Disney Pixar’s Inside Out 2 hits US$1b at box office, first film of the year to do so

The new Disney Pixar animated movie broke several records and became the first film to hit the US$1 billion mark since Barbie. Inside Out 2 has pulled in more than US$1 billion ($1.64b) at the box office since it was released two and a half weeks ago.

The Pixar movie, the sequel to the studio’s film Inside Out (2015), reached the US$1b mark on June 30. It’s the fastest an animated film has reached that milestone, having done so in 19 days and breaking Frozen 2 ′s record. It is the only movie released this year that has hit US$1b at the box office and the first movie to pass that threshold since Barbie .

Inside Out is a coming-of-age film that follows the emotions inside the head of a young girl called Riley. These emotions — including Joy ( Amy Poehler ), Sadness (Phyllis Smith) and Anger (Lewis Black) — work with one another to shape how she lives her life..