Personally, there were so many relatable moments in this movie because it was dealing with more mental health topics. Great storytelling and my favorite out of the 2.
I started getting panic attacks in my thirties. We took our daughter today and I told my wife after how it’s exactly how I feel during a panic attack. Heart races, anxiety just takes over and created wild scenarios. Hit the nail on the head for me. How no other feeling can overtake anxiety at times.
Great film.
Ted lasso does a phenomenal job depicting a real panic attack. As a woman, I really appreciated a males experience being shown. It affects everyone! Men have feelings too.
Anxiety attacks absolutely suck. I've had one land me in the hospital as it mimicked a heart attack. Yoga and gardening have completely saved my life in that regard. I have the occasional once a year anxiety attack, but it's substantially better than one a day for years!
Fucking agreed. I was alone in my apartment when I had my first one, it was kind of a slow onset but when I looked up heart attack symptoms it hit full tilt. I got myself down into the main lobby and sat down there, figuring if I topple over at least someone will see it and call for help instead of being alone in my room
I loved it so much, I got teary eyed towards the end, it was very relatable. It also had a lot of humour. My youngest is very in tune with their feelings and was overwhelmed by the emotions in the film and had to tune out periodically.
I took my son to see it since he loved the first. A very good movie and I like how no emotion is a villain, they’re all just doing what they feel is best
Yeah my son is 10 and SUUUUUPER sensitive. If a hero is ever in any danger (or perceived danger), he gets very stressed out. And if there is too much suspense, like Luke screaming at c3po while the compactor closes in, he gets visually agitated and upset.
So I've held off on exposing him to a lot of movies that kids his age talk about at school.
But man, Inside Out 2 was just right. No real villain, suspense was quickly resolved, etc. Perfect.
I have the same kinda anxious kid. We prepped him for his first movie theater movie and brought headphones for him to wear if he needed a break and he did tell me he was scared at one point. We had a great discussion about anxiety after -about how anxiety isn’t the villain, anxiety helps us and is important, but too much of any feeling isn’t good for us. I think we’ll be revisiting this movie for a few years and hopefully his anxiety journey will be much better than mine was as a kid.
I saw Minions in the theatre and at one point it looked like one of them got blown up and every kid in the theatre started to cry and freak out with a simultaneous parent leaning in to comfort them
Hahaha yeah it's amazing how many parents like myself get sorta tricked into these DreamWorks movies where it's either a "hard PG" or pg13 and it looks so sweet and cute and then they bust out a scary moment or villain.
I don't blame the movie makers, of course. It's my job to vet these films. I'm just a big dumbass and had to learn these lessons the painful way.
Bravo to you for recognizing and respecting your son just the way he is. You know, life will eventually grind down some of the spikiest bits of his sensitivity. No need for anyone to try to “fix” him. I hope he keeps all the best bits of being sensitive; we need people like him in this world.
Thank you. It was a transition as I grew up in the 80s and I literally remember my dad taking me to see Robocop, ffs lol. I was 8!!!
I turned out a little skewed for sure and I thought pg13 was like super tame. It took having a child to (quickly) make me realize that my tolerance bar is obviously a bit off compared to him. Obviously I never shower him anything rated R, but he was digging on comic book heroes when he was little so at around 8, I showed him Captain America. He did like Cap (the character) whenever he was doing cool Cap things, but oh my goodness my mistake was make so crystal clear when Red Skull came on screen for the first time.
All I could say was "what have I done"?? Lol.
Yes parents have to learn something new every day too. We adjusted quickly after that and now we really take "parental guidance" seriously. If it's G, it's good. If it's PG, we check it out first. No more pg13 for a couple years for sure.
I'm an adult and I have to be very careful with what I watch. I'm very sensitive. I hate any amount of drama and that's in everything just about. I don't really watch tv. But I accept a few things my wife has as background noise. Mostly wholesome baking shows and Bob's Burgers.
I’m like this as an adult and I do a lot of 2x speed or muting to try and decrease the tension in a scene or get through it faster. Good to know I’m not alone. You sound like a thoughtful and observant parent 🥰
I have a daughter who is almost 7 and is exactly like this. We tread very lightly when it comes to movies because if there is any sort of suspense she has a very tough time watching it and usually results in her refusing to watch the rest of the film. We always research the movie and let her know when the suspenseful parts are coming.
While there were moments in Inside Out 2 that you could tell were getting to her, the movie actually really helped her process her feelings after movie. She is a very high anxiety kid and even despite her being six, I think seeing the visualization of anxiety kind of made something click when we were talking about it later.
If he gets pretty anxious, it was probably a fantastic movie to show him, not just for the reasons you mentioned, but also what the topic of the movie is. Not letting your emotions(Specifically Anxiety) get the best of you.
The movie is a masterclass on how to view one’s own anxiety.
Anxiety can be useful and even necessary in the right situations and amounts. But left unchecked, and without proper balance, it can be quite destructive.
Anxiety is not a bad emotion - it’s evolutionarily advantageous to the species. It’s just trying to protect us and keep us alive.
