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Inside Out 2

Film · 2024 · Viral

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Pixar’s emotion sequel crossed $1 billion at the worldwide box office.

Trailer · Pixar on YouTube
Clip · Pixar on YouTube
Post · X
Clip · TikTok
Clip · Cinema Therapy on YouTube
Inside Out 2 poster: Joy, Anxiety and the other emotions crowd the frame.
Wikipedia (non-free, fair use)
Inside Out 2 official trailer title card with Joy, Embarrassment and Anxiety.
Pixar on YouTube
Purple room that has tubes running along the walls filled with green, blue, yellow, purple, and red balls. In the center of the room stand two modern red couches and a pedestal containing the bright…
Airbnb
INSIDE OUT 2, from left: Joy (front, voice: Amy Poehler), Embarrassment (voice: Paul Walter Hauser), Envy (voice: Ayo Edebiri), Anxiety (voice: Maya Hawke), Disgust (voice: Liza Lapira), Anger…
Variety
Joy at the console in Headquarters.
Deadline
Joy in a scene from Inside Out 2.
The Walt Disney Company
Anger, Joy and Disgust in a scene from Inside Out 2.
Variety
Joy glowing in a scene from Inside Out 2.
The Walt Disney Company
Joy and Anxiety in Headquarters.
Deadline
Envy and Anxiety in Inside Out 2.
Know Your Meme
Memes built on the 'new emotion' scene from the first look.
Know Your Meme

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How it works
Reach100Contagion35Breadth100Velocity39Longevity5171

Numbers

Worldwide box office; live tracker total at access
$1.7B
As of Oct 22, 2026 · The Numbers
Observed peak date
Week of Jun 20, 2024
Jun 12 ’24 to Week of Jun 20, 2024
Platforms
9
Started on Box office
Leverage
8.5×
$1.7B on $200M budget

Mechanics

  • Remixable templatePrimary
  • Platform jump
  • Press loop
  • Controversy

How it spread

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Anxiety memes followed the teaser before the film opened internationally on June 12. Paid placements and partner promotions accompanied fan reactions and remixes. Its $154.2 million domestic opening led into a billion-dollar worldwide run in 19 days.

Observed peak within the documented measurement window; not an all-time maximum. Dates use the stated precision; chart positions are date anchors.

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Timeline (16)

  1. November 2023

    Disney / Pixar precursor · Nov 9 ’23

    Disney and Pixar released a teaser that introduced Anxiety, voiced by Maya Hawke.[1]

    Open the first post ↗

  2. @paulswhtn precursor · Nov 9 ’23

    @paulswhtn compared Sadness meeting Anxiety to a video of Jay-Z hugging a friend.[2]

    Envy and Anxiety in Inside Out 2.

  3. @inzanelyrejected_denied precursor · Nov 12 ’23

    @inzanelyrejected_denied replaced the new emotion with the sitting-wolf meme.[3]

  1. seed · Jun 12 ’24

  2. platform jump · Jun 14 ’24

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Origin
Mixed
Sector
Entertainment
Region
US
Worldwide box office; live tracker total at access
$1.7B
As of Oct 22, 2026 · The Numbers
Evidence
Grade A

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