Pixar posted its biggest domestic opening weekend in years on Saturday. Toy Story 5 pulled in an estimated $164 million from 4,425 theaters \u2014 a new franchise record, the largest animated debut of 2026, and one of the strongest returns any animated film has managed in the post-pandemic era.<\/p>\n
The film earned $71 million on Friday alone, a number that pointed toward an exceptional weekend. Saturday confirmed it. Final Sunday estimates are tracking toward that $164 million mark, ahead of the $150\u2013$158 million range analysts had projected earlier in the week.<\/p>\n
That result places Toy Story 5 between The Incredibles 2 ($182.4 million in 2018) and Inside Out 2 ($154 million in 2024) on Pixar\u2019s all-time opening weekend list. Toy Story 4 opened to $120.9 million in June 2019. The new film has already surpassed every previous chapter in the series.<\/p>\n
Juneteenth provided a boost. The federal holiday fell on a Friday this year, extending the holiday weekend for families and driving full afternoon and evening screenings in major markets. Theater operators reported strong walk-up traffic on Friday and Saturday across the country.<\/p>\n Reception has been strong across the board. The film earned an A on CinemaScore and a 93% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes from both critics and audiences \u2014 a rare alignment in any genre. Reviews praised the film\u2019s emotional honesty and its willingness to pick up the story a decade after the events of the fourth installment, rather than reboot the timeline.<\/p>\n The film was tracking $17.5 million<\/a> in Thursday preview screenings heading into the weekend \u2014 a franchise record for a single preview night. That Taylor Swift original song<\/a> contributed to the film\u2019s cultural footprint before release, debuting at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 last week and pulling in fans who might otherwise have waited for streaming.<\/p>\n Steven Spielberg\u2019s Disclosure Day finished a distant second at the domestic box office. No other wide release this weekend came close to Toy Story 5, leaving it with clear field across the entire run.<\/p>\n Pixar has not announced a sixth film in the franchise. But with a $164 million domestic debut and strong critical scores<\/a> pointing to excellent word-of-mouth, the question of a follow-up will come sooner than the studio\u2019s silence suggests. An announcement could come before the end of 2026.<\/p>\n \nZoom Bangla News<\/p>\n \ninews.zoombangla.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"Toy](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/inews.zoombangla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1-28.jpg?ssl=1\")
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