The Toy Story 5 box office is rising to infinity and beyond.
The new Pixar sequel, which is the sixth theatrical installment in the overall Toy Story franchise, arrived on June 19, during the third weekend of 2026’s summer blockbuster season. The summer movie season, which traditionally eschews the geological calendar (this year, the summer solstice takes place on June 21), usually begins on Memorial Day. However, in 2026, Memorial Day came early, leaving an additional weekend at the end of May and delaying the non-stop onslaught of proper summer blockbusters – which includes the upcoming Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Minions & Monsters, and Supergirl – until the first weekend of June.
Andy’s Room · Tri-County Area How Well Do You Know Toy Story? “To infinity… and beyond!”
🤠WoodyReach for the sky
🚀BuzzInfinity & beyond
👽The AliensThe claaaw
🍴ForkyI’m trash!
🧸Andy’s ToysPlayed with love
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When Pixar released Toy Story in November 1995, it didn’t just launch a franchise — it changed the medium forever. What historic distinction did the original film claim?
✓ Howdy, partner! Toy Story was the world’s first feature-length film made entirely with computer-generated imagery — eighty-one minutes of CG when nobody had done more than a few-minute short. John Lasseter received a Special Achievement Oscar for it. (Best Animated Feature didn’t exist as a category until 2001; no animated film has ever won Best Picture; and the first $1 billion film was Titanic, two years later.)
✗ Aw, shucks! The answer is: first feature-length computer-animated film. Eighty-one minutes of pure CG in 1995, when nobody else had managed more than a short. John Lasseter received a Special Achievement Oscar for it. Best Animated Feature didn’t exist as a category until 2001, no animated film has won Best Picture, and Titanic was the first billion-dollar film two years later.
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Sheriff Woody, Andy’s pull-string cowboy doll, has been voiced by the same Oscar-winning actor across all four Toy Story films — the role helping cement him as the unofficial voice of Pixar. Who is he?
✓ Howdy, partner! Tom Hanks has voiced Woody across all four Toy Story films, the spinoff shorts, and the Disney Parks. Tim Allen is his co-lead as Buzz Lightyear. Robin Williams was actually Pixar’s first choice for Buzz, but scheduling conflicts pushed him out — he later did the genie cameo in Lightyear. Steve Carell has never been in the franchise.
✗ Aw, shucks! The answer is Tom Hanks — Woody across every Toy Story film, short, and theme-park appearance. Tim Allen is the other half of the duo as Buzz Lightyear. Robin Williams was actually Pixar’s first choice for Buzz but had scheduling conflicts; Steve Carell has never been in the franchise.
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Buzz Lightyear’s rallying cry is one of the most quoted lines in all of animation. He delivers it the moment he flips open his wrist communicator. Complete it: “To infinity…”
✓ Howdy, partner! “To infinity… and beyond!” The line got its own American Film Institute nod, was adopted (in slightly altered form) by an actual NASA mission, and even traveled to the International Space Station in 2008 on a real Buzz Lightyear action figure as part of an educational program. It’s the franchise’s most quoted line, hands down.
✗ Aw, shucks! The answer is “…and beyond!” Buzz’s tagline got an AFI nod, was adopted in spirit by NASA, and a real Buzz action figure even flew to the International Space Station in 2008 on a STEM education mission. It’s the most quoted line in the franchise.
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The toys all live in the bedroom of a boy named Andy, whose name is written in marker on the bottom of each of their feet. What is Andy’s last name, shown on the family mailbox and on his college acceptance envelope?
✓ Howdy, partner! Andy Davis — his last name appears on the family mailbox, on the “Davis” minivan, and on the college envelope in Toy Story 3. His mom is Mrs. Davis (first name never officially revealed in-film, though a fan theory says “Emily,” aka Jessie’s old owner). Bonnie, the toys’ eventual new owner, has the last name Anderson.
✗ Aw, shucks! The answer is Davis. It’s on the family mailbox, the minivan, and Andy’s college envelope in Toy Story 3. Bonnie (who inherits the toys at the end of TS3) is Bonnie Anderson — close, but a different family.
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“You’ve Got a Friend in Me” opens the first Toy Story and has been reprised in every sequel. The same singer-songwriter composed the score for all four films — one of Hollywood’s most decorated film composers. Who is he?
✓ Howdy, partner! Randy Newman wrote “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” and scored every Toy Story film — he also did Monsters, Inc., A Bug’s Life, Cars, and The Princess and the Frog. He’s a 22-time Oscar nominee with two wins. Michael Giacchino is Pixar’s other regular (The Incredibles, Up, Inside Out), Menken is Disney’s Renaissance musical guy, and Zimmer handles Lion King territory.
✗ Aw, shucks! The answer is Randy Newman. He wrote “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” and scored every Toy Story film (plus Monsters, Inc., Cars, and A Bug’s Life). Michael Giacchino is Pixar’s other regular composer (The Incredibles, Up, Inside Out); Alan Menken handled Disney’s Renaissance musicals; Hans Zimmer did The Lion King.