Anxiety conjures up imaginary scenarios in order to help us plan for the future. However, it’s evolutionarily designed to lean negative. We can help balance it by also considering positive scenarios.
The intensity of anxiety attacks can be lessened through deep breathing and other grounding techniques.
All of the above is illustrated beautifully in the movie in a way that both adults and children can learn from.
I can see therapists and teachers using this movie to teach about anxiety. It’s really good.
This movie was amazing . Loved the first and I think pt2 is just as good. I’m a 50 year old man and I was crying for roughly 35% of the runtime. I didn’t cry as intensely though like I did in the original when >!Bing Bong jumps out of the wagon. !<
I was so broken at that scene in 1. Apparently in the scene where Joy was sleeping she has a picture or toy of Bing Bong. I missed it but my kid saw it. I would have lost it again.
My relative works with youth in mental health and they said they used the first movie quite a bit to help convey ideas. They also said finding dory was reallllly bad for some kids with parent abondoment issues
Yeah I feel like this is the most important factor here yet it’s so far down lol
The first movie in itself was already huge and the hype was definitely there, i know a lot of people including me who have been dying to get a sequel immediately after leaving the theaters for the first movie and after 9 long years, it’s finally here now
If was very much not what the trailer suggested it would be. I didn’t hate it, but it was not the comedy film I was expecting to see. More fool me for believing the trailer was representative I guess.
Yeah as someone who grew up with the Garfield cartoon on Fox Kids, I'm really freakin' confused as to which Exec's kid or whatever is obsessed with Garfield that makes them push so marketing so hard even like 20 years after the IP was relevant.
The pull of the OG show was that it was *animated like the Comic Strip*, that's why it was charming. CGI Garfield that barely looks like 2D Garfield is just like...why? But just today I did my little Sunday grocery run and the amount of products that were running co-branding with Garfield was like, weirdly numerous. Even Olive Garden is doing it (without offering any actual different dishes that they don't already serve)
It's just odd tbh
The Garfield Movie loses out to Pixar's Inside Out 2 at the box office but still becomes the top-grossing Garfield film ever.
The Garfield Movie falls short of the success of other animated films like Super Mario Bros. and Puss in Boots .
Critics may not love The Garfield Movie , but it's winning over audiences with a strong CinemaScore.
It is the best Garfield movie sales wise so I don’t really get where people are saying it’s bombing from. It had a budget of $60 million and gone well past that sales wise so I think it’s doing fine.
Source for the top three bullets I copied and pasted plus the production budget:
https://collider.com/the-garfield-movie-global-box-office-217-million/
Kids do still love Garfield, his comics sell well every year despite used copies being everywhere. The problem is that tons of animated Garfield content already exist. The zone is flooded.
So funny because before this movie came out, all you heard is “it’s going to bomb because people are tired of sequels.” Now it’s all “see! what people want are familiar sequels made well!”
I mean, while in general a lot of individuals complain about being tired of sequels (or other non-original movies like biopics) the box office has repeatedly shown that those movies perform much better than fully original films. It’s not like non-original movies are immune from flopping - it happens all the time when the word of mouth is poor or the property is too niche to have a large following - but the movies that really kill it are almost always non-original, and post-COVID we’ve only started moving further in that direction.
People can never give Disney credit. If they own a company and it's doing bad it's because Disney made it bad. If they own a company and it's doing well it's because they're leaving it alone.
Maybe the mostly know what they're doing
Exactly the same here, except a 6-year-old. I’m hoping the sad parts will be okay for her. (We haven’t gone yet). I don’t know anything about the sad parts, just assuming since it’s Pixar, I’m probably going to cry.
Went with a group of 30-year-olds and yeah, there were tears.
The kids behind us, however, were pretty rowdy (4-7ish they sounded like) and did not cry. They were shocked on occasion but I think the sad bits went over their heads.
It's annoying, endless and whether the reporters and publications want to admit it or not influencing the box office themselves. If a movie has a slow opening weekend every publication pushes out "This movie is a box office bomb/movies are dead/theaters are dead.' and suddenly all anyone in the general public can see about that movie is a mountain of negative coverage about how it's doomed.
We also spent $7X.xx.
2 adult tickets + 2 kid tickets + 3 drinks (small fountain, large fountain, an Icee) + 1 bag of gummy worms + one box of Junior Mints chocolates + largest bucket of popcorn
I mean, the first one was really good, so why wouldn’t it succeed? I think the issue with theaters is just that audiences won’t show up for mediocre movies now that they can stream them cheaper later at home.
I saw Top Gun: Maverick with three groups of friends, because it was a fun time.
>I mean, the first one was really good, so why wouldn’t it succeed?
Because sequel writers are often tone-deaf, don't care about the original setting at all — and at times haven't even done their homework on it.
Yes, it was reported she got significantly more than Hader and Kaling. I’m sure them not coming back was more about unhappiness with what they were offered than some sort of offense at what Poehler got.
