 Inside Out opened across 3 @,@ 946 theaters in the United States and Canada , of which 3 @,@ 100 showed the film in 3D . It grossed $ 3 @.@ 7 million during its Thursday @-@ night showings . This was a record among Pixar films that had Thursday @-@ night showings , but behind Toy Story 3 's $ 4 million midnight showing . The film then earned $ 34 @.@ 2 million on its opening day , which is the second @-@ largest opening day for a Pixar film behind Toy Story 3 ( $ 41 @.@ 1 million ) . It ended its opening weekend in second place with $ 90 @.@ 4 million , behind the second @-@ weekend gross of dinosaur thriller Jurassic World ( $ 106 @.@ 6 million ) . Although it was Pixar 's first film not to debut at No. 1 , its opening weekend gross was still the biggest for a Pixar original film ( breaking The Incredibles ' record ) , the studio 's second @-@ biggest of all time ( behind Toy Story 3 ) , the biggest weekend debut for a film that did not debut at No. 1 ( breaking The Day After Tomorrow 's record ) , and the top opening for any original film , live @-@ action or otherwise , not based on sourced material , eclipsing the $ 77 million debut of Avatar ( overtaken by The Secret Life of Pets ) . The film 's successful opening has been attributed to its Cannes premiere , CinemaCon press screening , its 98 % Rotten Tomatoes score , good word @-@ of @-@ mouth , Father 's Day weekend and a successful Tuesday night Fathom screening . In its second weekend , the film fell by 42 % to $ 52 @.@ 3 million and still held the second spot behind Jurassic World . The rest of the week saw it slightly ahead of the latter . Inside Out reached the No. 1 spot at the box office on its third weekend with $ 29 @.@ 8 million . Overall , IMAX contributed 10 % or $ 36 million ( as of September 4 , 2015 ) of its total North American revenue . It ended up grossing a total of $ 356 @.@ 5 million and became the second highest @-@ grossing Pixar film ( behind Toy Story 3 ) , the fourth highest @-@ grossing film of 2015 , the seventh highest @-@ grossing animated film of all time , the highest of 2015 , and the 32nd highest @-@ grossing film in Canada and the United States ( not adjusted for inflation ) . 
