It was a Pixar weekend, as the embattled animation studio showed they still have it. Inside Out 2 debuted with an estimated $154.2 million opening. That’s the best opening of 2204 so far. The film almost matched that internationally where it grossed $140 million delivering an opening of $295 million.

The first Inside Out debuted in 2015 with $90.4 million domestically and went on to gross $858.9 million worldwide. This film’s opening is a reason to celebrate for Disney and especially Pixar which both have had a string of disappointments over the past year.

Bad Boys: Ride or Die dropped 41.6% from its opening weekend to come in second place. It’s not a bad drop for an action film teasing it might have some legs. The movie grossed $33 million domestically to lift its total to $112.2 million. Internationally, the movie added $53.8 million over the week to bring that total to $102.4 million for a worldwide gross of $214.6 million after two weeks.

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes improved and moved up to third place with $5.2 million. The movie has grossed $157.8 million domestically so far. It also grossed $6.7 million internationally over the week to bring that total to $216.7 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $374.5 million after six weeks.

The Garfield Movie slipped to fourth place to gross $5 million and bring its domestic gross to $78.5 million. Internationally, it grossed $15.1 million over the week to bring that to $139.2 million and $217.7 million worldwide.

Wrapping up the top five was The Watchers which added $3.7 million to its domestic total bringing it to $13.7 million. It also added $4.9 million internationally over the week to bring that total to $9.6 million and a worldwide gross of $23.3 million.

In comic film news…

Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle grossed $190,000 domestically where its total now stands at $6.6 million. Internationally, the movie added about $1.4 million over the week to bring that total to a little under $80.4 million for a worldwide gross of just under $87 million.

Spy x Family Code: White, domestically has grossed $8.1 million. Internationally, the film remained at $51.5 million for a worldwide total of $59.6 million.

The week’s overall box office success…

Numbers have 52 films earning $213,910,835 from 30,893 theaters. That’s the highest amount so far this year and more than double the previous weekend’s $104,123,441 from 37,182 theaters and 50 films. The average earning was $6,924.25 which is over double the previous weekend’s $2,800.37.