Inside Out (franchise)

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Inside Out is an American media franchise created by Pete Docter and Ronnie del Carmen. It takes place inside the mind of a girl named Riley Andersen, where multiple personified emotions administer her thoughts and actions. The franchise is produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by its parent company Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It began with the 2015 film of the same name, and was followed by Inside Out 2 (2024). The franchise also includes a short film, an animated series, several video games, and two theme park attractions.

Films

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Film U.S. release date Directed by Screenplay by Story by Produced by
Inside Out June 19, 2015 (2015-06-19) Pete Docter & Ronnie Del Carmen Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve & Josh Cooley Pete Docter & Ronnie del Carmen Jonas Rivera
Inside Out 2 June 14, 2024 (2024-06-14) Kelsey Mann Meg LeFauve & Dave Holstein Kelsey Mann & Meg LaFauve Mark Nielsen

Inside Out (2015)

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Main article: Inside Out (2015 film)

Inside Out follows the inner workings of the mind of Riley, a young girl who adapts to her family's relocation as five personified emotions administer her thoughts and actions.[1]

Director Pete Docter conceived Inside Out in October 2009 after observing changes in his daughter's personality as she grew older.[a] Docter invited Ronnie del Carmen, who had previously worked as story supervisor on Finding Nemo (2003) and Up (2009), to come on as co-director, a role del Carmen accepted.[6][7] They sought inspiration for the film from their own personal histories and experiences,[8] including del Carmen's inspiration through his upbringing,[9] and consulted psychologists and neuroscientists in an effort to portray the mind with greater accuracy.[10][11] The film's principal characters were cast in August 2013.[12] Development lasted for five and a half years.[13][14] Inside Out debuted at the 68th Cannes Film Festival on May 18, 2015,[15] and was released in the United States on June 19.[16]

Inside Out 2 (2024)

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Main article: Inside Out 2

Inside Out 2 follows a teenage Riley with four new emotions who join the original five, with opposing views on what kind of person Riley should be as she strives to prove herself at a hockey camp.[17]

Development of Inside Out 2 was first announced in 2022 during the D23 Expo announcement.[18] It features Docter's "five to 27 emotions" idea from the first film that new director Kelsey Mann pitched during its production to utilize "truthful" worldbuilding.[19] Like the first film, psychologists were consulted with during production,[20] and also had a group of teenagers who gave feedback to various early screenings of the film.[21] Inside Out 2 debuted at the El Capitan Theatre on June 10, 2024 and screened at the 2024 Annecy International Animation Film Festival on the same day.[22] The film was released in the United States on June 14.[18]

Short film

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Riley's First Date? (2015)

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Main article: Riley's First Date?

Riley's First Date? was released on November 3, 2015, on the first film's Blu-ray release with Josh Cooley as director and writer.[23]

The short follows the events of the 2015 film Inside Out and involves Riley's parents and their emotions, suspecting that Riley is going out on a date with a boy named Jordan.

Streaming series

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Main article: Dream Productions

A streaming series based on Inside Out is in development at Pixar. Soul co-writer Mike Jones will develop the series.[24] The series, titled Dream Productions, will premiere on Disney+ on December 11, 2024.[25][26] It will explore how the dreams inside Riley's mind are made, and is set between the events of the first and second films.[27][28]

Video games

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Inside Out: Thought Bubbles (2015)

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Inside Out: Thought Bubbles is a mobile Puzzle Bobble-style game, released in 2015 for some app stores.[29][30] Riley's new emotions were added to the game starting in June 2024 to coincide with the release of Inside Out 2.

In other games

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Disney Infinity 3.0 (2015) includes a platformer-type Inside Out playset featuring the emotions as playable characters.[31][32]

Inside Out characters are featured in Disney Crossy Road (2016),[33] Disney Emoji Blitz (2016),[citation needed] and Disney Heroes: Battle Mode (2018).[citation needed]

Bing Bong becomes a playable character in Lego The Incredibles (2018),[34] and Disney Mirrorverse (2022) includes an alternate version of Anger as a playable character.[35]

In June 2023, an update with a limited time event based on Inside Out was released in the world-building game Disney Magic Kingdoms, including the five emotions as playable characters, as well as the emotions' Headquarters and Inside Out Emotional Whirlwind as attractions.[36] On June 13, 2024, the day before Inside Out 2's release, kart-racing game Disney Speedstorm began its eighth season, Journey of Emotions, which is based on Inside Out. The season added a track environment based on Riley's Mind, with all five original emotions plus Anxiety and Ennui added as playable racers. Additionally, several other Inside Out characters were added as crew members, with different moods of Riley Andersen being the epic crew member for each of the emotions.[37]

