Key Points
- Toy Story 5 opened to $71 million on Friday across 4,425 theaters.
- Just short of Incredibles 2's animated opening-day record.
- On pace for a ~$164 million weekend, 2026's biggest opening.
- Returning cast Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack; new voices include Bad Bunny.
Pixar still owns opening day. Toy Story 5 pulled $71 million on Friday from 4,425 theaters — just short of Incredibles 2's 2018 animated opening-day record, and the biggest opening day of 2026.
The weekend is tracking to roughly $164 million, which would top Toy Story 4's $120 million franchise record and stand as the year's largest debut. Disney and Pixar spent about $250 million making it, so the stakes match the scale. Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, and Joan Cusack are back, joined by Greta Lee, Keanu Reeves, Craig Robinson, and Bad Bunny, with the plot pitting Woody and the gang against an edutainment tablet named Lilypad.
A real theatrical number in a soft year
Behind it, the drop-off was steep: "Disclosure Day" took second at $4.9 million and Focus Features' "Obsession" held third at $4.7 million, now at $215 million domestic over six weekends. A $71 million single day for a legacy animated sequel is the kind of result a wobbly box office needed.
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