Inside Out 2 is a 2024 American coming-of-age film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It was directed by Kelsey Mann, with a screenplay by Meg LeFauve and Dave Holstein from a story by Mann and LeFauve, and produced by Mark Nielsen. The film stars the voices of Amy Poehler, Maya Hawke, Kensington Tallman, Liza Lapira, Tony Hale, Lewis Black, Phyllis Smith, Ayo Edebiri, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Diane Lane, Kyle MacLachlan, and Paul Walter Hauser. The film continues Riley's journey as she enters her teenage years, introducing new emotions, such as anxiety, alongside the familiar ones. The film explores how her growing mind balances joy, fear, anger, sadness, and the challenges of adolescence.
Premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, on June 10, 2024, and was released in the United States on June 14. Inside Out 2 received positive reviews from critics and was a massive box office success grossing $1.699 billion worldwide, breaking multiple box-office records, becoming the highest-grossing film by Pixar and the highest-grossing animated film of all time, though was later overtaken by Ne Zha 2 (2025) in just nine months after its initial release. It also became the highest-grossing film of 2024 and the eighth-highest-grossing film at the time of its release.
The film received nominations for Best Animated Feature at the Golden Globes, Critics' Choice, BAFTAs and Academy Awards. It additionally received a nomination for Cinematic and Box Office Achievement at the Golden Globes.
Accolades + Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result AACTA Awards February 7, 2025 Audience Choice Award for Favourite Film Inside Out 2 Academy Awards March 2, 2025 Best Animated Feature Kelsey Mann and Mark Nielsen Alliance of Women Film Journalists January 7, 2025 Best Animated Film Inside Out 2 Best Animated/Voice Performance Ayo Edebiri Maya Hawke Amy Poehler American Cinema Editors Awards Best Edited Animated Feature Film (Theatrical or Non-Theatrical) Maurissa Horwitz Annie Awards Best Animated Feature Inside Out 2 Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production Aviv Mano Outstanding Achievement for Character Design in an Animated Feature Production Deanna Marsigliese Outstanding Achievement for Editorial in an Animated Feature Production Maurissa Horwitz, David Suther, Fiona Toth, and Jonathan Vargo Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Feature Production Jason Deamer, Josh West, Keiko Murayama, Bill Zahn, and Laura Meyer Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production Maya Hawke Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature Production Meg LeFauve and Dave Holstein Art Directors Guild Awards Excellence in Production Design for an Animated Film Jason Deamer Artios Awards Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Feature Animation Natalie Lyon, Kevin Reher, Kate Hansen-Birnbaum and Lexi Diamond Astra Film Awards Best Animated Feature Inside Out 2 Best Voice Over Performance Amy Poehler Maya Hawke Best First Feature Kelsey Mann Astra Midseason Movie Awards Best Picture Inside Out 2 Austin Film Critics Association January 6, 2025 Best Animated Film Best Voice Acting/Animated/Digital Performance Amy Poehler British Academy Film Awards February 16, 2025 Best Animated Film Inside Out 2 BFE Cut Above Awards February 13, 2025 Best Edited Single Animation Maurissa Horwitz Black Reel Awards Outstanding Voice Performance Ayo Edebiri Chicago Film Critics Association December 12, 2024 Best Animated Film Inside Out 2 Cinema Audio Society Awards February 22, 2025 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Picture – Animated Vince Caro, Ren Klyce, Stephen Urata, Warren Brown, Doc Kane, Leff Lefferts Critics' Choice Awards February 7, 2025 Best Animated Feature Feature Inside Out 2 Dorian Awards July 18, 2025 Animated Film of the Year Florida Film Critics Circle December 20, 2024 Best Animated Film Georgia Film Critics Association January 7, 2025 Best Animated Film Golden Globe Award January 5, 2025 Best Animated Feature Film Cinematic and Box Office Achievement Golden Reel Awards Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature AnimationCoya Elliott, Ren Klyce, David C. Hughes, Jonathon Stevens, Cheryl Nardi, Dee Selby, Nicholas Docter, Heikki Kossi and Shelley Roden Golden Trailer Awards Best Animation/Family "Change" Best Animation/Family TV Spot (for a Feature Film) "Boys" (Disney / Seismic Productions) Best Digital – Animation/Family "Get Ready" (The Walt Disney Studios / Tiny Hero) Best Motion Poster Inside Out 2 (The Walt Disney Studios / Tiny Hero) Hamptons International Film Festival October 15, 2024 Achievement in Screenwriting Award Meg LeFauve and Dave Holstein Hollywood Music in Media Awards November 20, 2024 Original Score – Animated Film Andrea Datzman Houston Film Critics Society Awards January 14, 2025 Best Animated Feature Inside Out 2 Kansas City Film Critics Circle January 4, 2025 Best Animated Feature London Film Critics' Circle February 2, 2025 Best Animated Feature NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Animated Motion Picture Outstanding Character Voice Performance – Motion Picture Ayo Edebiri New York Film Critics Online December 16, 2024 Best Animation Inside Out 2 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards June 21, 2025 Favorite Animated Movie Favorite Female Voice from an Animated Movie Maya Hawke Amy Poehler Online Film Critics Society Awards January 27, 2025 Best Animated Feature Inside Out 2 Producers Guild of America Awards February 8, 2025 Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures Mark Nielsen San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle December 15, 2024 Best Animated Feature Inside Out 2 Satellite Awards Best Motion Picture – Animated or Mixed Media Saturn Awards Best Animated Film Seattle Film Critics Society Best Animated Feature Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards David Raksin Award for Emerging Talent Andrea Datzman St. Louis Film Critics Association December 15, 2024 Best Animated Feature Inside Out 2 Best Voice Performance Maya Hawke Amy Poehler Visual Effects Society Awards Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated FeatureKelsey Mann, Mark Nielsen, Sudeep Rangaswamy, Bill Watral Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated FeatureAlexander Alvarado, Brianne Francisco, Amanda Wagner, Brenda Lin Zhang (for "Anxiety") Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association December 8, 2024 Best Animated Feature Inside Out 2 Best Voice Performance Maya Hawke Amy Poehler Women Film Critics Circle January 15, 2025 Best Animated Female Joy
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External links
Inside Out 2 at AllMovie