Inside Out 2 has broken another cinematographic milestone that has not been repeated for more than a decade

The second installment of Inside Out, in addition to breaking almost all records, has also achieved an important milestone in animated cinema

Inside Out 2 managed to break an absurd number of records, but without a doubt, the most important is being the highest-grossing animated film in history, but also managed to be the highest-grossing film of 2025 by a fairly wide marginand this, in turn, helped him break a cinematographic milestone that had not been achieved for quite some time.

The animated film also managed to surpass the remake of 2019 of The lion kingwhich held the controversial record of being the highest-grossing film to date, which caused a stir because it was a photorealistic reinvention of the animated classic. But, be that as it may, now a fully animated film is on the throne.

Inside Out 2 has managed to be the highest-grossing animated film of the year after 11 years

This year we had a good number of successful films: the sci-fi cinematic marvel Dune: Part Two; the fourth installment of Crane 4. I rude favorite; and of course, the most anticipated crossover, Deadpool and Wolverine. However, Inside Out managed to far surpass all of them.

It is the first time that an animated film has been crowned the highest-grossing film of the year after Frozen became the highest-grossing film of 2013, surpassing at the time Fast & Furious 6, Crane 2. I rude favorite, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug y The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.

2013 was also the golden age of blockbusters. The Avengersbut still, Frozen surpassed the success of Marvel Iron Man 3although by a fairly narrow margin.

This shows how animation is one of the most successful genres of allsince parents always want to entertain their children for a couple of hours with a good movie. Although, Inside Out achieved something different, well, while Dune: Part Two y Despool and Wolverine They attracted an adult audience, and my favorite villain for the little ones in the house, Inside Out managed to attract an audience of all ages, proving to be a multigenerational success.

Why was there an 11-year gap between Frozen and Inside Out 2?

As we already mentioned, around this time we were in a decade completely in love with superhero movies and other highly successful franchises. And although there were some exceptions in between, Most of the blockbuster movies of the time were action films. of some successful franchise.

We witnessed the success of the Marvel Cinematic Universefrom a new installment of the alien robot saga with Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)of the revival of Star Wars by Disney, even by How an anime movie managed to dominate the box office con Demon Slayer: The Infinite Train (2020)a little more Marvel, and finally Avatar: The Sense of Water (2022) and the most recent, Barbie, in 2023.

Without a doubt, the lack of consistency of Marvel and Star Wars in releasing good films lately has made their sagas lose their appeal to the audience, leaving the way clear for new productions to dominate the market.

The 2026 box office could be dominated once again by an animated film

The chances of an animated film becoming the highest-grossing film of the year are quite low, and although it is possible that many of these productions achieve considerable success, they will most likely be overshadowed by large productions such as Superman, Jurassic World: Rebirth y Avatar: Fire and Ash.

However, 2026 will bring back two of the most successful franchises of all time, Toy Story 5 y Shrek 5which They will be available in June and July 2026respectively. And although it is likely that one of the two will postpone their release date, Both have a great opportunity to exceed $1 billion..

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