Disney and Pixar are framing Toy Story 5 as a generational phenomenon — the fifth installment matching Inside Out 2's post-pandemic domestic speed is no accident. It's validation that audiences still trust Woody, Buzz, and the gang to deliver. The $159.6M opening wasn't just the best year-to-date debut of 2026; it was the second-best domestic animated opening ever behind Incredibles 2's $182M+ haul. That's a franchise playing in rarefied air.
Insiders are watching that second-weekend projection closely. The -40% to -45% drop anticipated for weekend two ($88M-$96M) is steep, and there's quiet anxiety about whether Supergirl — opening at roughly the same time with a 61% fresh Rotten Tomatoes score — will eat into Toy Story 5's family audience. One rival studio exec reportedly called it 'a crowded runway.' Pixar needs legs on this one.
Toy Story 5 earned $23.7 million on Tuesday, June 24, 2026 — the single best Tuesday of the year and a +37% jump over its Monday take of $17.3M. The film crossed the $200M domestic threshold in just five days of release, matching the same pace as Inside Out 2 (which went on to final at $652.9M domestic) and Disney's Moana 2.
The question isn't whether Toy Story 5 is a hit — it's whether it can hold the fort against Supergirl's DC launch. Pixar's got momentum, but Warner Bros. is coming in hot.
Toy Story 5 has officially crossed the $200 million domestic threshold in just five days of release, and Deadline reports that Disney/Pixar's latest sequel posted the best Tuesday of 2026 with a staggering $23.7 million take on June 24th. That's not a slow climb — that's a rocket. The number represents a +37% jump over the film's Monday performance of $17.3M, which itself was the strongest Monday of the entire year.
In short: Toy Story 5 is not letting up. The milestone puts Pixar's fifth installment on an almost identical trajectory to Inside Out 2 in terms of domestic speed — a significant data point given that Inside Out 2 ultimately closed at $652.9 million domestically, one of the highest-grossing animated runs in history. Toy Story 5 opened at $159.6 million, making it not only the best year-to-date opening of 2026 but also the second-best domestic debut for an animated film ever, trailing only Incredibles 2's $182 million-plus launch back in 2018.
For a franchise that's been running since 1995, that's remarkable staying power. Among all Tuesdays historically, Toy Story 5 ranks fourth — sitting behind Inside Out 2 ($28.8M on June 18, 2024), Incredibles 2 ($27M on June 19, 2018), and Jurassic World ($24.3M on June 16, 2015). For Pixar specifically, it marks the third-best Tuesday performance in the studio's catalog, underscoring just how dominant this franchise remains across multiple decades of audience loyalty.
But the road ahead isn't entirely clear sailing. Analysts are projecting Toy Story 5 to drop roughly -40% to -45% in its second weekend, which would translate to somewhere between $88 million and $96 million — still massive by any measure, but a notable dip. The timing is tricky: Warner Bros./DC's Supergirl is opening the same window with a 61% fresh Rotten Tomatoes score and early projections in the high $40Ms to potentially $50M.
That's not an insignificant competitive force, especially given that DC's June 2023 release The Flash — which also earned a 63% fresh rating — opened to just $55 million. Industry eyes are on whether Supergirl can outperform those expectations or whether Toy Story 5's family audience is durable enough to hold the top spot through the clash.