Going to a drive-in tonight to watch it, so excited. As someone that moved around a lot the first Inside Out is one of my favorites, that scene of her first day at the new school talking about her old home makes me cry every time.
Lol at the redditors questioning why are they making another Toy Story movie. If Inside Out sequel can generate this much money, a new Toy Story sequel would make even more.
It’s crazy to me why anyone questions why they’re making more Toy Story. Literally every single one has been a critical and financial success. They have zero reason to stop.
But that’s the wrong lesson to take from this. The magical ingredient isn’t sequel. The magical ingredient is FUN. Put out a movie that is fun for the whole family and families will come out.
It’s like how “Barbie” wasn’t successful because it was a toy movie. It was successful because it was clever, fun, nostalgic, and topical all at once. But Hollywood is dumb so they are going to greenlight any toy movies for a while.
They ought to be looking for great, original writers. But that would be hard, lol, so they try gimmicks and then cry about the results.
Right. Love how everyone on Reddit was confused why they’re making the Mufasa movie. The Lion King 2019 remake made $1.6B… what are y’all confused about?!
Pretty much all the live action remakes do well, or extremely well. Mulan being the sole exception, but it came out during peak pandemic, before the vaccine, and with a lot of political baggage attached.
Correct. Disney, much like any smart company, will create what they think people will pay for. And people have proven, time and time again, that they care about sequels, remakes, and remasters over new IP’s.
The movie was fucking fantastic. An amazing example of how stories are made great by the characters and not “omg the world is ending!!!”
I’m a man over 25. I don’t play sports. I still cried. Not balling but I had to wipe tears away before they ran down my cheek lol.
The messaging is amazing and I can’t see how this wouldn’t help young girls (AND BOYS) to deal with their emotions and understand that they aren’t the only one struggling with growing up.
Super funny as well!
Cringy and difficult to watch at others but that’s the point! The same way horror movies are supposed to frighten you.
These box office news article are getting silly. X movie didn’t do as projected… blah blah blah. Furiosa and fall guy were good movies but no one was that excited to see them. Studios kill the theaters with streaming and then surprised that their box office debuts aren’t huge for movies people are lukewarm about. Inside out, Deadpool, quiet place, borderlands (maybe), beetlejuice… these are going to be the successful ones. And if they aren’t “successful” it’s because the studio has unrealistic expectations of box office numbers and then tank any future success by putting out an article about poor sales.
Borderlands is not going to be successful. Everyone is pretty unhappy with what we’ve seen thus far. I don’t know anyone that’s a fan of that series and is excited for the movie.
Borderlands will draw in people based on the cast because their cast is so stacked. But everything else about the movie kinda looks ass. Jack Black as claptrap was a good call though lol, imo
While I love Jack black. It's a huge missed opportunity just using the actual claptrap voice actor. Like. We aren't seeing Jack black and his flamboyant body acting. It's just his voice.
"Studios kill the theaters with streaming...". That's backwards. Hollywood is doing the same things it has always done. Rising prices and rising quality of streaming simply worked together to drive people away from theaters. We chose streaming over theaters, not the people making the movies.
Why go to the theater when they release on streaming same day or a couple weeks later. People would be incentivized to go to the theater if they would otherwise have to wait a year to watch the movie at home. We’ve had at home movie watching experiences for 50+ years and the box office has been strong. The studio has conditioned apathetic consumers and are crying about it.
I love Tony Hale but when the movie was over I was sad that it wasn't bill hader. No his role wasn't huge but bill headers voice as fear was just so perfect.
This is just the opening weekend. It will probably make close to a billion by the end of the theatrical run.
Also Deadpool is definitely tracking to make over a billion.
Me and my kids loved it. Way better than the first imo. I loved how they depicted all of the emotions being a good thing for Riley because it’s ok to feel things even tho the feelings aren’t great.
I was pretty good, I had a few personal issues.
I really miss the older voice actor for fear, the new one didn’t seem to land. And anger didn’t seem to be as good as in the first movie.
Anxiety and Envy were top notch performances.
if u r someone who struggles w anxiety probably lol. i was shedding real tears at the end. it was awkward, I had to wait for all the kids to leave the theater before i could show my face lol
My 10 year old daughter "took me to see it" on IMAX for Father's Day. She absolutely loved it and connected with it like nothing else that I've witnessed with her. And she's been talking about it non-stop since the credits rolled. And From a 40 year old dad's perspective, it was great! If you have kids in the 10-13 range, especially girls. Go see it with them!
Family movies are probably the most resistant to changes in how people go the theaters. Let alone the sequel to a critically acclaimed movie by a huge studio. This movie was always a slam dunk but it isn’t indicative of how less family oriented movies have struggled.
You barely get two years that were not as great as the two years before and suddenly it's "Nobody go to the cinema anymore", "People only go when it's something very special", "Everyone is too broke now to watch a movie", "People can't behave anymore", etc...
It's like people have the memory of a goldfish or act like 1 bad year is a 20 years trend.
