‘Toy Story 5’ Tops Billion-Dollar Mark & Takes Year’s No. 1 Box Office Spot

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The 2026 box office charts have a new champion: Disney/Pixar’s franchise hit Toy Story 5 has officially surpassed a billion in box office in its sixth week of release. With $1.022 billion ($488 million domestic, $573 million international), the movie has overtaken another animated feature, Illumination/Universal’s The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, to become the top-grossing film of 2026 so far, and the third film to reach this milestone (the other being the Michael biopic).

Toy Story 5 is on track to become the highest-grossing release in Pixar’s 31-year-old film franchise, as it is expected to overtake Toy Story 4 ($1.07B, 2019) in the next few days. It is the third Toy Story movie to cross the billion-dollar mark, after Toy Story 3 ($1.06B, 2010). The fifth installment scored the biggest opening of the year with $160M, and has been buoyed on its box office journey by strongly positive critical reviews (92% on Rotten Tomatoes) and audience ratings (94%).

Despite this latest box office triumph, layoffs of hundreds of full time employees were enacted at Disney last week, with Pixar reportedly the hardest hit division.

Variety points out that this year should see the most billion-dollar runs since the COVID-19 pandemic, with the next one expected to be Chris Nolan’s The Odyssey followed by Spider-Man: Brand New Day (out July 31). There were zero in 2020 due to lockdown measures and theater closures; one in 2021; two in 2023 (including The Super Mario Bros. Movie); three in 2024 (including Inside Out 2 and Moana 3) and three last year (including Zootopia 2).

On the domestic weekend charts, Toy Story 5 came in at No. 3 with $10M. Illumination/Universal’s Minions & Monsters hit No. 5 with $9.6M for a four-week total of $155.4M ($411.8M worldwide). Disney’s live-action Moana remake remained at No. 2 in its third week with $10.5M ($228M ww), coming in behind The Odyssey‘s $87M in week 2 ($639.6M ww).

 

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'Toy Story 5' Brings Disney Franchise's Value to $16 Billion After $1 Billion Box Office

After the $1 billion-plus box office run of "Toy Story 5," Disney has estimated the income value of the Pixar franchise at $16 billion.

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‘Toy Story 5’ Brings Disney Franchise’s Value to $16 Billion After $1 Billion Box Office​

In the wake of the $1 billion-plus box office run of “Toy Story 5,” Disney has estimated the income value of the Pixar franchise at $16 billion, based on a commissioned study by consultancy firm Steward Redqueen cited in the company’s latest earnings report.

Along with the $1.07 billion and counting earned by “Toy Story 5” — the highest for any film in the series before inflation adjustment — Disney reports that the previous “Toy Story” films passed 2 billion hours in combined streaming time on Disney+ in this past quarter, while merchandise related to the franchise was the key driver in a 7% year-over-year increase in consumer products revenue, the highest increase that segment has recorded since the summer of 2021, which was coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Toy Story” also has a heavy presence in Disney’s parks and experiences division, with rides present at all of the company’s theme park resorts in Anaheim, Orlando, Paris, Tokyo and Hong Kong. In total, Steward Redqueen estimates that “Toy Story” has generated $50 billion in global economic impact.

Alongside fellow second quarter box office hit “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” which grossed $691 million worldwide, “Toy Story 5” helped push Disney’s entertainment segment revenue to $11.3 billion, up 5.6% year-over-year.

Directed by Pixar veteran Andrew Stanton, “Toy Story 5” sees Woody, Buzz, Jessie and the other toys face off against the toy tablet Lilypad, who is given as a gift to their child owner Bonnie by her parents in an effort to help her make friends. The film has received widespread critical and audience praise and is set to stand as the highest grossing animated film this year.