{"id":752831,"date":"2026-06-22T03:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T03:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/752831\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T03:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T03:30:09","slug":"weekend-box-office-toy-story-5-secures-biggest-opening-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/752831\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Box Office: Toy Story 5 Secures Biggest Opening of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Toys that built Pixar are back in theaters and making history again, contributing to the biggest box office weekend of the year: 2026\u2019s first $200 million three-day weekend. Easter and Memorial Day holidays got there, but this is the first Fri-Sun tally since Lilo &amp; Stitch and Mission: Impossible \u2013 The Final Reckoning managed to do it all by themselves over last Memorial Day weekend without the actual holiday. Toy Story 5 nearly did it all by itself as well, with one of the biggest animated openings ever and among the top 25 ever.<\/p>\n<p>King of the Crop: Toy Story 5 Secures Biggest Opening of the Year<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It has been over 30 years not only since we were introduced to Woody, Buzz and the whole gang but the world truly became aware of Pixar, which would help change animation forever. Toy Story premiered on Nov. 22, 1995 to $29.1 million, which was the third-best start ever for an animated film behind the previous summer\u2019s The Lion King ($40.8 million) and that summer\u2019s Pocahontas ($29.5 million). Four years later, Toy Story 2 set the new bar with a $57.3 million opening for the top animated opening ever.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2010, Toy Story 3\u2019s $110.3 million start was second only to Shrek the Third\u2019s $121.6 million at the time. Toy Story 4\u2019s debut of $120.9 million in 2019 ranked fourth behind Incredibles 2 ($182.6 million), Finding Dory ($135.0 million) and, again, just behind Shrek the Third. Now we are here this weekend, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/toy_story_5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Toy Story 5<\/a> just had the second-best opening ever for an animated film with $171 million. That is second only to Incredibles 2\u2019s $183.6 million (Inside Out 2 is third with $154.2 million) and is the 24th-best opening of all time. We are left now to wonder just how far it will climb.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Toy Story 3 and 4 rank 11th and eighth, respectively, among domestic animated grosses with $415 million and $434 million. The fourth film was the fourth-highest grossing at the time, and Toy Story 3 was actually the second-highest grossing ever in 2010 behind only Shrek 2. Toy Story 2 was second only to The Lion King with $245.8 million in 1999. Toy Story 5 just had the 13th-best opening weekend ever. All but three films (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Spider-Man 3, and Batman v Superman) to open over $150 million have crossed $400 million. Incredibles 2 opened on June 15, 2018 (also during the time of the World Cup) and finished with $608.5 million, the eighth-highest ever at the time. It is now 15th. Inside Out 2 grossed over $652 million and is currently ninth all time.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Toy_Story_5_Big_Ticket1.jpg\" alt=\"Joan Cusack, Tim Allen, and Tom Hanks as the voices of Jessie, Buzz, and Woody in Toy Story 5 (2026)\" class=\"wp-image-290861\"  \/>(Photo by Pixar)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What could be the key difference in their paths is that Incredibles 2 had a four-weekend runway until it was challenged by another family film in Hotel Transylvania 3. And the only other animated film released that summer was Teen Titans GO! To The Movies, which grossed all of $29.7 million (or roughly $600,000 more than Toy Story\u2019s opening weekend in 1995). Toy Story 5, on the other hand, is faced with fierce competition for the family dollar over the next month. In less than two weeks, Illumination\u2019s Minions &amp; Monsters opens, and less than 10 days after that, Disney\u2019s live-action Moana arrives, hoping to replicate those Lilo &amp; Stitch numbers from last summer. Inside Out 2 also faced off against Despicable Me 4 two and a half weeks after its opening, but there were no other new major family releases after that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Toy Story 5 certainly aligns with the critic scores of the previous four at a Certified Fresh 94% (as well as a Verified Hot 95% on the Popcornmenter). The first two films continue to rock perfect scores of 100%. The third film has a 98%, and don\u2019t let there be any revisionist history about appreciation for the fourth film, which stands at 97%. TS5 also received another A Cinemascore for the franchise. (Toy Story 2 is one of 17 animated films to receive an A+.) The film should be well over $300 million by the end of next weekend, an milestone part four couldn\u2019t achieve until weekend three. The bigger story will start to come into shape starting with Minions and the following week with Moana. Part five is already over $312 million across the world and should have no problem joining the billion-dollar club. The franchise (not counting Lightyear) has now grossed over $3 billion globally.