Toy Story 5 Opens to $129M Global, Set to Top $275M
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- Toy Story 5 has grossed $129.3M globally through its opening weekend and is on pace to beat its $275M worldwide opening forecast, per Deadline tracking.
- Pixar's fifthquel earned $71M domestically — Friday's second-best animated day ever, behind only Incredibles 2's $71.2M — plus $58.3M from 48 offshore territories.
- Domestic projections climbed from a $140M earlier-week estimate to $160M-$170M as weekend grosses came in stronger than expected.
- Seven new markets opened Friday, including the UK at $5.5M and China at $7.4M, both setting Pixar's best-ever opening day in their respective countries.
- Toy Story 5 topped the chart or ranked No. 1 non-local in Mexico ($11.4M), France ($3M), Spain ($2.7M), Australia ($2M), and Brazil ($1.9M); India and Vietnam were the only markets where it wasn't the No. 1 MPA title.
- Korea opened Wednesday to $1.1M on a 50% market share — the third-highest MPA opening day of 2026 and fifth-best Pixar opening day ever — with the cume reaching $1.7M.
- In China, the film commanded a 30% market share and registered as the second-highest animated MPA opening since 2020, trailing only Zootopia 2's reported $271.7M debut.
Why it matters: Mid-weekend projection upgrades from $140M to $160M-$170M show family audiences are turning out stronger than expected for the fifthquel, extending Pixar's post-Inside Out 2 momentum. China's $7.4M opening — Pixar's best day ever there — gives the studio a foothold in a market that has cooled for Western animation, and where Zootopia 2's $651.3M run shows the ceiling.
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