“Toy Story 5” has ignited the box office with $312 million globally, ranking as the largest opening weekend in Disney and Pixar’s storied animated series.
Those ticket sales include $152 million overseas as well as $160 million domestically. The franchise’s prior record-holder was 2019’s “Toy Story 4” with $120 million internationally and $238 million worldwide.
Internationally, “Toy Story 5” stands as the second-highest debut for Pixar, following “Inside Out 2,” as well as the second-biggest opening of the year, behind “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.” Top territories outside the U.S. and Canada were Mexico with $26.6 million, the United Kingdom with $20 million, China with $18 million and France with $7.2 million. Foreign audiences have been particularly important to the success of recent kid-friendly sequels like 2024’s “Inside Out 2” and 2025’s “Zootopia 2,” which were the first two animated films to clear $1 billion from just overseas markets.
“Toy Story 5” carries a mega $250 million budget but should easily justify its price tag. The cartooned adventure is poised for juggernaut status, given goodwill toward the property as well as stellar reviews and audience reactions. And that’s just the theatrical windfall. Even without new installments to fuel interest, “Toy Story” earns more than $1 billion annually in worldwide retail sales across consumer products, games and publishing.