Cast and characters

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The five main emotions of Inside Out
Left to right: Anger (Lewis Black), Disgust (Mindy Kaling in the first film, Liza Lapira in the second film), Joy (Amy Poehler), Fear (Bill Hader in the first film, Tony Hale in the second film), and Sadness (Phyllis Smith)
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Characters Theatrical films Short films Television series Video games
Inside Out Inside Out 2 Riley's First Date? Dream Productions Inside Out: Thought Bubbles
2015 2024 2015 2024 2015
Joy Amy Poehler Kate Higgins
Sadness Phyllis Smith
Anger Lewis Black
Fear Bill Hader Tony Hale Bill Hader Tony Hale Bill Hader
Disgust Mindy Kaling Liza Lapira Mindy Kaling Liza Lapira Ashley Adler
Riley Andersen Kaitlyn Dias Kensington Tallman Kaitlyn Dias Kensington Tallman Character is mute
Mrs. Andersen Diane Lane
Mr. Andersen Kyle MacLachlan
Bing Bong Richard Kind Character is mute Character is mute
Jangles Josh Cooley Josh Cooley
Mom's Joy Sherry Lynn
Mom's Disgust
Mom's Sadness Lori Alan
Mom's Anger Paula Pell
Mom's Fear Laraine Newman
Dad's Fear Carlos Alazraqui
Dad's Anger Pete Docter
Fritz John Ratzenberger
Forgetter Bobby Bobby Moynihan
Forgetter Paula Paula Poundstone Character is mute
Mind Worker Cop Jake Flea
Mind Cop Frank Dave Goelz
Mind Cop Dave Frank Oz
Dream Director Paula Paula Pell Paula Pell
Jordan Character is mute Photograph Ben Cox
Anxiety Maya Hawke Maya Hawke
Envy Ayo Edebiri Ayo Edebiri
Embarrassment Paul Walter Hauser Character is mute
Ennui Deleted scene Adèle Exarchopoulos Adèle Exarchopoulos
Valentina "Val" Ortiz Lilimar
Bree Young Sumayyah Nuriddin-Green
Grace Hsieh Grace Lu
Bloofy Ron Funches
Pouchy James Austin Johnson
Coach Roberts Yvette Nicole Brown
Lance Slashblade Yong Yea
Nostalgia June Squibb
Deep Dark Secret Steve Purcell
Dream Director Xeni Richard Ayoade
Jean Dewberry Maya Rudolph
Janelle Ally Maki

Crew

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Film Director(s) Writers Producer(s) Executive Producer(s) Composer Editor(s)
Inside Out Pete Docter
co-directed by:
Ronnie del Carmen 		Original Story by:
Pete Docter
Ronnie del Carmen
Screenplay by:
Pete Docter
Meg LeFauve
Josh Cooley 		Jonas Rivera John Lasseter
Andrew Stanton 		Michael Giacchino Kevin Nolting
Inside Out 2 Kelsey Mann Story by:
Kelsey Mann
Meg LeFauve
Screenplay by:
Meg LeFauve
Dave Holstein 		Mark Nielsen Pete Docter
Jonas Rivera
Dan Scanlon 		Andrea Datzman Maurissa Horwitz

Reception

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Box office performance

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The first film was the seventh highest-grossing film of 2015,[38] and is the 22nd highest grossing animated film of all time.

The second film is the highest-grossing film of 2024, the highest-grossing animated film of all time, and the eighth highest-grossing film of all time. It holds several records, including the highest worldwide debut in Pixar history,[39] the third-highest opening for an animated film domestically,[40] the highest-grossing Pixar film of all time, and the highest-grossing animated film domestically, the latter two surpassing Incredibles 2. It managed to outperform the first film in just two weeks.[41] It also became the second animated film to gross $1 billion internationally.[42]

Inside Out is the seventh highest grossing animated film series.

Film U.S. release date Box office gross Budget Ref.
U.S. and Canada Other territories Worldwide
Inside Out June 19, 2015 $356,461,711 $501,149,463 $857,611,174 $175 million [43]
Inside Out 2 June 14, 2024 $652,980,194 $1,044,112,686 $1,697,092,880 $200 million [44][45]
Total $1,009,441,905 $1,545,262,149 $2,554,704,054 $375 million

Critical and public response

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Film Critical Public
Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic CinemaScore PostTrak
Inside Out 98% (387 reviews)[46] 94 (55 reviews)[47] A[48] —
Inside Out 2 90% (313 reviews)[49] 73 (59 reviews)[50] A[51] —

Accolades

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The first film won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature,[52] the BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film,[53] the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature,[54] and the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film.[55]

Theme park attractions

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Inside Out Emotional Whirlwind, a spinner ride, has run since 2019 at Disney California Adventure.[56][57] Emotions at Play with Pixar's Inside Out is an exhibit at the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh that has been in operation since 2021. It features activities based on scenes from the first film.[58] A confectionery store, Inside Out: Joyful Sweets, opened on Disney Wish in July 2022.[59]

Impact on therapy

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Collective knowledge of the Inside Out franchise has been used for therapy, due to being about physical representations of emotions, which can help children and older people understand emotions. Mental health professionals have praised the franchise for not villainizing any emotion.[60][61][62][63][64]

Notes

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  1. ^ Attributed to multiple references:[2][3][4][5]

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