<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $175 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $857.6 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Inside Out is a 2015 American 3D computer - animated coming of age comedy - drama adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures . The film was directed by Pete Docter and co-directed by Ronnie del Carmen, with a screenplay written by Docter, Meg LeFauve and Josh Cooley, adapted from a story by Docter and del Carmen . The film is set in the mind of a young girl named Riley Andersen (Kaitlyn Dias), where five personified emotions--Joy (Amy Poehler), Sadness (Phyllis Smith), Anger (Lewis Black), Fear (Bill Hader) and Disgust (Mindy Kaling)--try to lead her through life as her parents (Diane Lane and Kyle MacLachlan) move from Minnesota to San Francisco, and she has to adjust to her new surroundings . </P> <P> Docter first began developing Inside Out in 2009, after noticing changes in his daughter's personality as she grew older . The film's producers consulted numerous psychologists including Dacher Keltner from the University of California, Berkeley, who helped revise the story by emphasizing the neuropsychological findings that human emotions affect interpersonal relationships and can be significantly moderated by them . </P>

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