“ Inside Out 2 ” garnered 30.5 million views in its first five days on Disney+ , where it premiered on September 25th.

This achievement makes the Pixar film not only the most-watched premiere on Disney+ in 2024, but also its biggest launch for a movie released in theaters since 2021, when “Encanto” debuted. Additionally, this premiere has become the service's most popular ever in both the EMEA region (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) and Latin America. (A view is calculated by dividing total stream time by runtime.)

The success of “Inside Out 2” on streaming has been unsurprising given how well it performed at the box office earlier this year, surpassing “Frozen 2” as the highest-grossing animated film of all time with $1.7 billion on a budget of $200 million. It was the first film of 2024 to cross $1 billion and remains the year’s highest-grossing even after “Deadpool and Wolverine” hit that mark. (The Marvel film landed at $1.3 billion.) Additionally, it is one of only 12 films to ever hit $1 billion at the international box office, and the sole animated title on that list.

“Inside Out 2” also received positive reviews from critics. The film achieved a TK% score on Rotten Tomatoes, with Variety critic Peter Debruge describing it as Pixar’s “most vivid and relatable film yet,” remarking that it goes “beyond the screen to become something audiences will carry around for the rest of their days — not as tie-in merchandise or spinoff theme parks (although there will inevitably be plenty of both), but as an elegant and iconic visual metaphor for understanding their own emotions, and empathizing with others’.”

The first “Inside Out” film has also enjoyed a surge in popularity due to “Inside Out 2’s” release. Disney reports that the original film has accumulated over 121 million views globally since the first teaser for its sequel was released.