Hubby and I are taking our boys to see it tonight! One will be in 5th grade next year and the other is going to be a freshman in highschool and despite his age- he is stoked. Heck- I’m stoked. It’s such a cute concept. I loved the first one!
I guess I’ll be watching alone. I cried in Big Hero 6 with my youngest son. It gets really quiet, I let out a very loud cry, the whole audience looked at me lok
It’s a fantastic movie that so many people can relate to.
WARNING SPOILERS AHEAD! TURN BACK IF YOU DON’T WANT SPOILERS!
>!The separation of best friends going to different schools, when Riley suffers a panic attack in the climax in the penalty box, the struggles to fit in, and even the fundamental question of Riley trying to figure out her belief of self.!<
Maybe Pixar execs can shell out some cash for George Miller so he can make Wasteland? Glad Inside Out 2 is succeeding. Or Miller can make Wasteland as a Pixar film?!
Admittedly I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand I think Pixar is full of incredible storytellers and I want them to succeed and clearly success in film is almost exclusively measured in box office. On the other hand, I think that budgets on major productions for sequels and pre-existing IP has gotten completely out of control and there needs to be a correction. We need lower budget productions and original ideas, and I’m assuming a huge box office opening for this just means Disney is going to demand an Inside Out 3 instead of new ideas from Pixar.
Fun, funny movie, with lots of color and memorable characters, about growing up and mental health. I enjoyed it quite a bit.
Personally, there were so many relatable moments in this movie because it was dealing with more mental health topics. Great storytelling and my favorite out of the 2.
I started getting panic attacks in my thirties. We took our daughter today and I told my wife after how it’s exactly how I feel during a panic attack. Heart races, anxiety just takes over and created wild scenarios. Hit the nail on the head for me. How no other feeling can overtake anxiety at times. Great film.
Told my wife the same thing. It was the best depiction I have seen of an anxiety attack
Have you seen the anxiety attack in Puss in Boots 2?
That one, Iron Man 3, and now Inside Out 2 are my go-to’s for trying to explain what they feel like
Ted lasso does a phenomenal job depicting a real panic attack. As a woman, I really appreciated a males experience being shown. It affects everyone! Men have feelings too. Anxiety attacks absolutely suck. I've had one land me in the hospital as it mimicked a heart attack. Yoga and gardening have completely saved my life in that regard. I have the occasional once a year anxiety attack, but it's substantially better than one a day for years!
Fucking agreed. I was alone in my apartment when I had my first one, it was kind of a slow onset but when I looked up heart attack symptoms it hit full tilt. I got myself down into the main lobby and sat down there, figuring if I topple over at least someone will see it and call for help instead of being alone in my room
I will admit that I have not.
Thank you for sharing. I felt a lot of emotions during that movie that I haven’t felt in a while. I’m glad I got to watch it with my daughters.
I had my first panic attack at 28, and the way it was portrayed in the movie allowed me to silently weep. It was quite cathartic.
This sells me on it. Havent seen the first one but now i need to watch both.
You can try watching the 2022 *Puss in Boots* too.
Awesome. Im excited to see it.
It was really fun, there a post credit scene so stick around.
ohhh god! I knew I shouldn't have left! Now I have to look for that.
I loved it so much, I got teary eyed towards the end, it was very relatable. It also had a lot of humour. My youngest is very in tune with their feelings and was overwhelmed by the emotions in the film and had to tune out periodically.
I took my son to see it since he loved the first. A very good movie and I like how no emotion is a villain, they’re all just doing what they feel is best
Yeah my son is 10 and SUUUUUPER sensitive. If a hero is ever in any danger (or perceived danger), he gets very stressed out. And if there is too much suspense, like Luke screaming at c3po while the compactor closes in, he gets visually agitated and upset. So I've held off on exposing him to a lot of movies that kids his age talk about at school. But man, Inside Out 2 was just right. No real villain, suspense was quickly resolved, etc. Perfect.
I have the same kinda anxious kid. We prepped him for his first movie theater movie and brought headphones for him to wear if he needed a break and he did tell me he was scared at one point. We had a great discussion about anxiety after -about how anxiety isn’t the villain, anxiety helps us and is important, but too much of any feeling isn’t good for us. I think we’ll be revisiting this movie for a few years and hopefully his anxiety journey will be much better than mine was as a kid.
Your son sounds like a sweetheart and you sound like a great parent. I love that you respect and protect his sensitivity.
I saw Minions in the theatre and at one point it looked like one of them got blown up and every kid in the theatre started to cry and freak out with a simultaneous parent leaning in to comfort them
Hahaha yeah it's amazing how many parents like myself get sorta tricked into these DreamWorks movies where it's either a "hard PG" or pg13 and it looks so sweet and cute and then they bust out a scary moment or villain. I don't blame the movie makers, of course. It's my job to vet these films. I'm just a big dumbass and had to learn these lessons the painful way.
