Box Office Battle: “Inside Out 2” wins weekend with huge $155M opening

“Box Office Battle” is The Fly’s weekly roundup of what movies topped the weekend’s box office.

Disney’s (DIS) “Inside Out 2” won the weekend at the domestic box office with an historic $155M, well ahead of the expected $90M and making it the second-biggest animated launch of all time for a three-day weekend. Overseas, the Pixar movie earned $140M for a global cume of $295M, the biggest debut of all time for an animated movie. “Inside Out 2” sports a Rotten Tomatoes critics score of 93% and audience score of 96%, and has earned an A CinemaScore.

BOX OFFICE RUNNER-UPS: Sony’s (SONY) “Bad Boys: Ride or Die” placed number 2 with another $33M as it cleared the $100M mark domestically and $200M worldwide. Behind it was 20th Century and Disney “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” with $5.2M as it approaches the $400M mark. “The Garfield Movie,” another Sony title, placed number 4 with $5M for a domestic tally of $78.5M. Rounding out the top five, John Krasinski and Paramount’s (PARA) “IF” grossed an estimated $3.7M.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE:

1. “Inside Out 2” – $155M
2. “Bad Boys: Ride or Die” – $33M
3. “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” – $5.2M
4. “The Garfield Movie” – $5M
5. “IF” – $3.7M

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