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| editing = Maurissa Horwitz

| music = Andrea Datzman{{efn|Original ''Inside Out'' themes by [[Michael Giacchino]]}}

| production_companies = [[Pixar Animation Studios]]

| distributor = [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures|Walt Disney Studios<br />Motion Pictures]]{{efn|name=Disney|Distributed by [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures]] through the [[Walt Disney Pictures]] banner.}}

| released = {{Film date|2024|6|10|[[El Capitan Theatre]]|2024|6|14|United States}}

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| language = English

| budget = $200 million<ref name="Budget">{{Cite magazine |last=Rubin |first=Rebecca |date=June 11, 2024 |title=Box Office: ''Inside Out 2'' Aims to Reverse Pixar's Woes With $85 Million Debut |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/box-office-inside-out-2-opening-weekend-projection-pixar-woes-1236032726/ |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=June 11, 2024 |archive-date=June 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611184816/https://variety.com/2024/film/news/box-office-inside-out-2-opening-weekend-projection-pixar-woes-1236032726/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

| gross = $1.~~675~~687 billion<ref name="TN">{{Cite The Numbers |id=Inside-Out-2-(2024) |title=Inside Out 2 (2024) |access-date=September 929, 2024}}</ref><ref name="BOM">{{Cite Box Office Mojo |id=22022452 |title=Inside Out 2 (2024) |access-date=September 929, 2024}}</ref>

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'''''Inside Out 2''''' is a 2024 American animated [[coming-of-age film]] produced by [[Pixar Animation Studios]] for [[Walt Disney Pictures]]. The sequel to ''[[Inside Out (2015 film)|Inside Out]]'' (2015), it was directed by [[Kelsey Mann]] (in his feature directorial debut) and produced by Mark Nielsen, from a screenplay written by [[Meg LeFauve]] and Dave Holstein, and a story conceived by Mann and LeFauve. [[Amy Poehler]], [[Phyllis Smith]], [[Lewis Black]], [[Diane Lane]], and [[Kyle MacLachlan]] reprise their roles from the first film, with [[Maya Hawke]], Kensington Tallman, [[~~Tony~~Liza ~~Hale~~Lapira]], [[~~Liza~~Tony ~~Lapira~~Hale]], [[Ayo Edebiri]], [[Lilimar Hernandez|Lilimar]], Grace Lu, Sumayyah Nuriddin-Green, [[Adèle Exarchopoulos]], and [[Paul Walter Hauser]] joining the cast. The film tells the story of Riley's emotions as they find themselves joined by new emotions that want to take over Riley's head.

Work on ''Inside Out 2'' commenced in 2020 after Mann saw photos of his birthday during upbringing. The film features Pixar chief creative officer [[Pete Docter]]'s "five to 27 emotions" idea from the first film that Mann [[Pitch (filmmaking)|pitched]] during its production to utilize "truthful" [[worldbuilding]]. Like its predecessor, the production team consulted psychologists to accurately portray how teenagers' emotions change during puberty, while also enlisting a group of teenagers to accurately portray modern teenage life.

''Inside Out 2'' premiered at the [[El Capitan Theatre]] in Los Angeles on June 10, 2024, and was released in theaters in the United States on June 14. The film received positive reviews from critics and has grossed $1.~~675~~687 billion worldwide, breaking multiple box-office records, including becoming the [[List of highest-grossing animated films|highest-grossing animated film]] of all time. It also became the [[2024 in film#Highest-grossing films|highest-grossing film of 2024]] and the [[List of highest-grossing films|eighth-highest-grossing film]] of all- time.

==Plot==

Two years after her move to [[San Francisco]], 13-year-old Riley Andersen is entering high school. Her personified emotions—[[Joy (Inside Out)|Joy]], Sadness, Fear, Disgust, and Anger—now oversee a newly formed element of Riley's mind called her "[[Self-concept|Sense of Self]]", which houses memories and feelings that shape Riley's beliefs. Joy, aiming to fill the Sense of Self with only positive memories, has created a mechanism that launches negative memories to the back of Riley's mind.

