Deadpool & Wolverine biggest opening weekend of 2024 while Inside Out 2 now highest-grossing animation ever

It’s been a massive weekend for Disney.

As Pixar’s Inside Out 2 passed The Super Mario Bros Movie to become the #1 highest grossing animated film of all time in Australia, the highly-anticipated Deadpool & Wolverine has scored the biggest opening weekend of 2024.

This weekend, Disney and Pixar’s Inside Out 2 tipped over the $52 million-mark, with its $52.35 million total gross surpassing The Super Mario Bros Movie’s $51.77 million – a previous animation record.

The last time Disney held the highest-grossing animation ever was with The Lion King, which was released in 1994; it currently holds six of the top 10 grossing animated titles in Australia aside from Inside Out 2 – Finding Dory is fourth, Incredibles 2 is fifth, Toy Story 3 and 4 are ranked seventh and eighth, and Frozen 2 is the ninth highest-grossing animated film.