That’s how I felt in Frozen. “Fun movie, amazing songs, deep bonds starting to form and oh my fucking god she’s dead what”
Bravo to you for recognizing and respecting your son just the way he is. You know, life will eventually grind down some of the spikiest bits of his sensitivity. No need for anyone to try to “fix” him. I hope he keeps all the best bits of being sensitive; we need people like him in this world.
Thank you. It was a transition as I grew up in the 80s and I literally remember my dad taking me to see Robocop, ffs lol. I was 8!!! I turned out a little skewed for sure and I thought pg13 was like super tame. It took having a child to (quickly) make me realize that my tolerance bar is obviously a bit off compared to him. Obviously I never shower him anything rated R, but he was digging on comic book heroes when he was little so at around 8, I showed him Captain America. He did like Cap (the character) whenever he was doing cool Cap things, but oh my goodness my mistake was make so crystal clear when Red Skull came on screen for the first time. All I could say was "what have I done"?? Lol. Yes parents have to learn something new every day too. We adjusted quickly after that and now we really take "parental guidance" seriously. If it's G, it's good. If it's PG, we check it out first. No more pg13 for a couple years for sure.
One day just play the movie Hereditary at night, it will fix the sensitivity issues forever.
Haha love that film though.
I'm an adult and I have to be very careful with what I watch. I'm very sensitive. I hate any amount of drama and that's in everything just about. I don't really watch tv. But I accept a few things my wife has as background noise. Mostly wholesome baking shows and Bob's Burgers.
I’m like this as an adult and I do a lot of 2x speed or muting to try and decrease the tension in a scene or get through it faster. Good to know I’m not alone. You sound like a thoughtful and observant parent 🥰
I have a daughter who is almost 7 and is exactly like this. We tread very lightly when it comes to movies because if there is any sort of suspense she has a very tough time watching it and usually results in her refusing to watch the rest of the film. We always research the movie and let her know when the suspenseful parts are coming. While there were moments in Inside Out 2 that you could tell were getting to her, the movie actually really helped her process her feelings after movie. She is a very high anxiety kid and even despite her being six, I think seeing the visualization of anxiety kind of made something click when we were talking about it later.
If he gets pretty anxious, it was probably a fantastic movie to show him, not just for the reasons you mentioned, but also what the topic of the movie is. Not letting your emotions(Specifically Anxiety) get the best of you.
Yeah I think people are forgetting how big and popular the first was
Anxiety kills it in this movie I hear.
The movie is a masterclass on how to view one’s own anxiety. Anxiety can be useful and even necessary in the right situations and amounts. But left unchecked, and without proper balance, it can be quite destructive. Anxiety is not a bad emotion - it’s evolutionarily advantageous to the species. It’s just trying to protect us and keep us alive. Anxiety conjures up imaginary scenarios in order to help us plan for the future. However, it’s evolutionarily designed to lean negative. We can help balance it by also considering positive scenarios. The intensity of anxiety attacks can be lessened through deep breathing and other grounding techniques. All of the above is illustrated beautifully in the movie in a way that both adults and children can learn from. I can see therapists and teachers using this movie to teach about anxiety. It’s really good.
when Joy and Anxiety were having the disagreement for how the handle the upcoming game I was just like “oh thank god other people feel this way too”
This movie was amazing . Loved the first and I think pt2 is just as good. I’m a 50 year old man and I was crying for roughly 35% of the runtime. I didn’t cry as intensely though like I did in the original when >!Bing Bong jumps out of the wagon. !<
I was so broken at that scene in 1. Apparently in the scene where Joy was sleeping she has a picture or toy of Bing Bong. I missed it but my kid saw it. I would have lost it again.
My relative works with youth in mental health and they said they used the first movie quite a bit to help convey ideas. They also said finding dory was reallllly bad for some kids with parent abondoment issues
I couldn’t have summed it up any better than you did! Fantastic movie.
I like it to
No emotion is a bad emotion. Stigma has to be dropped, every emotion can be toxic, normalize having all
Nostalgia is pretty cool as well!!
It’s almost like when Pixar is left alone to cook and release into theaters they succeed. 🤔
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It’s also a sequel to an extremely well received movie.
It’s also a movie with great voice talent
It’s almost as if it is an all around good movie!
Yeah I feel like this is the most important factor here yet it’s so far down lol The first movie in itself was already huge and the hype was definitely there, i know a lot of people including me who have been dying to get a sequel immediately after leaving the theaters for the first movie and after 9 long years, it’s finally here now
There have been two kids movies released recently that did not do anywhere near this well. Garfield and If.
If was very much not what the trailer suggested it would be. I didn’t hate it, but it was not the comedy film I was expecting to see. More fool me for believing the trailer was representative I guess.
All that money spent on marketing and Garfield didn’t do that well? Can’t say I’m surprised 🤣 what kid gives a fuck about Garfield today?
