Leading up to the June release of Inside Out 2 , Pixar was on the ropes. After years of releasing films directly to Disney+ due to the COVID 19 pandemic, Pixar returned to theaters in 2022 with Lightyear . The Toy Story spinoff would bomb at the box office, grossing a measly $226 million on a $200 million budget. When last years Elemental had a bad debut weekend, critics and fans alike began to...