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In Toy Story 3, the gang ends up at Sunnyside Daycare, where everything seems wonderful at first. The day-care’s leader is a pink plush bear who smells like strawberries and turns out to be the franchise’s darkest villain. What’s his name?
✓ Howdy, partner! Lots-o’-Huggin’ Bear — “Lotso” for short — voiced by Ned Beatty. The backstory of how he ended up at Sunnyside (replaced by an identical bear after being left in the rain by his original owner) is one of the franchise’s saddest beats. Stinky Pete is the TS2 villain (Kelsey Grammer), Zurg is from TS2 as well, and Gabby Gabby is the TS4 antagonist who gets her redemption.
✗ Aw, shucks! The answer is Lotso — Lots-o’-Huggin’ Bear, voiced by Ned Beatty. The TS3 reveal that he was replaced by an identical bear after his original owner left him in the rain is one of Pixar’s darkest beats. Stinky Pete is TS2 (Kelsey Grammer), Emperor Zurg is also TS2, and Gabby Gabby is the redemption-arc antagonist from TS4.
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In Toy Story 4, Bonnie cobbles together a brand-new toy during a kindergarten arts-and-crafts session, sparking the whole plot when he wails “I’m trash!” and tries to throw himself away. What everyday utensil is Forky made from?
✓ Howdy, partner! Forky is a spork — with googly eyes, a popsicle-stick foot, pipe-cleaner arms, and a red plasticine mouth. He’s voiced by Tony Hale (Veep, Arrested Development), and his existential terror about being “trash” rather than a toy is the whole emotional engine of TS4. He got his own Disney+ shorts series after.
✗ Aw, shucks! The answer is a spork — with pipe-cleaner arms, googly eyes, and a popsicle-stick foot. He’s voiced by Tony Hale, and his “I’m trash!” meltdown is the heart of TS4. He even got his own Disney+ short series, Forky Asks a Question.
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Toy Story 3 ends with one of the most emotionally devastating scenes Pixar has ever made: Andy, packing for college, hand-delivers his old toys to a new owner in her front yard and plays with them one last time. Who is she?
✓ Howdy, partner! Bonnie Anderson — the imaginative little girl Woody had met earlier in the film when she “adopted” him from her mom’s day-care lost-and-found. Andy goes through every toy with her one by one before driving off to college. It’s the franchise’s natural ending. Bonnie then becomes the toys’ new owner in Toy Story 4.
✗ Aw, shucks! The answer is Bonnie Anderson — the imaginative little girl Woody had encountered earlier in the film. Andy goes through every single toy with her, one by one, before leaving for college. She becomes the toys’ new owner for Toy Story 4. Molly is Andy’s little sister (she gives up Barbie in TS3, but never inherits the gang).
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Per Variety, as of Sunday morning, Toy Story 5 is projected to conclude its opening weekend with a cumulative global box office total of $312 million, comprising $164 million from domestic theaters and an additional $152 million from international markets (in some of which it has been playing since Wednesday). This means that, after just five days in theaters, the new Pixar movie has outgrossed every other summer tentpole that has already debuted.
It has rocketed past the new Steven Spielberg sci-fi movie Disclosure Day($160 million worldwide), which is in its second weekend, and even the two movies that are in their third frames worldwide, namely the hit horror parody Scary Movie ($201.9 million) and the underperforming live-action reboot of Masters of the Universe ($100 million).
Part of the reason for the Pixar movie’s instant summer success is the fact that these June movies have largely underperformed in one way or another. Both Scary Movie and MotU had huge week 2 drops (and MotU‘s underwhelming debut weekend didn’t give it a huge platform to fall from in the first place) and Disclosure Day performed better than Spielberg’s Ready Player One domestically but fell far short of its global debut.
Toy Story 5 is thriving even when movies from late May are brought into the equation. In less than a week, it has outgrossed A24’s smash hit horror movie Backrooms ($300 million) – which is in its fourth frame – and nearly reached the total of the Star Wars spinoff The Mandalorian & Grogu ($315 million) – which is in its fifth.
Ultimately, 2026’s Toy Story 5 seems on track to join 2019’s Toy Story 4 and 2010’s Toy Story 3 as billion-dollar successes, especially considering the fact that its domestic debut is the best of the franchise so far (beating TS4‘s $120.9 million by a wide margin). While only one movie has passed the $1 billion global milestone so far this year (The Super Mario Galaxy Movie), the Pixar sequel could potentially become the third, behind the Michael Jackson biopic Michael (which has already exceeded $900 million and may pass $1 billion as its run draws to a close).
While the summer blockbusters that have preceded Toy Story 5 have not given it substantial competition, there are a number of upcoming Hollywood tentpoles that have the potential to follow it past the billion-dollar milestone, given the precedents set by their respective franchises and filmmakers. This includes Minions & Monsters, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Disney’s live-action Moana remake, and Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey.
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