TOY STORY 5 officially crossed the $1 billion mark to become the highest-grossing movie of 2026 so far.
The Disney-Pixar five-quel which revisits Woody, Buzz and Jessie officially scored the title after securing $450 million domestically and $575 million from the international box office since its release on June 19, carrying its total to $1.025 billion per Box Office Mojo.
It’s Disney’s first movie to reach $1 billion this year, leading an exclusive club that currently includes MICHAEL ($1.016 billion) and THE SUPER MARIO GALAXY MOVIE ($1.011 billion).
TOY STORY 5 brings back Tom Hanks as Woody, Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear and Joan Cusack as Jessie as the crew tackles a very real struggle: children and tech addiction. The movie introduces tablet Lilypad, voiced by Greta Lee, along with Smarty Pants, voiced by Conan O’Brien.
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The movie opened strong, earning $310.2 million globally in its debut weekend, ScreenRant reported.
Unlike many blockbusters that see steep drop-offs after their opening weekend, TOY STORY 5 has continued to draw audiences through strong family attendance and repeat viewings, reaching the billion-dollar milestone during its sixth weekend in theaters. That’s thanks, in large part, to its family themes.
Part of Movieguide®’s review reads:
TOY STORY 5 is a wonderful and funny animated ride. Everything leads to a delightful grand adventure with loads of cheers, laughs and tears. The ending is very redemptive and concludes with a surprise church wedding. So, TOY STORY 5 strongly promotes traditional marriage. It also promotes friendship, good parenting, repentance, making amends, and helping others. TOY STORY 5 also has a great warning for parents about not letting children become addicted to their tech devices and screens. The movie has some brief potty humor and situations that may cause stress and anxiety in younger children.
Paul Dergarabedian, head of marketplace trends at Rentrak, predicted TOY STORY 5’s billion-dollar achievement shortly after it release, noting that it appeals “across every imaginable audience demographic and thus became the ultimate four-quadrant movie.”
“Disney and Pixar orchestrated a perfectly timed, flawlessly marketed film that charmed audiences and critics alike that is now set up for weeks of solid playability in movie theaters as it powers toward $1 billion and beyond at the worldwide box office,” he said back in June.
This achievement is notable for the TOY STORY franchise as a whole. TOY STORY 5 is now the third TOY STORY movie to cross $1 billion, following TOY STORY 3 in 2010 and TOY STORY 4, which finished with $1.07 billion in 2019. No other animated franchise has produced three separate billion-dollar films, which means it is one of the most consistently successful franchises in movie history. It is expected to soon surpass TOY STORY 4 and become the highest-grossing installment in the franchise overall.
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