{"id":654148,"date":"2026-06-23T14:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T14:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/654148\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T14:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T14:44:09","slug":"toy-story-5-breaks-records-with-huge-u-k-ireland-box-office-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/654148\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Toy Story 5’ Breaks Records With Huge U.K., Ireland Box Office Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe U.K. and Ireland box office experienced a surge over the weekend as Disney\u2019s \u201cToy Story 5<\/a>\u201d captured the top spot, debuting to a spectacular \u00a315.3 million ($20.2 million). <\/p>\n

\n\tOpening in over 300 locations, the Pixar feature delivered the biggest opening weekend in the history of the franchise for the territory, dominating the theatrical marketplace with 72% of all ticket\u00a0sales across the three-day weekend.<\/p>\n

\n\tUniversal claimed the second place with Steven Spielberg\u2019s sci-fi thriller \u201cDisclosure Day<\/a>,\u201d which brought in $2.2 million in its second weekend. The high-concept event film, starring Emily Blunt and Josh O\u2019Connor, has now amassed a cumulative total of $11.9 million.<\/p>\n

\n\tUniversal also took the No. 3 spot with Curry Barker\u2019s horror-romance \u201cObsession<\/a>.\u201d The breakout genre hit pulled in $1.2 million, pushing its running total to $20.3 million.<\/p>\n

\n\tParamount\u2019s horror spoof reboot \u201cScary Movie\u201d was in fourth place, adding $735,071 to its lifetime haul, which now stands at a cumulative $11.1 million.<\/p>\n

\n\tA24\u2019s psychological horror \u201cBackrooms<\/a>\u201d followed at number five, pulling in $588,183 over the frame to push its total to $15.5 million. \u201cMasters Of The Universe,\u201d distributed by Sony, took sixth place, securing $523,585 for a running total of $6.5 million.<\/p>\n

\n\tUniversal\u2019s musical biopic \u201cMichael\u201d hit seventh place with $421,869, boosting its remarkable overall haul to $69.2 million. Disney\u2019s \u201cStar Wars\u201d spinoff \u201cThe Mandalorian And Grogu\u201d followed in eighth place with $289,949, lifting its cume to $20.3 million.<\/p>\n

\n\tBakrania Media\u2019s comedy sequel \u201cCocktail 2\u201d debuted at ninth place, securing $249,874 in its opening session. Disney\u2019s \u201cThe Devil Wears Prada 2\u201d occupied 10th place, earning $111,833 to push its long-running cume to $45 million.<\/p>\n

\n\tLooking ahead, the release schedule features a massive rollout of wide arrivals and diverse specialized titles. The mid-week arrivals kick off on Thursday, June 25, with Warner Bros. debuting the high-saturation superhero entry \u201cSupergirl\u201d in over 300 locations, alongside National Theatre\u2019s event presentation \u201cLes Liaisons Dangereuses \u2013 NT Live 2026.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tOn Friday, June 26, wide circuit choices expand with a large-scale launch of over 300 screens for Paramount\u2019s \u201cJackass: Best and Last,\u201d alongside Altitude\u2019s star-studded drama \u201cA Private Life\u201d from director Rebecca Z\u0142otowski, starring Jodie Foster and Daniel Auteuil, which hits more than 100 locations. True Brit Entertainment will also launch the British drama \u201c500 Miles,\u201d while Picturehouse Entertainment brings Anders Thomas Jensen\u2019s comedy-drama \u201cThe Last Viking,\u201d starring Mads Mikkelsen and Nikolaj Lie Kaas, to more than 25 screens.<\/p>\n

\n\tSpecialized and independent alternatives arriving on Friday include Sophy Romvari\u2019s drama \u201cBlue Heron\u201d distributed by Conic in more than 25 locations, John Woo\u2019s classic actioner \u201cA Better Tomorrow (4K Restoration)\u201d in over 25 sites from Arrow, and Mensch Films Limited\u2019s musical documentary \u201cGlastonbury The Movie: 30th Anniversary Cut.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tLimited footprints of under 25 screens feature Callum Burn\u2019s military drama \u201cLandship\u201d from Kaleidoscope Entertainment, and the nature documentary \u201cHow To Live On Earth\u201d via Together Films, featuring Benedict Cumberbatch. The weekend slate is completed by Underground Slate\u2019s \u201cThe Toymakers Key,\u201d Bakrania Media\u2019s Punjabi comedy sequel \u201cCarry On Jatta 4,\u201d Lionsgate\u2019s martial arts epic \u201cThe Furious,\u201d alongside Anime Ltd\u2019s special event presentation \u201cThe Ghost In The Shell (TV Preview Event).\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The U.K. and Ireland box office experienced a surge over the weekend as Disney\u2019s \u201cToy Story 5\u201d captured…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":654149,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[161206,126316,96,2839,14159,45492,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-654148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-backrooms","tag-disclosure-day","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-obsession","tag-toy-story-5","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=654148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/654149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=654148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=654148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=654148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}