We’ve seen Woody’s origins tale in Toy Story 2, Buzz Lightyear’s in spinoff Lightyear and all the toys nearly getting incinerated in Toy Story 3, but the fifth time around, it’s Jessie’s story.
In an already-vibrant summer marketplace that’s at nearly $1.6 billion in North America — the best since 2019, per Rentrak — Disney Pixar’s Toy Story 5 will keep this bull box office season going with what’s expected to be the biggest domestic start of 2026 and franchise-best of $140M at 4,425 theaters. Of course, Toy Story 5 will have the action figure kung-fu grip of all PLFs
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