Riley and her best friends, Bree and Grace, are invited to a weekend ice hockey camp, where Riley hopes to qualify for her school's team, the Firehawks. However, a "Puberty Alarm" goes off the night before camp, and a group of mind workers ~~clumsily~~ upgrade the emotion console, leaving Headquarters in disarray. The emotions find that Riley now overreacts to any inputs they make to the console. Four new emotions—Anxiety, Envy, Embarrassment, and [[boredom|Ennui]]—arrive and clash with the original emotions over their approaches. In particular, Joy wants Riley to have fun at camp, while Anxiety focuses on winning a spot on the team and making new friends, especially after Riley learns that Bree and Grace will be attending a different high school.

The emotions find that Riley now overreacts to any inputs they make to the console. Four new emotions—Anxiety, Envy, Embarrassment, and [[boredom|Ennui]]—arrive and clash with the original emotions over their approaches. In particular, Joy wants Riley to have fun at camp, while Anxiety focuses on winning a spot on the team and making new friends, especially after Riley learns that Bree and Grace will be attending a different high school.

While Joy is in control, Riley inadvertently gets the campers punished by the strict camp director, Coach Roberts. Anxiety, deciding that Riley needs to change to fit in with the older players, launches the Sense of Self to the back of Riley's mind and has Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger, and Disgust captured and thrown into a memory vault. Anxiety, Envy, Ennui, and Embarrassment then create a new anxiety-dominated Sense of Self and encourage Riley to befriend popular hockey player Val Ortiz, straining her friendship with Bree and Grace. Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger, and Disgust escape the vault; Sadness returns to Headquarters while the others go to retrieve Riley's old Sense of Self.

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Under Anxiety's control, Riley sneaks into Coach Roberts' office and learns from her notebook that Riley is not considered ready to become a Firehawk. The old emotions find the old Sense of Self on a mountain of negative memories deposited by Joy's mechanism. They cause an avalanche to return them to Headquarters, but this causes the negative memories to spill into Riley's current Sense of Self. Anxiety realizes that the Sense of Self she has created for Riley is one of self-doubt, which causes Riley to perform poorly during her final tryout match, accidentally hurt Grace, and get sent to the penalty box. Horrified, Anxiety frantically swarms the console in a blinding whirlwind, causing Riley to have a [[panic attack]].

~~With the help of Sadness and a reformed Embarrassment, the other original emotions return~~Returning to Headquarters., Joy finds Anxiety still in control but in paralysis; Joy convinces her that Riley does not need to change to have a better future. Anxiety relents and Joy reinstates Riley's original Sense of Self, but the panic attack persists. After ~~the repentant~~ Anxiety admits that she cannot determine who Riley is, Joy realizes that the same applies to her. Joy removes the first Sense of Self and allows a new one to form from Riley's positive and negative memories. The emotions embrace this third Sense of Self, calming Riley and helping her reconcile with Bree and Grace. The console calls for Joy, who takes command and helps Riley happily finish the hockey tryouts.

Joy removes the first Sense of Self and allows a new one to form from Riley's positive and negative memories. The emotions embrace this third Sense of Self, calming Riley and helping her reconcile with Bree and Grace. The console calls for Joy, who takes command and helps Riley happily finish the hockey tryouts.

Riley befriends Val and the other Firehawks at high school, while ~~staying true to herself and~~ maintaining her friendship with Bree and Grace. Living in peace, the original and new emotions work together to protect Riley, who checks her phone for the Firehawks' recruitment results{{Efn|It is left ambiguous whether or not Riley was accepted.}} and looks at herself in the mirror with a proud smile.

==Voice cast==

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{{cast listing|

* [[Amy Poehler]] as [[Joy (Inside Out)|Joy]], a yellow emotion who often takes the lead in Riley's emotional life, and is reluctant to accept any influences that could detract from Riley's happiness<ref name="MeetAnxiety" />

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* [[Yvette Nicole Brown]] as Coach Roberts, a hockey coach and head of the summer hockey camp<ref name="NewTrailerCastWDC" />

* [[Ron Funches]] as Bloofy, a character from Riley's favorite childhood TV show. He is similar to the hosts of interactive children's shows such as ''[[Blue's Clues]]'' and ''[[Dora the Explorer]]''.<ref name="InsideOut2Slashfilm">{{Cite web |last=Anderton |first=Ethan |date=April 16, 2024 |title=Inside Out 2 Introduces Two New Scene-Stealing Characters With Very Different Animation Styles |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/1562764/inside-out-2-introduces-two-new-non-emotional-characters-different-animation-styles/ |access-date=April 16, 2024 |website=/Film |archive-date=September 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240901180103/https://www.slashfilm.com/1562764/inside-out-2-introduces-two-new-non-emotional-characters-different-animation-styles/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