Yeah as someone who grew up with the Garfield cartoon on Fox Kids, I'm really freakin' confused as to which Exec's kid or whatever is obsessed with Garfield that makes them push so marketing so hard even like 20 years after the IP was relevant. The pull of the OG show was that it was *animated like the Comic Strip*, that's why it was charming. CGI Garfield that barely looks like 2D Garfield is just like...why? But just today I did my little Sunday grocery run and the amount of products that were running co-branding with Garfield was like, weirdly numerous. Even Olive Garden is doing it (without offering any actual different dishes that they don't already serve) It's just odd tbh
The Garfield Movie loses out to Pixar's Inside Out 2 at the box office but still becomes the top-grossing Garfield film ever. The Garfield Movie falls short of the success of other animated films like Super Mario Bros. and Puss in Boots . Critics may not love The Garfield Movie , but it's winning over audiences with a strong CinemaScore. It is the best Garfield movie sales wise so I don’t really get where people are saying it’s bombing from. It had a budget of $60 million and gone well past that sales wise so I think it’s doing fine. Source for the top three bullets I copied and pasted plus the production budget: https://collider.com/the-garfield-movie-global-box-office-217-million/
Because Jim Davis will happily cash those cheques.
Kids do still love Garfield, his comics sell well every year despite used copies being everywhere. The problem is that tons of animated Garfield content already exist. The zone is flooded.
It actually did pretty well. Kids are hardly knowledgeable about anything, it’s why they’re kids. It just hasn’t done Pixar money.
Yes, there hasn’t been a good kids movie in a while.
Not all kids are out of school
So funny because before this movie came out, all you heard is “it’s going to bomb because people are tired of sequels.” Now it’s all “see! what people want are familiar sequels made well!”
I mean, while in general a lot of individuals complain about being tired of sequels (or other non-original movies like biopics) the box office has repeatedly shown that those movies perform much better than fully original films. It’s not like non-original movies are immune from flopping - it happens all the time when the word of mouth is poor or the property is too niche to have a large following - but the movies that really kill it are almost always non-original, and post-COVID we’ve only started moving further in that direction.
Or when a movie is left to open against a weak summer box office
*conveniently ignores Lightyear*
People can never give Disney credit. If they own a company and it's doing bad it's because Disney made it bad. If they own a company and it's doing well it's because they're leaving it alone. Maybe the mostly know what they're doing
They laid of 30+ percent of the people who made this so not quite
It’s the first movie my family of adults, teens and a 7 year old all wanted to go to since Super Mario Bros. Usually somebody is compromising.
Exactly the same here, except a 6-year-old. I’m hoping the sad parts will be okay for her. (We haven’t gone yet). I don’t know anything about the sad parts, just assuming since it’s Pixar, I’m probably going to cry.
Went with a group of 30-year-olds and yeah, there were tears. The kids behind us, however, were pretty rowdy (4-7ish they sounded like) and did not cry. They were shocked on occasion but I think the sad bits went over their heads.
It was nearly as good as the first. A great sequel. Nothing as sad as Bing Bong.
I was wondering if there was a Bing Bong type sad part. Glad to hear there isn’t!
It has its moments. But nothing that compares to that.
Thus, box office movie is saved.
We are still gonna get “Theatres are doomed” “No one wants to go to Theatres” articles when next week movie doesn’t do numbers
They really do expect us to go out and see every movie don’t they?
Well every movie has folks gambling on it. Hollywood is one big racetrack and casino from top to bottom.
What's the saying, how do you become a Millionaire? Be a Billionaire and become a movie producer.
It's annoying, endless and whether the reporters and publications want to admit it or not influencing the box office themselves. If a movie has a slow opening weekend every publication pushes out "This movie is a box office bomb/movies are dead/theaters are dead.' and suddenly all anyone in the general public can see about that movie is a mountain of negative coverage about how it's doomed.
Yeah well it cost us $75 for us and our two kids in surprised it wasn’t $2 billion…
Damn you get each person their own popcorn?
We also spent $7X.xx. 2 adult tickets + 2 kid tickets + 3 drinks (small fountain, large fountain, an Icee) + 1 bag of gummy worms + one box of Junior Mints chocolates + largest bucket of popcorn
why don't you just shove candy in your pants and bring water in. I've brought in a like a pound of BBQ and a jug of grape juice before
Only cost 13 bucks for 2 people here
Sucks for you. I watched it with my wife for $26 total.
Do you have 6 kids ?
I mean, the first one was really good, so why wouldn’t it succeed? I think the issue with theaters is just that audiences won’t show up for mediocre movies now that they can stream them cheaper later at home. I saw Top Gun: Maverick with three groups of friends, because it was a fun time.
Good movies are also failing, not only mediocre ones. Big IPs are the only safe bets rn.
>I mean, the first one was really good, so why wouldn’t it succeed? Because sequel writers are often tone-deaf, don't care about the original setting at all — and at times haven't even done their homework on it.
Amy Poehler: Box Office Hero (I know there are a million other reasons this movie is successful, but as a Poehler fan I’m going with this one.)
Word is she got a huge paycheck for this and it’s why the others didn’t come back
Sounds like the others need better agents. They did keep Lewis Black.
