‘Toy Story 5’ had the biggest opening weekend of 2026

In the battle of toys versus technology…it seems that toys have come out on top.

Toy Story 5 had a massive opening weekend in theaters. How big? That’s $160 million in the US alone, making it the biggest opening yet for any film released in 2026. It’s also the biggest opening weekend in 30-year history Toy Story franchise.

It is the second biggest opening weekend in history Pixar Animation Studios, behind only 2018’s Incredibles 2which earned a monster $182.6 million in its first three days in theaters.

To put these numbers into some perspective: Toy Story 5 made more money in the US in three days of release than Toy Story spinoff Light years earned throughout its run in domestic theaters. ($118.3 million) So that’s a pretty good start. (Or just a really bad race too Light years. Or maybe both.)

$160 million is also nearly as much as Pixar’s last release, Jumperscollected its the entire domestic theater performance. ($166.0 million)

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Worldwide, Toy Story 5 grossed $312 in the first three days of release, also the second time ever in Pixar’s history; in that case From the inside out 2 holds the record with $384 million overseas.

Here how Toy Story 5 compares to the other opening weekends in the history of franchise:

Toy Story 5 (2026) – 160 million dollars
Toy Story 4 (2019) – 120.9 million dollars
Toy Story 3 (2010) – 110.3 million dollars
Light years (2022) – 50.5 million dollars
Toy Story (1995) – 29.1 million dollars
Toy Story 2 (1999) – $300,163

The first one Toy Story film in seven years, the film reunited all the core characters and voices from the long-running animated series, including Tom Hanks, Tim Allen and Joan Allen. It was also the first film in the franchise directed by Andrew StantonThe Pixar veteran who directed Finding Nemo and WALL-Eand also contributed to the scripts for all four previously Toy Story film. And he has already said one Toy Story 6 is very likely before the film started breaking box office records. So now I’d say it’s only a matter of time.