{"id":504538,"date":"2026-06-17T15:33:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T15:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/504538\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T15:33:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T15:33:11","slug":"box-office-toy-story-5-eyes-record-150-million-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/504538\/","title":{"rendered":"Box Office: ‘Toy Story 5’ Eyes Record $150 Million Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\u201cToy Story 5<\/a>\u201d should send the box office to infinity\u2026 and beyond. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe latest entry in Disney and Pixar\u2019s beloved animated franchise is targeting a debut of $145 million to $150 million from 4,400 North American theaters. Industry watchers believe that initial ticket sales could soar even higher \u2014 with some predicting a tally closer to $160 million to $175 million \u2014 given the goodwill toward the property as well as the sterling reviews from critics. After all, Disney\u2019s recent animated sequels like 2024\u2019s \u201cInside Out 2\u201d ($154 million debut) and 2025\u2019s \u201cZootopia 2\u201d ($100 million debut) exploded at the box office, with $1.6 billion and $1.8 billion respectively by the end of their runs \u2014 and \u201cToy Story\u201d is the crown jewel of kid-friendly franchises.<\/p>\n

\n\tShould pre-release estimates hold, \u201cToy Story 5\u201d will easily overtake 2019\u2019s \u201cToy Story 4\u201d ($120 million debut) and 2010\u2019s \u201cToy Story 3\u201d ($110 million debut) as the largest start in the 31-year-old series. It would also rank as the biggest domestic debut of the year, which currently belongs to Universal\u2019s \u201cSuper Mario Galaxy Movie\u201d with $131.7 million.<\/p>\n

\n\tOverseas, \u201cToy Story 5\u201d is expected to open to $135 million or more for a global tally above $275 million. It carries a $250 million budget, not including the global marketing expenses. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cToy Story 5\u201d arrives in theaters seven years after the prior adventure, which earned over $1 billion at the global box office. Overall, the franchise has generated more than $3 billion worldwide across five films. And that\u2019s just the big-screen riches. \u201cToy Story\u201d generates more than $1 billion annually in worldwide retail sales across consumer products, games and publishing. Then on Disney+, \u201cToy Story\u201d ranks as the most watched film property with over 2 billion hours streamed globally.<\/p>\n

\n\tTom Hanks, Tim Allen and Joan Cusack are reprising their voices as Woody, Buzz Lightyear and Jessie. The fifth installment confronts the all-too-real reality that kids would rather play with screens than action figures. The story follows the gang of anthropomorphic toys as their owner Bonnie becomes addicted to her new favorite gadget, a kiddie smart tablet known as Lilypad. Andrew Stanton, a Pixar veteran whose credits include classics like \u201cFinding Nemo\u201d and \u201cWall-E,\u201d directed the movie. Taylor Swift wrote a new song, \u201cI Knew It, I Knew You,\u201d for the soundtrack.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cToy Story 5\u201d will rule over North American charts and continue the sizzling summer season. Thanks to breakout hits like \u201cObsession\u201d and \u201cBackrooms,\u201d as well as big-budget fare like \u201cThe Devil Wears Prada 2\u201d and \u201cMichael,\u201d the domestic box office is 13% ahead of last year, according to Rentrak. Notably, the summer season is pacing just 3.4% behind 2019, when \u201cAvengers: Endgame\u201d was cementing all kinds of records. \u201cToy Story 5,\u201d along with upcoming tentpoles like the \u201cDespicable Me\u201d spinoff \u201cMinions & Monsters,\u201d Christopher Nolan\u2019s \u201cThe Odyssey\u201d and \u201cSpider-Man: Brand New Day,\u201d could help to close that gap and propel grosses closer to pre-pandemic years.<\/p>\n

\n\tTwo other films will launch nationwide alongside \u201cToy Story 5.\u201d A24\u2019s R-rated \u201cThe Death of Robin Hood,\u201d starring Hugh Jackman, and Neon\u2019s festival breakout \u201cLeviticus,\u201d are each targeting $3 million to $4 million from roughly 1,000 venues. Meanwhile last weekend\u2019s champ, Steven Spielberg\u2019s alien conspiracy thriller \u201cDisclosure Day,\u201d should decline by 50% to 55% from its launch, which would put weekend sales around $20 million to $22 million. So far, the $115 million-budgeted film has generated $48.7 million domestically and $98 million globally.<\/p>\n

\n\tA revisionist take on the oft-rebooted folk legend, \u201cThe Death of Robin Hood\u201d follows the aged vigilante as he meets a mysterious woman and young girl after being critically injured. Michael Sarnoski (\u201cA Quiet Place: Day One\u201d) directed the film, which co-stars Jodie Comer, Bill Skarsg\u00e5rd, Murray Bartlett and Noah Jupe. \u201cThe Death of Robin Hood\u201d has mixed reviews, with Variety\u2019s Guy Lodge writing<\/a> the film is \u201cexquisitely crafted and emotionally intelligent, but it does tilt into dourness.\u201d A24 acquired domestic rights for around $4 million.<\/p>\n

\n\tWith stellar reviews, \u201cLeviticus,\u201d a buzzy supernatural horror movie about conversion therapy, could be the latest scary sleeper hit following \u201cObsession\u201d and \u201cBackrooms.\u201d Adrian Chiarella wrote and directed the film, which was acquired by Neon after scoring rave reviews out of Sundance. In Variety\u2019s review, critic Carlos Aguilar<\/a> predicted \u201cLeviticus\u201d is \u201cbound to earn a place in the pantheon of notable queer horror\u201d and praised Chiarella for wielding \u201chorror in defense of queer love, avoiding easy sentimentalism \u2026 all while still satisfying the audience\u2019s cravings for effective, bone-chilling uneasiness.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cToy Story 5\u201d should send the box office to infinity\u2026 and beyond. The latest entry in Disney and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":504539,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[93,61,60,270,65723],"class_list":["post-504538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-movies","tag-toy-story-5"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/504539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}