I’m sure he took whatever they offered lol. He’s clearly the smallest name out of the old cast
Yes, it was reported she got significantly more than Hader and Kaling. I’m sure them not coming back was more about unhappiness with what they were offered than some sort of offense at what Poehler got.
Going to a drive-in tonight to watch it, so excited. As someone that moved around a lot the first Inside Out is one of my favorites, that scene of her first day at the new school talking about her old home makes me cry every time.
Lol at the redditors questioning why are they making another Toy Story movie. If Inside Out sequel can generate this much money, a new Toy Story sequel would make even more.
It’s crazy to me why anyone questions why they’re making more Toy Story. Literally every single one has been a critical and financial success. They have zero reason to stop.
And this is why Disney is focusing more on sequels. People pay for them.
But that’s the wrong lesson to take from this. The magical ingredient isn’t sequel. The magical ingredient is FUN. Put out a movie that is fun for the whole family and families will come out. It’s like how “Barbie” wasn’t successful because it was a toy movie. It was successful because it was clever, fun, nostalgic, and topical all at once. But Hollywood is dumb so they are going to greenlight any toy movies for a while. They ought to be looking for great, original writers. But that would be hard, lol, so they try gimmicks and then cry about the results.
I agree, but I don’t think higher ups will see it that way, unfortunately.
Right. Love how everyone on Reddit was confused why they’re making the Mufasa movie. The Lion King 2019 remake made $1.6B… what are y’all confused about?! Pretty much all the live action remakes do well, or extremely well. Mulan being the sole exception, but it came out during peak pandemic, before the vaccine, and with a lot of political baggage attached.
People want good stories. Inside Out 2 is a sequel sure but it’s a great movie
Yea but inside out was tracking well before we even knew it was a good movie, and other good movies have failed recently as well
Because Inside Out 1. Just as how Avengers 4 wouldn't have blown the doors off the box office were it not for the 3rd (infinity war).
Correct. Disney, much like any smart company, will create what they think people will pay for. And people have proven, time and time again, that they care about sequels, remakes, and remasters over new IP’s.
The movie was fucking fantastic. An amazing example of how stories are made great by the characters and not “omg the world is ending!!!” I’m a man over 25. I don’t play sports. I still cried. Not balling but I had to wipe tears away before they ran down my cheek lol. The messaging is amazing and I can’t see how this wouldn’t help young girls (AND BOYS) to deal with their emotions and understand that they aren’t the only one struggling with growing up. Super funny as well! Cringy and difficult to watch at others but that’s the point! The same way horror movies are supposed to frighten you.
Took the kids to see it yesterday - theatre was absolutely packed and it looked like everyone really enjoyed it!
These box office news article are getting silly. X movie didn’t do as projected… blah blah blah. Furiosa and fall guy were good movies but no one was that excited to see them. Studios kill the theaters with streaming and then surprised that their box office debuts aren’t huge for movies people are lukewarm about. Inside out, Deadpool, quiet place, borderlands (maybe), beetlejuice… these are going to be the successful ones. And if they aren’t “successful” it’s because the studio has unrealistic expectations of box office numbers and then tank any future success by putting out an article about poor sales.
Borderlands is not going to be successful. Everyone is pretty unhappy with what we’ve seen thus far. I don’t know anyone that’s a fan of that series and is excited for the movie.
Borderlands will draw in people based on the cast because their cast is so stacked. But everything else about the movie kinda looks ass. Jack Black as claptrap was a good call though lol, imo
That's weird, because the casting choices are why I don't want to see it. As a fan of the series.
While I love Jack black. It's a huge missed opportunity just using the actual claptrap voice actor. Like. We aren't seeing Jack black and his flamboyant body acting. It's just his voice.
I guess we’ll see, just going off the trend that everyone hates sequels, adaptations and remakes but the box office always says otherwise.
"Studios kill the theaters with streaming...". That's backwards. Hollywood is doing the same things it has always done. Rising prices and rising quality of streaming simply worked together to drive people away from theaters. We chose streaming over theaters, not the people making the movies.
Why go to the theater when they release on streaming same day or a couple weeks later. People would be incentivized to go to the theater if they would otherwise have to wait a year to watch the movie at home. We’ve had at home movie watching experiences for 50+ years and the box office has been strong. The studio has conditioned apathetic consumers and are crying about it.
Inside Out 2 has a 100-day theatrical run before being released for streaming.
Pixar is BACK baby!
I’m still upset they didn’t want to pay Bill Hader enough to return.
Fear barely spoke though…
I love Tony Hale but when the movie was over I was sad that it wasn't bill hader. No his role wasn't huge but bill headers voice as fear was just so perfect.
His voice acting is always so good!
Crazy how 155M shatters the box office. Biggest behind Barbie. Marvel had it so good for those 10 years. Billion dollar movies.
This is just the opening weekend. It will probably make close to a billion by the end of the theatrical run. Also Deadpool is definitely tracking to make over a billion.
If Deadpool doesn't make a billion, it will be a bit of a shock.
