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“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.
Andrew Stanton, a Pixar veteran whose credits include classics like “Finding Nemo” and “Wall-E,” directed “Toy Story 5,” which grapples with the reality that kids would rather play with tech than toys. The story follows Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Jessie and crew as their owner Bonnie becomes addicted to her new favorite gadget, a kiddie smart tablet known as Lilypad.
Elsewhere at the global box office, the breakout horror movies “Obsession” and “Backrooms” each crossed $300 million, remarkable milestones for the low-budget indie sensations.
Now in its sixth frame, “Obsession” collected $10.9 million from 64 overseas markets over the weekend. The twisted romantic fantasy, directed by YouTuber Curry Barker, has generated $117 million internationally and a sensational $333 million globally to date.
“Backrooms” added $8.5 million internationally over the weekend. The film, from YouTuber Kane Parsons, has grossed $125 million overseas and $301 million worldwide after four weekends on the big screen.
Meanwhile, “Michael” is inching toward $1 billion though the Michael Jackson biopic might fall short of the elusive milestone. Ticket sales are winding down with $3.8 million overseas and $5.9 million globally over the weekend. After nine weekends in theaters, the movie has earned a stellar $959 million worldwide, including $591 million overseas.
Other notable releases include last weekend’s champ, Universal’s “Disclosure Day,” which brought in $18.7 million from 81 markets, a 57% decline from its debut. Steven Spielberg’s alien conspiracy adventure has earned $82 million internationally and $160 million after two weekends on the big screen. Since the PG-13 movie cost $115 million (and exhibitors keep about half of revenues), “Disclosure Day” is estimated to need around $300 million globally to be profitable.
