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Disney/Pixar‘s Toy Story 5 came from very close to toppling Incredibles 2 box office record for best first day for an animated movie with $71M yesterday (including previews) with big walk-up business according to Rentrak and Screen Engine’s PostTrak, 48% buying their tickets as Incredibles 2 grossed $71.2M including previews.
That’s the best first day/previews we’ve seen at the box office since 2024’s Disney/Marvel movie Deadpool & Wolverine which did $96M.
The 3-day guidance on Toy Story 5 stateside is still $160M-$170M, which would rep a franchise record for the franchise, the best domestic opening of 2026 to date, and the second best 3-day opening ever for an animated movie behind Incredibles 2‘s $182.6M.
Some may have cried at the end of Toy Story 3, but there’s everything to be happy about in Jessie’s story. Toy Story 5 with its fourth A for the franchise (Toy Story 2 has an A+) and a 75% definite recommend, plus another 89% definite recommend from parents, is headings for a great sunset at the end of this weekend.
The other swing factor is Father’s Day: Toy Story 3 saw a -13% hold on the Daddy day back in 2010, while Inside Out 2 eased -23% in its Saturday-to-Sunday back in 2024. Toy Story 4, in an anomaly for Pixar back in 2019, didn’t play over Father’s Day weekend.