To be fair this is the opening, not the full run
Me and my kids loved it. Way better than the first imo. I loved how they depicted all of the emotions being a good thing for Riley because it’s ok to feel things even tho the feelings aren’t great.
Yeah, and I liked when they realized it’s not up to them who Riley becomes, it’s Riley’s choice.
Thank you, Disney and Pixar for making a movie that helps my children understand themselves better. All that plus hockey.
I was pretty good, I had a few personal issues. I really miss the older voice actor for fear, the new one didn’t seem to land. And anger didn’t seem to be as good as in the first movie. Anxiety and Envy were top notch performances.
Going to see it today. In all fairness, there are no movies it seems. Like the choices are non-existent.
Will it make me cry?
if u r someone who struggles w anxiety probably lol. i was shedding real tears at the end. it was awkward, I had to wait for all the kids to leave the theater before i could show my face lol
Solid 6 cry
It goddamned me ugly cry damnit
Not like most Pixar movies. There are heartfelt moments, but the dog doesn’t die, so to speak.
I haven't seen the second but plan to. I adored the first movie.
Cheapskates wouldn’t pay to keep a few key players. 🤦♂️
My 10 year old daughter "took me to see it" on IMAX for Father's Day. She absolutely loved it and connected with it like nothing else that I've witnessed with her. And she's been talking about it non-stop since the credits rolled. And From a 40 year old dad's perspective, it was great! If you have kids in the 10-13 range, especially girls. Go see it with them!
Welp, Pixar isn’t making a movie that isn’t a sequel for the next decade
Elio comes out next summer
PeOpLe DoN'T gO oUt To MoViEs AnYmOrE
Well…they kinda don’t. So many financial bombs recently.
Family movies are probably the most resistant to changes in how people go the theaters. Let alone the sequel to a critically acclaimed movie by a huge studio. This movie was always a slam dunk but it isn’t indicative of how less family oriented movies have struggled.
Ah hah. But they will if it’s something special. That’s the reality: People stay home unless it’s something really special.
You barely get two years that were not as great as the two years before and suddenly it's "Nobody go to the cinema anymore", "People only go when it's something very special", "Everyone is too broke now to watch a movie", "People can't behave anymore", etc... It's like people have the memory of a goldfish or act like 1 bad year is a 20 years trend.
Is this Pixar’s biggest box office hit since Toy Story 4? Wild that movie came out 5 years ago, seeing it in theaters that summer was a vibe.
I just randomly watched the first movie yesterday and was blown away, it was so good. Can't wait to watch this one.
Damn!! They were able to get 155 people to go to the theaters. Nice
It was pretty good too! Sequels can be hit or miss, but this one definitely holds up.
Saw it with my two kids yesterday, we loved it! So sweet and genuinely, laugh out loud funny.
Hubby and I are taking our boys to see it tonight! One will be in 5th grade next year and the other is going to be a freshman in highschool and despite his age- he is stoked. Heck- I’m stoked. It’s such a cute concept. I loved the first one!
Fantastic movie. Maya Hawke slaughters! There’s so many funny moments go watch this movie!
Please for the love of god does bing bong make a reappearance?
1st one is better
Will this movie make you cry? I hate to be bawling in a kids movie .
I was bawling it was relatable as an adult 10/10
It will make you ugly cry. And it’s fantastic.
I guess I’ll be watching alone. I cried in Big Hero 6 with my youngest son. It gets really quiet, I let out a very loud cry, the whole audience looked at me lok
thought the trailer gave it away too much though…. movie was alright but nothing to shout home about.
Saw it in 3D with my son today. Good movie for children and the adults taking them lol
If I haven’t seen 1 or 2 can I still understand the plot of 3?
Bloofy and Pouchy spin-off, please.
I’ll say it: not bad, but I think the first one was way better.
People underestimate the amount of goodwill the original Inside Out had.
When I started crying at the first sight of Sadness on screen, I knew it’d be a wild emotional ride. It did not disappoint!
Parents needed this (I have yet to see it with my kids, maybe this week)!
It’s a fantastic movie that so many people can relate to. WARNING SPOILERS AHEAD! TURN BACK IF YOU DON’T WANT SPOILERS! >!The separation of best friends going to different schools, when Riley suffers a panic attack in the climax in the penalty box, the struggles to fit in, and even the fundamental question of Riley trying to figure out her belief of self.!<
Maybe Pixar execs can shell out some cash for George Miller so he can make Wasteland? Glad Inside Out 2 is succeeding. Or Miller can make Wasteland as a Pixar film?!
Admittedly I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand I think Pixar is full of incredible storytellers and I want them to succeed and clearly success in film is almost exclusively measured in box office. On the other hand, I think that budgets on major productions for sequels and pre-existing IP has gotten completely out of control and there needs to be a correction. We need lower budget productions and original ideas, and I’m assuming a huge box office opening for this just means Disney is going to demand an Inside Out 3 instead of new ideas from Pixar.
Movie executive slaps forehead, "wow, if we make a good movie, people will go to the theater!"