* [[Yong Yea]] as Lance Slashblade, a heroic video game character whom Riley was infatuated with when she was younger. He is similar to the character [[Cloud Strife]] from ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]''.<ref name="InsideOut2Slashfilm" />▼

* [[James Austin Johnson]] as Pouchy, a talking pouch who is similar to Backpack from ''Dora the Explorer'' and Toodles from ''[[Mickey Mouse Clubhouse]]''<ref name="indiewire">{{Cite web |last=Ehrlich |first=David |date=June 12, 2024 |title='Inside Out 2' Review: All Brains and No Heart, This Disappointing Sequel Proves Pixar Learned All the Wrong Lessons from Its Pandemic Years |url=https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/inside-out-2-review-pixar-1235015342/ |access-date=June 12, 2024 |publisher=IndieWire |archive-date=June 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612195247/https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/inside-out-2-review-pixar-1235015342/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

▲* [[Yong Yea]] as Lance Slashblade, a heroic video game character whom Riley was infatuated with when she was younger. He is similar to the character [[Cloud Strife]] from ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]''.<ref name="InsideOut2Slashfilm" />

* [[Steve Purcell]] as Deep Dark Secret<ref name="InsideOut2PressKit">{{cite web |url=https://lumiere-a.akamaihd.net/v1/documents/inside_out_2_project_profile_final_05-09-2024_5f2935fa.pdf |title=''Inside Out 2'' Press Kit |website=DisneyUK |access-date=June 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240614001323/https://lumiere-a.akamaihd.net/v1/documents/inside_out_2_project_profile_final_05-09-2024_5f2935fa.pdf |archive-date=June 14, 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[Kirk Thatcher]] as Foreman<ref name="InsideOut2PressKit" />▼

* [[Dave Goelz]] as Mind Cop Frank<ref name="InsideOut2PressKit" />

* [[Frank Oz]] as Mind Cop Dave<ref name="InsideOut2PressKit" />

▲* [[Kirk Thatcher]] as Foreman<ref name="InsideOut2PressKit" />

* [[Paula Pell]] as Mom's Anger<ref name="NewTrailerCastWDC" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEjhY15eCx0 |title=Inside Out 2 {{!}} Official Trailer |date=March 7, 2024 |access-date=April 6, 2024 |via=YouTube |archive-date=September 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240901180312/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEjhY15eCx0 |url-status=live }}</ref>

