 The film premiered on May 18 , 2015 , at the 68th Cannes Film Festival , in an out @-@ of @-@ competition screening . In the United States , it premiered on June 8 , 2015 , at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood , and received a wide theatrical release starting on June 19 , 2015 , in 2D , 3D , and select IMAX 3D theatres . It was the first animated movie to be released in Dolby Vision format in Dolby Cinema and the second for Disney following Tomorrowland . Also notable was the fact that it was one of two feature films ( the other being The Good Dinosaur ) released by Pixar in the same calendar year , a first for the company . 
