Pixar’s latest installment breaks franchise records and tops the 2026 box office, with audiences giving it an A CinemaScore
Disney and Pixar unwrapped a major box office gift with Toy Story 5, which is headed toward the biggest opening of the year so far of $160 million at the domestic box office. Internationally, it is pulling in $152 million, for a global start of $312 million.
The domestic launch number is the biggest of 2026 so far, topping the Super Mario Bros. Galaxy movie, which had a three-day launch of $130.9 million domestically in April.
It’s also a record for the franchise, topping Toy Story 4‘s $120.9 million launch in 2019. Audiences gave Toy Story 5 an A CinemaScore.
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What the studio said
“Toy Story has been breaking ground since it first hit the screen more than 30 years ago, and it’s wonderful to see Toy Story 5 continuing that tradition and connecting with audiences around the world to deliver the biggest opening for the franchise and the biggest of this year as well,” said Alan Bergman, Chairman of Disney Entertainment Studios.