<\/p>\n<p>Rotten Returns: He-Man Has Failed to Master This Universe<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Forbes published <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/carolinereid\/2026\/06\/19\/masters-of-the-universe-set-for-sequel-despite-dismal-box-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">an optimistic article<\/a> that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/masters_of_the_universe_2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Masters of the Universe<\/a> was \u201cset for sequel\u201d despite no evidence of a greenlight commitment at this point, and we can imagine why with its current numbers. Surely, Amazon has the dough to make it happen, but it is unlikely to be on their immediate agenda after the long-awaited (by fewer than anyone anticipated) big-budget, big-screen adaptation of the toy line and animated series simply crashed and burned in theaters. Three weekends in and the film is down to $5.6 million. That\u2019s just $56.9 million in 17 days of release. June releases that had made more money at this point include Dark Phoenix, The Happening, and Congo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The film has only just cracked $100 million worldwide. Masters\u2019 budget has been reported as low as $170 million and as high as $200 million. Pandemic releases like Wonder Woman 1984, The Suicide Squad, and The Matrix Resurrections aside, Masters is going to join a very small list of films to cost as much and not even hit $200 million globally. That is a list that includes Red One, Jack the Giant Slayer, Jupiter Ascending, Evan Almighty, 47 Ronin, Killers of the Flower Moon, and Hugo. If He-Man fails to reach $150 million, he will join an even smaller group that includes Napoleon, Argylle, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, and Tron: Ares. Jared Leto just isn\u2019t beating those curse conversations.<\/p>\n<p>Tales of the Top 10: Disclosure Day Cools Down, Obsession Crosses $300 Million Worldwide<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We talked a lot last week about Steven Spielberg and his latest, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/disclosure_day\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Disclosure Day<\/a>, as well as a bit of the history of his films at the box office, many of which were able to at least triple their opening weekends. In fact, only two (The BFG and A.I.) failed to do so. After a $44 million start last week, the magic number to reach would be $132 million. Let\u2019s see how it is doing after a $17 million sophomore weekend. That\u2019s a 62% drop, bringing its 10-day total to $78.2 million and numbers that are in the vicinity of Minority Report, which many critics have compared Disclosure Day to in terms of pace and chasing. That film had a $21.5 million second weekend (a 39.5% drop) and $73.4 million after 10 days. Minority\u2019s final gross? $132 million. You can\u2019t make this up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other films we can look at for comparisons are a pair of June releases right in line with Disclosure Day\u2019s 10-day total. Ocean\u2019s 8 and Click had $78.5 million and $78.4 million , respectively, with better second weekend tallies of $18.9 million and $19.9 million. A closer weekend would be Live Free or Die Hard\u2019s $17.7 million. That fourth entry in the series had $72.1 million by this point and finished with $134.5 million. Click ended with $137.3 million and Ocean\u2019s 8 did $140.2 million. Disclosure Day reaching a similar total will depend on the drops leveling off to under 40% in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A notable statistic we are going to get ahead of here is that Steven Spielberg is about to join a small group of filmmakers. As so much has been made recently about the new kids on the block, let\u2019s give it up for the older statesman as well. When Disclosure Day hits $100 million, Spielberg will join only three other filmmakers to release a film over the age of 75 to gross as much. They include Clint Eastwood (American Sniper, Gran Torino, Sully, The Mule), Ridley Scott (The Martian, Gladiator II) and Garry Marshall (Valentine\u2019s Day). Globally, Spielberg\u2019s new $115 million production is over $160 million, and Universal is hoping to see that number double on their way to begin shifting focus to Christopher Nolan\u2019s The Odyssey (not to mention Minions &amp; Monsters).<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There will be billion-dollar films this year globally and films that may even hit half a billion in North America. But no box office story this year will be as fascinating as Curry Barker\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/obsession_2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Obsession<\/a>. The budget. His age. The week-to-week increases. It\u2019s the story of the year. For the first time during its run, it had a weekend that was lower than its opening salvo. Last week it had the 18th-best fifth weekend in history. This week it has the 18th-best sixth weekend in history with $14.2 million. The film crossed $200 million on Thursday and by Sunday had made $215.8 million. Domestically it is making its way to over $250 million. It crossed $300 million globally this week ($333 million to date) and it is going to make a run towards $400 million. Incredible.