Toy Story still has a friend in moviegoers. The fifth installment in the Pixar series debuted with $160 million in domestic ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday, easily setting a new franchise record and notching the biggest opening weekend of the year. Launching 31 years after the original landed in theaters, Toy Story 5 far surpassed the previous series-best debut: $120 million for Toy Story 4 in 2019. Internationally, it was just as successful, the AP reports, with $152 million in opening weekend sales, for a worldwide haul of $312 million.
The franchise is one of the most profitable for the Walt Disney Co. Before the latest film launched, the movies had collectively grossed more than $3 billion while pulling in billions from merchandising. Although the series seemed to reach a conclusion with 2010's Toy Story 3, the decision to revive the franchise almost a decade later—while not universally praised—has been extremely lucrative. Toy Story 4 exceeded $1 billion in ticket sales, and Toy Story 5 is all but certain to as well. Among animated films, only 2018's Incredibles 2 had a bigger opening weekend ($182.7 million) than Toy Story 5. Audiences gave the new film an "A" CinemaScore, suggesting it will remain a force 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, a 61% drop-off.
With final domestic figures being released Monday, this list factors in the estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Rentrak:
- Toy Story 5, $160 million.
- Disclosure Day, $17 million.
- Obsession, $14.2 million.
- Backrooms, $7.3 million.
- Scary Movie, $6.7 million.
- Masters of the Universe, $5.6 million.
- Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu, $3.9 million.
- Leviticus, $2.7 million.
- The Death of Robin Hood, $2.6 million.
- Michael, $2.2 million.
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