Toy Story 5 Shatters Box Office Debut Record For The Franchise (Domestic Top 5)
UPDATE: 2026/06/21 08:02 EST BY BRENNAN KLEIN
Toy Story 5 Lands In The Middle Of Its Projected $160-$170M Range
This article was originally written Saturday AM and has been updated Sunday AM with up-to-date box office projections (in bold). Scroll down for a full chart and further analysis.
Toy Story 5 isn’t playing around at the box office. The new Pixar animated movie is the fifth installment in the company’s flagship franchise (and the sixth overall when including the high-concept sci-fi spinoff Lightyear), which kicked off with their first-ever feature in 1995. 2026’s Toy Story 5 reunites many of the franchise’s core characters – including Woody (Tom Hanks), Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen), Jessie (Joan Cusack), Bo Peep (Annie Potts), Hamm (John Ratzenberger), Rex (Wallace Shawn), and Forky (Tony Hale) – for a brand-new adventure that follows the toys’ security being threatened by a new tablet device, Lilypad (Greta Lee), that commands the attention of their owner, Bonnie (Scarlett Spears). Per Variety, as of Sunday morning, Toy Story 5 is projected to earn a 3-day total of $164 million at the domestic box office by the end of its opening weekend. This total, which lands it at No. 1 on the domestic chart for the weekend, sees it earning what is by far the best opening weekend of the entire franchise, blasting past the previous record-holder, 2019’s Toy Story 4 ($120.9 million). When the previous installments are adjusted for inflation, Toy Story 5 still mostly comes out on top. If its current projections hold, it will be able to easily beat 1995’s Toy Story ($29.1 million unadjusted/$63.5 million adjusted), 1999’s Toy Story 2 (during its wide expansion, $57.4 million/$114.3 million), 2019’s Toy Story 4 ($120.9 million/$158.2 million), and 2022’s Lightyear ($50.6 million/$57.2 million). However, it will take a strong second place behind 2010’s Toy Story 3 ($110.3 million/$169.6 million). It is also earning the best box office debut of 2026 so far (ahead of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’s $131.7 million) and one of Pixar’s best box office debuts ever. Toy Story 5 will land at No. 2 on Pixar’s all-time chart, behind only Incredibles 2 ($182.7 million). Below, see a breakdown of the box office performance (not adjusted for inflation) for the Pixar movies with the 10 biggest opening weekends (which is mostly the same list as their Top 10 highest-grossing movies, except The Incredibles is swapped for 2017’s Coco, which had a middling debut of $50.8 million before climbing to $814.6 million worldwide):
Title
Domestic Debut
Worldwide Box Office
Incredibles 2 (2018)
$182.7 million
$1.243 billion
Inside Out 2 (2024)
$154.2 million
$1.699 billion
Finding Dory (2016)
$135.1 million
$1.028 billion
Toy Story 4 (2019)
$120.9 million
$1.073 billion
Toy Story 3 (2010)
$110.3 million
$1.067 billion
Inside Out (2015)
$90.4 million
$857.6 million
Monsters University (2013)
$82.4 million
$643.5 million
The Incredibles (2004)
$70.5 million
$631.4 million
Finding Nemo (2003)
$70.2 million
$871 million
Up (2009)
$68.1 million
$735.1 million
It ultimately remains to be seen if it will have a similar multiplier to the previous two installments in the franchise. While it has the lowest Rotten Tomatoes score of the series (aside from Lightyear, which has 74%), Toy Story 5 reviews have still earned it a superb, Certified Fresh, 94%. This could help it achieve a similar trajectory, which would see it becoming Pixar’s sixth billion-dollar movie in history. The fact that its debut beat their all-time biggest title, Inside Out 2, also shows that it has the potential to break the company’s all-time record in the long run. Even if it doesn’t become Pixar’s highest-grossing movie ever, Toy Story 5 is still set up for success. While the movie has an enormous reported budget of $250 million (the biggest of the franchise, beating the $200 million spent on TS3, TS4, and Lightyear), it most likely doesn’t need to earn more than about $625 million in order to break even. This should be a very easy benchmark for it to clear, considering the fact that every Top 10 Pixar movie it beat with this debut record made more than that number.
Toy Story 5 should help bolster Pixar as they continue to navigate a period of box office doldrums in the wake of worldwide theatrical shutdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although Inside Out 2 was a hit, it was their only post-2020 movie to earn more than $500 million. While some of those movies were middling successes, such as 2023’s Elemental ($496.4 million worldwide against a reported $200 million budget) and 2026’s Hoppers ($388.9 million against $150 million), others were outright flops, including Lightyear ($226.4 million against $200 million) and 2025’s Elio ($154 million against roughly $150 million).
This Weekend’s Domestic Box Office Top 5
The light is shining on Emily Blunt in Disclosure Day
Below, see the full domestic Top 5 chart for the weekend:
#
Title
3-Day Total
Cumulative (Domestic)
1
Toy Story 5
$164 million
$164 million (weekend 1)
2
Disclosure Day
$17 million
$78 million (weekend 2)
3
Obsession
$14.2 million
$215 million (weekend 6)
4
Backrooms
$7.3 million
$175 million (weekend 4)
5
Scary Movie
$6.7 million
$97.4 million (weekend 3)
No other major tentpoles arrived this weekend, likely fearing competition with Toy Story 5, so only one title has been kicked off the Top 5. That would be the live-action Masters of the Universe reboot, which previously fell from No. 2 to No. 5 during its sophomore weekend. Meanwhile, Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi drama Disclosure Day and Curry Barker’s horror sleeper hit Obsession both fell one spot apiece. Obsession’s audience retention has been astounding. After spending its second and third frames earning more than the previous weekend (a first for any domestic release since 1982), it had a series of unusually slim drops. This means that its sixth weekend (during which it is dropping just 25%) is the first time that it has ever grossed less than the $17.2 million it earned during its 3-day debut.
Its buzzy horror competitor Backrooms (which is now A24’s highest grossing movie ever) is also showing strong retention this weekend, which has allowed it to maintain its spot at No. 4 thanks to the fact that the horror parody legacy sequel Scary Movie had a bigger drop, falling from No. 3 to No. 5 in its third frame. While these horror hits have been holding down the fort, the arrival of Toy Story 5 could herald the true beginning of the summer blockbuster season. After a few relatively lukewarm weeks, the next month or so is jam-packed with potential success stories, including Supergirl, Minions & Monsters, Disney’s live-action Moana remake, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. Enjoy ScreenRant’s box office coverage? Click below to sign up for my weekly box office newsletter (make sure to check “Box Office” in your preferences) and get exclusive analysis, predictions, and more: Sign Up
Release Date
June 19, 2026
Runtime
102 Minutes
Director
Andrew Stanton, Kenna Harris
Writers
Andrew Stanton, McKenna Jean Harris
Producers
Lindsey Collins, Jessica Choi
Tim Allen
Buzz Lightyear (voice)
تم النشر: 2026-06-21 16:19:00
مصدر: screenrant.com
