
• On June 30, 2024, it crossed the $1 billion threshold, becoming the first Disney animated film to do so since Frozen II in 2019.
• Development on Inside Out 2 began in early 2020, with Mann drawing inspiration from personal childhood experiences.
• The production also marked the first Pixar feature scored by a woman, Andrea Datzman.
• Inside Out 2 premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, on June 10, 2024, and was released in the United States on June 14, 2024.
• The creative team initially explored a wider range of new emotions before narrowing the focus for narrative clarity, with Anxiety emerging as a central addition.

Source: Wikipedia

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