* [[Pete Docter]] as Dad's Anger<ref name="InsideOut2PressKit" />

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==Production==

===Development===

After the success of ''[[Inside Out (2015 film)|Inside Out]]'', which became the [[2015 in film#Highest-grossing films|seventh-highest-grossing film of 2015]], ''[[Entertainment Tonight]]'' and ''[[The Guardian]]'' considered a sequel to be "inevitable".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Boone |first=John |date=October 30, 2015 |title=Exclusive: Did You Spot These 9 Pixar Easter Eggs in ''Inside Out''? |url=https://www.etonline.com/news/175082_9_pixar_easter_eggs_inside_out |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151031114534/https://www.etonline.com/news/175082_9_pixar_easter_eggs_inside_out |archive-date=October 31, 2015 |access-date=November 19, 2023 |work=[[Entertainment Tonight]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Heritage |first=Stuart |date=November 5, 2015 |title=Lust, idealism and torschlusspanik: a wishlist of emotions for ''Inside Out 2'' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/nov/05/inside-out-2-emotions-wishlist-pixar-sequel |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106022448/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/nov/05/inside-out-2-emotions-wishlist-pixar-sequel |archive-date=November 6, 2015 |access-date=November 19, 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=2015 Worldwide Box Office |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2015/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818152249/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2015/ |archive-date=August 18, 2020 |access-date=November 19, 2023 |publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref> ''Inside Out'' director [[Pete Docter]] was germinating ideas for a sequel while the original film's nominations were unveiled at the [[88th Academy Awards]] in January 2016.<ref name="PossibleSequel">{{Cite magazine |last=Terrero |first=Nina |date=January 14, 2016 |title=Pete Docter talks ''Inside Out'' Oscar nominations, possible sequel |url=https://ew.com/article/2016/01/14/oscars-2016-inside-out-pete-docter |url-status=live |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117102600/http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/14/oscars-2016-inside-out-pete-docter |archive-date=January 17, 2016 |access-date=September 10, 2022}}</ref> Development of ''Inside Out 2'' began in January 2020,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Aqui |first=Reggie |date=June 14, 2024 |title=Experience the magic behind Pixar's ''Inside Out 2'' |url=https://6abc.com/post/inside-2-experience-magic-behind-pixars-newest-animated/14945756/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240614073131/https://6abc.com/post/inside-2-experience-magic-behind-pixars-newest-animated/14945756/ |archive-date=June 14, 2024 |access-date=August 27, 2024 |website=[[WPVI-TV]]}}</ref> after director [[Kelsey Mann]] saw photos of his birthday during upbringing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Boone |first=John |date=June 13, 2024 |title=The Inside Story of ''Inside Out 2''{{'s}} New Emotions (Exclusive) |url=https://aframe.oscars.org/news/post/inside-out-2-kelsey-mann-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613195716/https://aframe.oscars.org/news/post/inside-out-2-kelsey-mann-interview |archive-date=June 13, 2024 |access-date=August 27, 2024 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]}}</ref> [[Pixar]] officially confirmed the sequel's development during the [[D23 Expo]] announcement in September 2022, with [[Amy Poehler]] coming on stage to discuss the film alongside Docter.<ref name="IO2ReleaseDate" /> [[Kelsey Mann]] was announced as the director of the sequel (making it his feature directorial debut), with Mark Nielsen producing, while [[Meg LeFauve]] was announced to write the film's screenplay, returning from its predecessor.<ref name="IO2DeadlineAnnouncement">{{Cite web |last=Grobar |first=Matt |date=September 9, 2022 |title=''Inside Out'' Sequel Plans Confirmed By Pixar at D23 |url=https://deadline.com/2022/09/inside-out-sequel-plans-confirmed-by-pixar-at-d23-1235113202/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913003924/https://deadline.com/2022/09/inside-out-sequel-plans-confirmed-by-pixar-at-d23-1235113202/ |archive-date=September 13, 2022 |access-date=September 10, 2022 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref>

To utilize "truthful" [[worldbuilding]], Mann used Docter's "five to 27 emotions" idea from the first film that he [[Pitch (filmmaking)|pitched]] during its production.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Drew |date=February 21, 2023 |title=Pete Docter Opens Up About the Past, Present and Future of Pixar |url=https://www.thewrap.com/pete-docter-interview-pixar-lightyear-toy-story-5/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221185838/https://www.thewrap.com/pete-docter-interview-pixar-lightyear-toy-story-5/ |archive-date=February 21, 2023 |access-date=March 18, 2023 |website=[[TheWrap]]}}</ref> Mann's first pass included nine new emotions to make Joy feel overwhelmed with all the new emotions showing up, but felt that the story could not keep track with so many emotions taking the spotlight or not adding to the story, so after the first screening, he decided to simplify the number. Among those emotions was [[Schadenfreude]] (having joy at someone's expense), Jealousy and Guilt, but the latter two influenced the film despite being removed, with Mann feeling that Envy could relate to Jealousy and how remnants of Guilt could be found within Anxiety's introduction, even giving Anxiety some of Guilt's baggage, which was inspired by that of [[Disneyland]] hotels.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Loftus |first=Meredith |date=April 16, 2024 |title='Inside Out 2' Originally Planned on Introducing Nine New Emotions |url=https://collider.com/inside-out-2-originally-9-new-emotions/ |access-date=April 16, 2024 |website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]] |archive-date=April 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240425092551/https://collider.com/inside-out-2-originally-9-new-emotions/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

