Toy Story 5 smashes the US box office and achieves the best start of the year

A first weekend of 160 million dollars in the United States, the latest Pixar marks the biggest launch of 2026 and confirms the incredible domination of Disney sequels at the box office. Behind, Disclosure Day by Steven Spielberg falls off heavily.

In line with Vice-Versa 2 ($1.6 billion in global revenue) and Zootopia 2 (1.8 billion), Disney proves once again that its sequels remain the true queens of the box office.

With $160 million collected in 4,425 North American theaters, Toy Story 5 quite simply marks the best start of the year, ahead of Super Mario Galaxy and its 131.7 million. It is also the biggest launch of the entire Pixar toy saga, ahead of 120 million Toy Story 4 in 2019, and the second best start in history for an animated film, behind only The Incredibles 2 (182.7 million).

Internationally, Woody, Buzz and Friends add another $152 million, for an impressive global launch that totals $312 million after just one weekend! Enough to already partially make a budget estimated at 250 million dollars, excluding marketing. Toy Story 5 is well on its way to becoming the biggest success of the franchise, for the moment held by Toy Story 4 and its 1.073 billion dollars.

The party, however, is much more complicated for Disclosure Day. Steven Spielberg’s new film only took in $17 million in its second weekend, a 62% drop after its opening. A decline far from catastrophic, but which seems to confirm that the film is struggling to appeal beyond its core target: an older audience, nourished by the filmmaker’s classics. After two weeks, the sci-fi thriller totaled $78 million in the United States and $160 million worldwide. A score still insufficient for a feature film which would need around 300 million dollars to become profitable.

Meanwhile, horror films continue to do wonders. In the sixth week, Obsession adds another $14.2 million, down just 25%. The Curry Barker phenomenon now boasts $333 million in worldwide revenue for a tiny budget of around a million…

Same observation for Backroomswhich took in another $7.3 million in its fourth weekend. Kane Parsons’ film has now reached $300 million worldwide and confirms to be, by far, the biggest success in the history of the A24 studio.

Fifth in the ranking, Scary Movie 6 also continues to fill the coffers with 201.9 million dollars in worldwide revenue for a budget of only 30 million.

The situation is more complicated for They called him Robin Hood. The retelling of the famous outlaw imagined by Michael Sarnoski only collected $2.6 million in 1,762 American theaters. A very timid start for Hugh Jackman which, combined with mixed reviews and rather cold word of mouth, could quickly compromise the film’s career in theaters.

As for The Mandalorian & Groguthe spin-off of Star Wars reached 320 million dollars worldwide this evening, an honorable score but not really enough to reassure the health of the franchise at the cinema.