Woody and Buzz have done it again. Toy Story 5 has posted the biggest opening weekend of 2026 and set a new box office record for the franchise.
The fifth Pixar instalment opened with $160 million in US ticket sales, according to studio estimates released on Sunday. Internationally, it took $152 million in its opening weekend, for a worldwide total of $312 million.
That gives Toy Story 5 the biggest opening weekend of the year. It also beats the previous best debut in the series, Toy Story 4’s $120 million opening in 2019.
The film has also recorded the second-largest animated opening weekend in history, behind only 2018’s Incredibles 2, which opened with $182.7 million.
Toy Story 5 arrived 31 years after the original Toy Story first hit cinemas. The first four films in the series have grossed more than $3 billion worldwide, received 11 Oscar nominations and won three Oscars, including two for Best Animated Feature and one for Best Original Song.
In its review of the film, Euronews Culture wrote: “This fifth instalment is certainly better than its predecessor and does contain some of the series’ signature charms. It just feels like a slightly deflated exercise in recycling, as there are only so many times you can say goodbye to our favourite toys before it starts feeling like a studio-mandated emotional ambush.”
It added: “It’s undeniable that even a weak Toy Story film is still a good one. (…) But as one forlorn toy puts it, “the age of toys is over”, and judging by Toy Story 5, the enchantment provoked by Pixar’s previous adventures doesn’t go to infinity and beyond anymore.”
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