‘Toy Story 5’ Dominates Box Office, Outgrosses ‘Supergirl’ by 3x in the U.S.
Pixar has had a genuinely triumphant summer, and ‘Toy Story 5‘ sits right at the center of it. The animated sequel launched with the biggest domestic opening of the year, and more than a week later, it still shows no signs of slowing its march through theaters.
Andrew Stanton directed the film, co-writing the story with Kenna Harris, bringing back Tom Hanks as Woody and Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear alongside Joan Cusack’s returning Jessie. The film introduces Lilypad, a tablet that threatens to become Bonnie’s new favorite plaything, giving the franchise its central conflict between old-fashioned toys and modern technology.
That premise is clearly connected with audiences immediately. ‘Toy Story 5’ opened to a franchise best 160 million dollars domestically, easily the biggest launch of 2026 so far, while pulling in another 152 million dollars internationally for a massive 312 million dollar worldwide debut.
The film has continued holding strong ever since, even as competition has heated up around it. In its second weekend, ‘Toy Story 5’ dropped a standard 56 percent yet still topped the box office with 70 million dollars domestically, pushing its North American total past 297 million dollars and its worldwide haul to 585 million dollars in less than two weeks of release.
Warner Bros. tried to make a dent with the DC Studios release ‘Supergirl‘ that same weekend, but the superhero spinoff never had a real shot at unseating Pixar’s toys. ‘Supergirl’ opened to a disappointing 38 million dollars domestically and 68 million dollars worldwide, a soft launch for a film that reportedly cost 170 million dollars to make before marketing.
Audience reaction data has made the gap between the two films even clearer. ‘Toy Story 5’ earned an A grade on CinemaScore alongside strong Rotten Tomatoes marks in the low nineties, while ‘Supergirl’ settled for a B minus from CinemaScore and a much more divided 56 percent critics score, missing the mark with younger audiences in particular.
Industry trackers now expect ‘Toy Story 5’ to keep climbing well past the 500 million dollar mark domestically before its run winds down, which would make it comfortably the highest grossing entry in the 31 year old franchise before adjusting for inflation. That kind of trajectory puts it on pace to challenge the billion dollar milestones set by both ‘Toy Story 3’ and ‘Toy Story 4’ worldwide.
The film’s momentum has also helped push Disney past 3 billion dollars at the global box office this year, becoming the first studio to reach that milestone in 2026, a testament to just how much weight ‘Toy Story 5’ has been carrying alongside the studio’s other releases.
There is still plenty of competition on the horizon that could test that momentum. Illumination’s ‘Minions & Monsters’ arrives over the July 4th holiday looking to grab a share of family audiences, while Sony and Marvel’s ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ looms later in the month as one of the summer’s biggest remaining tentpoles.
For now though, ‘Toy Story 5’ remains the clear story of the summer, holding off a major superhero release without breaking much of a sweat. Given how strong its midweek numbers have stayed even outside of prime weekend crowds, there is little reason to think Woody and the gang are ready to give up the top spot anytime soon.
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