‘Toy Story 5’ rakes in $160 mln in year’s best opening weekend
Disney’s “Toy Story 5” romped to the best opening weekend of the year, raking in $160 million in North America, industry estimates showed on June 21, a record for the much-loved Pixar franchise.
The sequel, which debuted over Father’s Day weekend, features Woody the cowboy, Buzz Lightyear and their gang of toys fighting for survival against competition from technology, particularly a tablet.
“Toy Story 5,” which returns with Tom Hanks, Tim Allen and Joan Cusack voicing key characters, opened on 4,425 screensin the U.S. and Canada over the weekend.
Runner-up in the weekend box office take was the Stephen Spielberg-directed sci-fi thriller “Disclosure Day,” which debuted the previous weekend.
