Marketing data analytics firm Movio has painted a demographic picture of the opening weekend audiences of Inside Out 2, which debuted to $154.2M over Father’s Day weekend—a much higher figure than expected by nearly every box office prognosticator.
Like the first Inside Out, the largest-represented age group over opening weekend was 2-11 year olds, with 26% of the first film’s audience belonging to that bracket compared to 25% for the sequel. A greater—though still moderate—demographic shift can be found in older age groups; 24-44 year olds and 25-34 year olds made up 17% and 14%, respectively, for Inside Out, while with Inside Out 2 the share jumped to 21% for 24-44 year olds and 17% for 25-34 year olds.
Additional stats from Movio, found below, indicate that Inside Out 2 drew in a much higher proportion of infrequent moviegoers (54%) than did Inside Out (32%), though the male/female split remained consistent, with a difference of only one percentage point between the two films. Also of note are statistics on premium formats: 11% of the opening weekend audience saw Inside Out in 3D, compared to 7% for Inside Out 2. The sequel also garnered 3% attendance at Imax screens and 8% from other PLF, indicative of the continued penetration of premium formats into the marketplace between 2015 and now.
Inside Out
- Infrequent moviegoers: 32%
- Occasional moviegoers: 42%
- Frequent moviegoers: 24%
- 3D: 11%
- 2 – 11 year olds: 26%
- 35 – 44 year olds: 17%
- 25 – 34 year olds: 14%
- Female: 57%
- Male: 43%
Inside Out 2
- Infrequent moviegoers: 54%
- Occasional moviegoers: 29%
- Frequent moviegoers: 14%
- IMAX: 3%
- 3D: 7%
- PLF: 8%
- 2 – 11 year olds: 25%
- 35 – 44 year olds: 21%
- 25 – 34 year olds: 17%
- Female: 58%
- Male: 42%
*Infrequent – Members with less than two sessions in the past six months
*Occasional – Members with two to five sessions in the past six months
*Frequent – Members with six to twenty-five sessions in the past six months
*Very Frequent – Members with over twenty-five sessions in the past six months
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