Toy Story 5 opens with $160M as Hollywood posts best summer since 2019

Toy Story 5 earned $160 million domestically in its opening weekend, a franchise record and the year's biggest debut, studio estimates show.

"The success is coming from both expected and unexpected places," Paul Dergarabedian, head of marketplace trends at Rentrak, said. "This could be the new blueprint for how you build the perfect summer box-office beast."

The fifth installment surpassed the previous series best of $120 million set by Toy Story 4 in 2019. Internationally, the film added $152 million for a global opening of $312 million, making it Pixar's second-largest worldwide debut behind only Incredibles 2. The $250 million-budgeted film earned an "A" CinemaScore and holds a 94% rating from both critics and audiences on Rotten Tomatoes.

The strong performance comes 31 years after the original Toy Story debuted and cements the franchise as one of Disney's most valuable assets. The first four films have collectively grossed more than $3 billion, with Toy Story 4 exceeding $1 billion. Toy Story 5 is all but certain to cross that threshold as well, driven by a voice cast led by Tom Hanks, Tim Allen and Joan Cusack, a new song by Taylor Swift, and direction from Pixar veteran Andrew Stanton.

Steven Spielberg's Disclosure Day slipped to second place with $17 million in its second weekend, a 61% drop that suggests limited staying power for the $115 million-budgeted sci-fi thriller. The microbudget horror hit Obsession continued its remarkable run, adding $14.2 million in its sixth weekend to bring its domestic total to $215.8 million and global haul to $333.3 million — all from a production budget of less than $1 million.

The summer box office is now up 15% from the same period in 2025 and trails the pre-pandemic summer of 2019 by just 1.9%, according to Rentrak. The recovery signals strong consumer demand for theatrical experiences and bodes well for upcoming releases including Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey and Marvel's Spider-Man: Brand New Day, both due in July.

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