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fourth weekend of Kane Parsons\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/backrooms\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Backrooms<\/a> brought in $7.3 million. Now over $175 million, it is still hanging on for a shot at $200 million. That is just for the record books, though, as the film is already a tremendous success story. But in using Superman Returns as its parallel, we are seeing it hang on a similar pace with that film\u2019s fourth weekend ($7.37 million) and its 24-day total ($172.9 million). A24 already got its first $100 million domestic grosser out of this (going for $200 million) and their first $300+ million global total. Every dollar going forward is a victory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of today there is still no film to open with over $50 million and fail to reach $100 million. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/scary_movie_2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scary Movie<\/a> will not be the first, but it sure is taking its sweet time after a $54 million start. Here we are on day 17 after a $6.7 million third weekend and its total is at $97.5 million, which brings us to a statistic that we have never broached before. Only five films have ever taken more than 17 days to reach $100 million after a $50+ million opening. The Village and Valentine\u2019s Day took 18 days. Scary Movie will take longer than that. Could it do it in 20 like 8 Mile? How about the 21 days it took Watchmen? Paranormal Activity 3 is the leader in this category, taking a full 23 days to hit the milestone. Scary Movie can certainly shrug that statistic off, given that it just passed $200 million globally \u2014 something that its June 5 competitor, Masters of the Universe, looks unlikely to achieve.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As we have been tracking for weeks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/star_wars_the_mandalorian_and_grogu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Mandalorian and Grogu<\/a> is not going to hit the numbers of Solo. Another $3.9 million in just its fifth weekend brings its total to $171.7 million. Even Solo back in 2018 had $4.5 million this weekend, which was enough to at least get it over $200 million. Mando &amp; Grogu are not going to reach that. Our estimate between $170-180 million is holding steady. Maybe those Burger King promotions will help make up some of the dough. Globally the film is only at $325 million. Solo finished just shy of $393 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neon\u2019s latest horror release is a pick-up from this year\u2019s Sundance film festival. They purchased Adrian Chiarella\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/leviticus\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leviticus<\/a> for a reported $5 million. Critics have been on board, giving it a 93% on the Tomatometer (it was chosen for this year\u2019s Chicago Critics Film Festival, which I produce) and audiences have responded with an opening weekend of $2.7 million in 1,076 theaters. That\u2019s less than half of Neon\u2019s May release of Hokum ($6.4 million) and last summer\u2019s Together ($6.7 million). But its per-theater-average was higher than that of Sydney Sweeney in Immaculate ($5.33 million), plus Steven Soderbergh\u2019s Presence ($3.32 million) and Cuckoo ($3.03 million). That said, it was higher than Keeper ($2.52 million) and Shelby Oaks ($2.34 million), which were released into 1,950 &amp; 1,823 theaters, respectively. Too bad Neon couldn\u2019t get this one into more theaters. None of these horror films have found a final gross as high as the opening weekend ($22.4 million) of their breakout success, Longlegs.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A24 did not take Michael Sarnoski\u2019s new film, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/the_death_of_robin_hood\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Death of Robin Hood<\/a>, on the festival road apart from a premiere at the Sydney Film Festival last Friday. Critics have been a fan of his work, starting with 2021\u2019s Pig (97%) and then A Quiet Place: Day One (86%). The fresh streak continues, albeit less impressively (it\u2019s currently at 70%) with the Hugh Jackman starrer that opened to only $2.62 million this weekend. That is lower than Woody Allen\u2019s Scoop, starring Jackman and Scarlett Johansson, did back in 2006. It opened to $3 million in just 538 theaters, while Robin Hood was in three times as many with 1,762. Jackman\u2019s turn in 2021\u2019s Reminiscence opened lower with $1.95 million in 3,265 theaters, but that was also available on HBO MAX during Warner Bros.