'Toy Story 5' rakes in largest box-office debut of 12 months with franchise-best $160 million

“Toy Story” nonetheless has a good friend in moviegoers.

The fifth installment within the Pixar collection debuted with $160 million in home ticket gross sales, based on studio estimates Sunday, simply setting a brand new franchise file and notching the most important opening weekend of the 12 months.

Launching 31 years after the unique “Toy Story” first landed in theaters, “Toy Story 5” far surpassed the earlier series-best debut: $120 million for “Toy Story 4” in 2019. Internationally, it was simply as profitable, with $152 million in opening-weekend gross sales, for a worldwide haul of $312 million.

The “Toy Story” franchise is among the most worthwhile for The Walt Disney Co. Before “Toy Story 5” launched, the flicks had collectively grossed greater than $3 billion, whereas additionally pulling in billions from merchandising.

Though the collection appeared to achieve a conclusion with 2010’s “Toy Story 3,” the choice to revive the franchise nearly a decade later — whereas controversial — has been extraordinarily profitable. “Toy Story 4” exceeded $1 billion in ticket gross sales, and “Toy Story 5” is all however sure to as effectively.

Among animated movies, solely 2018’s “Incredibles 2” had an even bigger opening weekend ($182.7 million) than “Toy Story 5.”

Keeping the “Toy Story” films going has gotten costlier, although. The fifth film value $250 million to make, not together with advertising and marketing. It returns a voice forged led by Tom Hanks (as Woody), Tim Allen (as Buzz Lightyear) and Joan Cusack (as Jessie).

In the sequel, the toys are pushed apart when Bonnie will get a brand new pill. It’s directed by Andrew Stanton, the Pixar veteran who helmed “Finding Nemo” (2003) and “WALL-E” (2008). “Toy Story 5” additionally includes a new music by Taylor Swift, “I Knew It, I Knew You.”

Reviews have been superb and audiences gave “Toy Story 5” an “A” CinemaScore, suggesting it ought to stay a pressure in theaters for weeks.

After its chart-topping debut, Steven Spielberg’s “Disclosure Day” slipped to second place with $17 million in its second weekend. That’s not the maintain that Universal Pictures hoped for. Dropping 61% from its first weekend suggests “Disclosure Day” won’t discover the legs Spielberg’s sci-fi thriller wants to interrupt out this summer season.

Still, the $115 million budgeted film, starring Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor and Colman Domingo, has grossed $160.4 million globally in two weeks. “Disclosure Day” stands a very good likelihood of remaining the highest adult-oriented choice in theaters within the coming weeks.

“Toy Story 5” confronted little competitors from newcomers.

A24’s “The Death of Robin Hood,” a violent revisionist method to the outdated legend, flopped with $2.6 million on 1,762 screens. The movie, starring Hugh Jackman and directed by Michael Sarnoski, was modestly budgeted at $20 million. But after discovering blended opinions, audiences didn’t go for the film, both. It earned a “C+” CinemaScore.

Neon’s “Leviticus” got here out simply forward of “The Death of Robin Hood,” with $2.7 million from 1,076 theaters. Written and directed by Adrian Chiarella, the buzzy low-budget horror movie is about two teen boys who meet at conversion remedy. It’s a advantageous begin for an indie with a small finances of $3.5 million and good word-of-mouth. But “Leviticus” additionally confronted unusually robust competitors within the still-potent horror hits “Obsession” and “Backrooms.”

The prime horror selection remained “Obsession,” the microbudget phenomenon by 26-year-old Curry Barker. In its sixth weekend, it almost equaled its $17 million opening weekend from mid-May. The Focus Features launch, which value lower than $1 million to make, added $14.2 million to convey its home complete to $215.8 million and its world haul to $333.3 million.

With “Toy Story 5” and “Obsession” driving gross sales, the summer season field workplace is up 15% from the 2025 summer season, based on Rentrak. More impressively, summer season ticket gross sales are almost equal to the 2019 summer season on the identical level, not accounting for inflation. The summer season up to now is simply 1.9% down from that 12 months.

Paul Dergarabedian, head of market developments for Rentrak, expects that Hollywood is heading for its finest summer season since earlier than the pandemic. And the success is coming from each anticipated and sudden locations.

“To me, this is a hybrid summer and this could be the new blueprint for how you build the perfect summer box-office beast,” says Dergarabedian. “You throw in a mix of very eclectic films and not just the usual suspects — the big franchise films, the known brands — but also films like ‘Backrooms’ and ‘Obsession’ and original films like ‘Disclosure Day.’”

With last home figures being launched Monday, this listing components within the estimated ticket gross sales for Friday by means of Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, based on Rentrak:

1. “Toy Story 5,” $160 million.

2. “Disclosure Day,” $17 million.

3. “Obsession,” $14.2 million.

4. “Backrooms,” $7.3 million.

5. “Scary Movie,” $6.7 million.

6. “Masters of the Universe,” $5.6 million.

7. “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu,” $3.9 million.

8. “Leviticus,” $2.7 million.

9. “The Death of Robin Hood,” $2.6 million.

10. “Michael,” $2.2 million.

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