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===Home media===

[[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment]] released ''Inside Out 2'' for [[Digital distribution|digital download]] on August 20, 2024, while [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]] released the film on [[4K Ultra HD Blu-ray]], [[Blu-ray]], and [[DVD-Video|DVD]] on September 10. Physical copies contain behind-the-scenes featurettes and deleted scenes with introductions by Director Kelsey Mann.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Drew |date=August 8, 2024 |title=Pixar's Record-Breaking ''Inside Out 2'' Sets Digital, Blu-ray Release Dates |url=https://www.thewrap.com/inside-out-2-digital-dvd-blu-ray-release-date/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816022425/https://www.thewrap.com/inside-out-2-digital-dvd-blu-ray-release-date/ |archive-date=August 16, 2024 |access-date=August 29, 2024 |website=[[TheWrap]]}}</ref> It was released on [[Disney+]] on September 25, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=DeVore |first=Britta |date=2024-09-12 |title=Embrace Your Inner Joy as ‘Inside Out 2’ Sets Disney+ Streaming Debut |url=https://collider.com/inside-out-2-disney-plus-streaming-release-date/ |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=Collider |language=en}}</ref>

==Reception==

===Box office===

{{Split section|List of box office records set by Inside Out 2|date=August 2024}}

{{As of|2024|9|829|df=US}}, ''Inside Out 2'' has grossed $652.9 million in the United States and Canada, and $1.~~023~~034 billion in other territories, for a worldwide total of $1.~~675~~687 billion.<ref name="TN" /><ref name="BOM" />

On a budget of $200 million, ''Inside Out 2'' was initially projected to gross $80–90 million in its domestic opening weekend. The sub-$100 million industry projections were partially due to the notion that general audiences remained hesitant to return to theaters, given the direct-to-streaming releases of the Pixar films ''[[Soul (2020 film)|Soul]]'' (2020), ''[[Luca (2021 film)|Luca]]'' (2021), and ''[[Turning Red]]'' (2022) on [[Disney+]], the underperformance of Pixar's ''[[Lightyear (film)|Lightyear]]'' at the box office in 2022, and the lackluster box office results of several films in 2024.<ref name="Budget" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2024/06/inside-out-2-box-office-projection-1235970379/ |title=''Inside Out 2'' Eyes $135M Global Opening As Summer Box Office Rebound Continues – Preview |date=June 11, 2024 |first1=Anthony |last1=D'Alessandro |first2=Nancy |last2=Tartaglione |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=June 15, 2024 |archive-date=September 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240901180124/https://deadline.com/2024/06/inside-out-2-box-office-projection-1235970379/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficepro.com/long-range-forecast-can-inside-out-2-be-the-first-100m-opener-of-2024/ |title=Long Range Forecast: Can ''Inside Out 2'' Be the First $100M Opener of 2024? |date=May 17, 2024 |website=[[Box Office Pro]] |access-date=June 15, 2024 |archive-date=June 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615171752/https://www.boxofficepro.com/long-range-forecast-can-inside-out-2-be-the-first-100m-opener-of-2024/ |url-status=live}}</ref> After making $63.6 million on its first day,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/date/2024-06-14/ |title=Domestic Box Office For Jun 14, 2024 |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=June 18, 2024 |archive-date=June 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240618023749/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/date/2024-06-14/ |url-status=live}}</ref> including an estimated $13 million from Thursday night previews, projections were raised to $140–150 million for the weekend.<ref name="Opening Weekend">{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2024/06/box-office-inside-out-2-1235973432/ |title=Pixar Comes Alive: ''Inside Out 2'' Turns Box Office Right Side Up With 2nd Best Animated Pic Opening Of All-Time At $155M – Sunday AM Update |date=June 16, 2024 |first=Anthony |last=D'Alessandro |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=June 16, 2024 |archive-date=June 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615195448/https://deadline.com/2024/06/box-office-inside-out-2-1235973432/ |url-status=live}}</ref> It ended up grossing $154.2 million domestically from 4,440 theaters and an estimated $140 million from 38 international markets, for a worldwide debut of $294.2 million, the highest in Pixar history.<ref name="ActualsOpening">{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2024W24/ |title=Domestic 2024 Weekend 24 |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=June 18, 2024 |archive-date=June 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240618023753/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2024W24/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2024/06/inside-out-2-global-international-box-office-1235972688/ |title=Joy To The World! ''Inside Out 2'' Thrills With Historic $295M Global Bow – International Box Office |date=June 16, 2024 |first=Nancy |last=Tartaglione |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=June 16, 2024 |archive-date=June 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615203001/https://deadline.com/2024/06/inside-out-2-global-international-box-office-1235972688/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