\u2019 pandemic experiment. The $1,486 per-theater average is not A24\u2019s worst for a wide release of over 1,500 theaters. Pearl ($1,065), Y2K ($1,003), The Front Room ($794), and Opus ($574) came in lower, but the $20 million production is now in the bottom five of that list unless the estimates come in higher on Monday to best Men\u2019s $1,496 PTA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It may be the last stand for Antoine Fuqua\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/michael\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael<\/a> in the top 10. Nine weeks is not too shabby. Project Hail Mary may still be this year\u2019s leader with 10 but Michael has bested it domestically with nearly $368 million (with $2.19 million added this week) and now over $959 million worldwide. The billion-dollar watch is still in effect. Can it catch The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, which sits with $1.002 billion worldwide?<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the Top 10: Hayley Kiyoko\u2019s Girls Like Girls Debuts<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hayley Kiyoko\u2019s song-to-book-to-movie adaptation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/girls_like_girls\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Girls Like Girls<\/a> opened in 504 theaters this weekend, and the Focus release began with $1.6 million. Lionsgate\u2019s release of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/the_furious_2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Furious<\/a> made $1.1 million in its second weekend for a total of $5.2 million. Bleecker Street\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/stop_that_train\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stop! That! Train!<\/a> fell 76% to just $487,000, bringing its total to $3.2 million.<\/p>\n<p>On The Vine: Supergirl Launches and Jackass Ends<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next chapter of James Gunn\u2019s DC Universe arrives next week with Milly Alcock as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/supergirl_2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Supergirl<\/a>. Will this follow in the footsteps of last summer\u2019s Superman, or will its numbers be closer to The Flash? The final chapter of Johnny Knoxville and his gang of merry pranksters and stunt creators arrives as Paramount releases <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/jackass_best_and_last\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jackass: Best and Last<\/a>. Finally, Olivia Wilde\u2019s Sundance hit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/the_invite\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Invite<\/a>, with Seth Rogen, Penelope Cruz, Edward Norton, and herself, arrives in limited release from A24 before expanding throughout July.<\/p>\n<p>Full List of Box Office Results: June 19-21<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/toy_story_5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Toy Story 5<\/a> \u2013 $160.0 million ($160.0 million total)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/disclosure_day\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Disclosure Day<\/a> \u2013 $17.0 million ($78.2 million total)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/obsession_2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Obsession<\/a> \u2013 $14.2 million ($215.8 million total)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/backrooms\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Backrooms<\/a> \u2013 $7.3 million ($175.1 million total)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/scary_movie_2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scary Movie<\/a> \u2013 $6.7 million ($97.5 million total)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/masters_of_the_universe_2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Masters of the Universe<\/a> \u2013 $5.6 million ($56.9 million total)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/star_wars_the_mandalorian_and_grogu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu<\/a> \u2013 $3.9 million ($171.7 million total)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/leviticus\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leviticus<\/a> \u2013 $2.7 million ($2.7 million total)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/the_death_of_robin_hood\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Death of Robin Hood<\/a> \u2013 $2.6 million ($2.6 million total)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/michael\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael<\/a> \u2013 $2.1 million ($367.9 million total)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Erik Childress can be heard each week evaluating box office\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/businessfirstam?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Business First AM<\/a>\u00a0with Angela Miles and his\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowplayingnetwork.net\/moviemadness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Movie Madness Podcast<\/a>. [box office figures via\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/boxofficemojo.com\/weekend\/chart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Box Office Mojo<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thumbnail image by Pixar<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/editorial.rottentomatoes.com\/article\/app\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Find Something Fresh! Discover What to Watch, Read Reviews, Leave Ratings and Build Watchlists. 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