‘Inside Out 2’ Is King of Animated Movies, NBA Sets $76B Worth of Deals and NBCUniversal Counts on Olympics to Help Peacock

Plus: Kamala Harris flashes unprecedented Hollywood power base, TheGrill returns in the AI Era and ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ will set box office records [inside-out-2-image]( ['Inside Out 2' Passes 'Frozen II' to Become Highest Grossing Animated Film of All Time]( By Jeremy Fuster After six weeks in theaters, Disney/Pixar’s “Inside Out 2” has passed $600 million in domestic grosses and $1.46 billion at the global box office, enough to be declared the highest grossing animated film in box office history before inflation adjustment. Yesterday, the Pixar sequel grossed $9.2 million to pass the $1.45 billion global run of Disney Animation’s “Frozen II” in 2019, which the studio recognizes as the record holder as opposed to its photorealistic CGI remake of “The Lion King,” which grossed $1.65 billion the same year. [Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [NBA sports rights]( [NBA Makes Its $76 Billion Call: Deals Set With Disney, NBCUniversal and Amazon as WBD Rejected]( By Lucas Manfredi The NBA unveiled its new 11-year media rights agreements with Disney, NBC and Amazon on Wednesday after rejecting Warner Bros. Discovery’s proposal to match the tech giant’s $1.8 billion per year package. [Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Paris Olympics 2024]( [NBCUniversal Is Counting on Olympics to Help Struggling Peacock — Here’s How the Company Is Going for the Gold]( By Lucas Manfredi and Kayla Cobb Since NBC first acquired the rights in 1988, the Summer Olympics has been a star athlete in the network’s roster. This year, parent company NBCUniversal hopes the Paris games, which kick off on July 26, will boost its struggling streaming service, Peacock, with wall-to-wall coverage and exclusive content it lacked during previous games. NBC will make all of its 2024 Olympics coverage available on Peacock, including some bonus and specialty shows, marking a fresh start for the network after executives acknowledged its two previous Olympics broadcasts were “significantly challenged” and “impaired” by the COVID-19 pandemic. [Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Kamala Harris and Hollywood Supporters]( [Kamala Harris Has an Unprecedented Hollywood Power Base – and It's Already Gone to Work for Her]( [thegrill-2024-logo]( [TheGrill Returns: Shaping the Future of Entertainment in the AI Era]( [Deadpool and Wolverine]( [‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Will Set Box Office Records, But By How Much?]( [comic-con-crowd-shot]( [5 Burning Questions Ahead of Comic-Con: Superhero Fatigue, Superman's Absence and Marvel's Big Moment]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [WrapPRO logo] Discover why entertainment executives and professionals rely on the WrapPRO platform daily for exclusive coverage, analysis, deeper reporting, and access to VIP events & screenings throughout the year. [Subscribe Today]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( TheWrap | 2034 Armacost Ave Los Angeles, CA 90025 [Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe]( [LiveIntent Logo]( [AdChoices Logo](