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===Critical response===

The film received positive reviews.{{efn|Multiple references:<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stedman |first=Alex |date=2024-07-01 |title=Inside Out 2 Just Crossed $1 Billion in Record Time for an Animated Movie |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/inside-out-2-just-crossed-1-billion-in-record-time-for-an-animated-movie |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=IGN |language=en |archive-date=July 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240712200006/https://www.ign.com/articles/inside-out-2-just-crossed-1-billion-in-record-time-for-an-animated-movie |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bohannon |first=Molly |title='Inside Out 2' Becomes Pixar's Highest-Grossing Movie |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2024/07/10/inside-out-2-becomes-pixars-highest-grossing-movie/ |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=Forbes |language=en |archive-date=July 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718231543/https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2024/07/10/inside-out-2-becomes-pixars-highest-grossing-movie/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Watson |first=Fay |date=2024-06-11 |title=First reactions to new Pixar movie Inside Out 2 call the emotional sequel a return to form for the studio |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/animation-movies/first-reactions-new-pixar-movie-inside-out-2-emotional-sequel/ |access-date=2024-07-12 |magazine=Total Film |publisher=GamesRadar+ |language=en |archive-date=July 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718231543/https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/animation-movies/first-reactions-new-pixar-movie-inside-out-2-emotional-sequel/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rubin |first=Rebecca |date=2024-06-23 |title='Inside Out 2' Surpasses 'Dune 2' as Highest-Grossing Movie of Year With $724 Million Globally |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/box-office/inside-out-2-highest-grossing-movie-year-passing-dune-2-1236045195/ |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=July 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240712200005/https://variety.com/2024/film/box-office/inside-out-2-highest-grossing-movie-year-passing-dune-2-1236045195/ |url-status=live}}</ref>}} According to ''[[Animation Magazine]]'', most critics praised its color palette, storyline, and the introduction of new emotions, but some expressed dissatisfaction with the predictability of the external plot related to Riley's acceptance by her new hockey team.<ref>{{Cite web |first=Ramin |last=Zahed |title=Pixar's ''Inside Out'' Elicits Positive Emotions from Critics, Expects a $135 million Weekend |url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/06/pixars-inside-out-elicits-positive-emotions-from-critics-expects-a-135-million-weekend/ |date=June 13, 2024 |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=[[Animation Magazine]] |archive-date=July 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240712200005/https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/06/pixars-inside-out-elicits-positive-emotions-from-critics-expects-a-135-million-weekend/ |url-status=live}}</ref> {{RT prose|9190|7.6|~~305~~314|Spicing things up with the wrinkle of teen angst, ''Inside Out 2'' clears the head and warms the heart by living up to its predecessor's emotional intelligence.|ref=y|access-date=August 22, 2024}} {{Metacritic film prose|73|59|ref=yes|access-date=June 21, 2024}} Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale (the same as the first film), while those surveyed by [[PostTrak]] gave the film an average of 4.5 out of 5 stars, with 71% saying they would definitely recommend it.<ref name="Opening Weekend" />

