Topline
“Toy Story 5” logged the best preview performance of the year on Thursday, according to multiple reports, generating $17.5 million at the box office as it is expected to make up to $175 million this weekend alone.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 09: (L-R) Tom Hanks and Tim Allen attend the Toy Story 5 Los Angeles World Premiere at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California on June 09, 2026. (Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images for Disney)
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Key Facts
The $17.5 million brought in on Thursday marks the best preview ever for the “Toy Story” franchise and is the second-best preview of all time for an animated movie behind “Incredibles 2,” which drew $18.5 million in 2018, Deadline reported.
“Toy Story 5” is expected to bring in anywhere between $140 million and $175 million this weekend, according to Deadline and Variety, the latter of which noted the new movie is poised to outperform the $120 opening for “Toy Story 4.”
The Pixar animated feature has a 94% score from critics and audiences, respectively, on Rotten Tomatoes.
Steven Spielberg’s “Disclosure Day” has led the domestic box office this week, generating $61.2 million as record-shattering horror flick “Obsession” brought in $32.2 million, according to Deadline.
Big Number
$434 million. That is how much the last “Toy Story” installment grossed at the domestic box office. The movie grossed over $1 billion worldwide.
Key Background
“Toy Story 5” marks the beginning of what is shaping up to be a strong summer for the box office. In less than a month, Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” will arrive in theaters after secondhand tickets for some IMAX 70mm screenings of the movie were listed for as high as $1,000 on eBay this month. After his last movie, “Oppenheimer,” brought in nearly $1 billion worldwide, Nolan’s latest epic is expected to perform just as well, if not better, than the biographical thriller. “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” will release just two weeks after “The Odyssey” reaches theaters. After tickets for the Marvel flick dropped this week, it posted the best first-day pre-sales in five years, Deadline reported.
Further Reading
Tickets For ‘The Odyssey’ Reach $1,000 On eBay After Ticket Sale Disruptions Hit AMC, Fandango (Forbes)
‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Snares Best First-Day U.S. Presales In Five Years (Deadline)