Within the battle of toys versus tech … it appears like toys have come out on prime.
Toy Story 5 had a large opening weekend in theaters. How huge? It’s $160 million within the U.S. alone makes it the most important opening for any film launched in 2026 up to now. It’s additionally the most important opening weekend within the 30-year historical past of the Toy Story franchise.
It’s the second-biggest opening weekend within the historical past of Pixar Animation Studios, behind solely 2018’s Incredibles 2, which grossed a monster $182.6 million in its first three days in theaters.
To place these numbers into some perspective: Toy Story 5 made more cash within the U.S. in three days of launch than the Toy Story spinoff Lightyear earned in its whole run in home theaters. ($118.3 million) In order that’s a fairly good begin. (Or only a actually dangerous run for Lightyear. Or perhaps each.)
$160 million can also be practically as a lot as Pixar’s final launch, Hoppers, grossed in its whole home theatrical run. ($166.0 million)
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Worldwide, Toy Story 5 earned $312 in its first three days of launch, additionally second all-time within the historical past of Pixar; in that case Inside Out 2 holds the document with $384 million abroad.
Right here how Toy Story 5 compares with the opposite opening weekends within the historical past of the franchise:
- Toy Story 5 (2026) – $160 million
- Toy Story 4 (2019) – $120.9 million
- Toy Story 3 (2010) – $110.3 million
- Lightyear (2022) – $50.5 million
- Toy Story (1995) – $29.1 million
- Toy Story 2 (1999) – $300,163
The primary Toy Story film in seven years, the movie reunited all of the core characters and voices from the long-running animated sequence, together with Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, and Joan Allen. It was additionally the primary movie within the franchise directed by Andrew Stanton, the Pixar veteran who directed Discovering Nemo and WALL-E, and likewise contributed to the screenplays for all 4 earlier Toy Story films. And he’s already mentioned a Toy Story 6 may be very seemingly earlier than the film began breaking box-office information. So I’d say now it’s solely a matter of time.
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