Moira Macdonald of ''[[The Seattle Times]]'' awarded the film {{frac|3|1|2}} stars out of four, commending the voice cast and the film as "a happy head trip, for any age".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/movies/inside-out-2-review-an-adorable-sequel-of-a-head-trip/ |title='Inside Out 2' review: Pixar delivers adorable head trip of a sequel |first=Moira |last=Macdonald |website=[[The Seattle Times]] |date=June 12, 2024 |access-date=June 12, 2024 |archive-date=September 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240901180718/https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/movies/inside-out-2-review-an-adorable-sequel-of-a-head-trip/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Robbie Collin]] of ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' gave the film four stars out of five, praising the animation, metaphors, and wit while saying "the cast-iron ontological brilliance of Docter's original premise bears expansion well".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2024/06/12/inside-out-2-review-pixar/ |title=Inside Out 2: This terrific, high-stakes sequel proves Pixar's still a force to be reckoned with |first=Robbie |last=Collin |website=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=June 12, 2024 |access-date=June 12, 2024 |archive-date=June 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612194557/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2024/06/12/inside-out-2-review-pixar/ |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Owen Gleiberman]] of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' praised Hawke's performance as Anxiety and the film's emotional impact, calling it "the most poignantly perceptive tale of the conundrums of early adolescence since ''[[Eighth Grade (film)|Eighth Grade]]''".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/inside-out-2-review-amy-poehler-lewis-black-1236033453/ |title='Inside Out 2' Review: New Feelings Propel a Pixar Sequel Enchanting Enough to Second That Emotion |first=Owen |last=Gleiberman |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=June 12, 2024 |access-date=June 12, 2024 |archive-date=July 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240703172308/https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/inside-out-2-review-amy-poehler-lewis-black-1236033453/ |url-status=live}}</ref> David Ehrlich of ''[[IndieWire]]'' gave the film a 'C–' rating, writing that the film "so perfectly ticks Pixar's boxes in a way that forces the sincerity of its storytelling into a losing battle with the cynicism of its existence".<ref name="indiewire" /> [[Manohla Dargis|Manhola Dargis]], in ''[[The New York Times]]'', praised "Pixar's skill for turning ideas into images, some of which actually manage to slip past the safety of its nice worldview with shocks of the sublime."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dargis |first=Manohla |date=2024-06-12 |title='Inside Out 2' Review: PUBERTY! OMG! LOL! IYKYK! |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/12/movies/inside-out-2-review.html |access-date=2024-07-13 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=July 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714155739/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/12/movies/inside-out-2-review.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Other positive reviews include ''[[The Guardian]]'' and ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=O'Sullivan |first=Charlotte |date=2024-06-15 |title=Inside Out 2 review – an inventive and moving return to form for Pixar |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/jun/15/inside-out-2-review-an-inventive-and-moving-return-to-form-for-pixar |access-date=2024-07-18 |work=The Observer |language=en-GB |issn=0029-7712 |archive-date=September 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240901180727/https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/jun/15/inside-out-2-review-an-inventive-and-moving-return-to-form-for-pixar |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Olly |date=2024-12-06 |title=Inside Out 2 Review |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/inside-out-2/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717215210/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/inside-out-2/ |archive-date=July 17, 2024 |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=Empire |language=en}}</ref> while reviews from the [[BBC]] and ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' were more mixed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Youngs |first=Ian |date=June 13, 2024 |title=Inside Out reviews: Sequel gives film critics mixed emotions |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9wwln8m4x3o |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240704081555/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9wwln8m4x3o |archive-date=July 4, 2024 |access-date=2024-07-18 |publisher=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Walsh |first=Katie |date=2024-06-12 |title=Review: 'Inside Out 2' entertains but takes only a baby step into the wilds of adolescence |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2024-06-12/inside-out-2-review-pixar-maya-hawke-amy-poehler |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718231621/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2024-06-12/inside-out-2-review-pixar-maya-hawke-amy-poehler |archive-date=July 18, 2024 |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> Among the other mixed reviews, Siddhant Adlakha, writing for ''[[IGN]]'', found the film was "(s)urprising and disappointing in equal measure".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Adlakha |first=Siddhant |date=2024-06-12 |title=Inside Out 2 Review |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/inside-out-2-review |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=IGN |language=en |archive-date=July 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240724183408/https://www.ign.com/articles/inside-out-2-review |url-status=live }}</ref>

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Writing for ''[[Deadline (magazine)|Deadline]]'', Diamond Wise, however, was rather negative about the film and concluded, "Battle-weary parents of surly teens will have some fun here and there, especially when Ennui's blasé influence opens up a 'sar-''chasm''{{'}} in Riley's brain that makes everything sound, well, sarcastic. But, when all's said and done, the stakes are so minor, it's hard to imagine anyone will leave this desperate to see an ''Inside Out 3''."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wise |first=Damon |date=2024-06-12 |title='Inside Out 2' Review: Pixar's Talky, Uneventful Sequel Doesn't Have Much Fun In Mind |url=https://deadline.com/2024/06/inside-out-2-review-pixar-amy-poehler-maya-hawk-kelsey-mann-sequel-1235971095/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240708014509/https://deadline.com/2024/06/inside-out-2-review-pixar-amy-poehler-maya-hawk-kelsey-mann-sequel-1235971095/ |archive-date=July 8, 2024 |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>

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== Possible sequel ==

When asked whether fans could expect a third ''Inside Out'' film, [[Bob Iger]] briefly stated that he "would love" to see it get made.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-10 |title=Bob Iger Reveals Details About 'Moana 2' and Teases Possible 'Inside Out 3' - WDW News Today |url=https://wdwnt.com/2024/08/bob-iger-talks-moana-2-possible-inside-out-3/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=wdwnt.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

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