Director
Pete Docter
4 films•2001–2020•Animation · Comedy · Adventure
97%average critics89%average audience$226.4Mdomestic average
Films
4
2001–2020
Domestic
$905.5M
lifetime
Worldwide
$2.23B
lifetime
Avg opening
$55.3M
3-day
Avg legs
4.11x
opening → total
Return
3.4x
on $665.0M of budget
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Inside Out | 2015 | $90.4M | $356.5M | 3.94x | $848.5M | A | 98% | #4 |
 Up | 2009 | $68.1M | $293.0M | 4.30x | $735.0M | A+ | 98% | #5 |
 Monsters, Inc. | 2001 | $62.6M | $256.0M | 4.09x | $529.0M | A+ | 96% | #4 |
 Soul | 2020 | — | — | — | $120.1M | — | 95% | — |
Click any column to sort. Yearly rank is the film’s place on its release year’s domestic chart; a film outside that year’s top 50 shows a dash.
Film by film
0$250M$500M$750M
DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide · one film every 6.3 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
3.4x
$2.23B worldwide on $665.0M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $905.5MInternational $1.33B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven4.8x
Budgets are reported production costs and exclude marketing, so this is a gross-to-budget ratio rather than studio profit. Films with no reported budget are left out of this section entirely, including from the totals, rather than counted as zero.
Records held
All records →#1Biggest openings not at #1Inside Out$90.4M#6All-time G domesticMonsters, Inc.$255.9M#7Biggest original filmsInside Out$356.5M#9Best second-weekend holds ($50M+ openers)Monsters, Inc.−27.2%#12Biggest original filmsUp$293.0M#16Biggest June openingsInside Out$90.4M
Top 6 of 8 placings across 7 all-time charts. Where a film places on the same chart in consecutive weekends, only its best placing is shown.
What’s next
Full schedule →No upcoming movies announced yet.
Connected
Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.
Related news
All analysis →
Long-Range · June 2026June 2026 preview: Toys, Capes, Aliens, and ComebacksMay 10, 2026
Week 25 · RecapToy Story 5 roars to a $160M franchise-record opening; Obsession’s -25% sixth weekend hits $215.8M; Disclosure Day holds $17MJune 19–21, 2026Week 26 · RecapToy Story 5 takes second #1 at $70M; Supergirl debuts to a soft $38M; Obsession at over $230MJune 26–28, 2026