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EXCLUSIVE: We’re proceeding from container agency sources that Disney/Pixar‘s Toy Story 5 is successful play for a franchise grounds coming erstwhile it comes to previews, astir $13M-$14M, possibly more. Anything higher than $12M is simply a grounds preview nighttime for nan franchise. That’s what Toy Story 4 posted backmost successful 2019 disconnected previews that statesman successful prime theaters astatine 5PM followed by a 6PM wide break.
If that $13M-$14M+ fig holds, that would rep nan champion previews 2026 has seen truthful far, higher than Lionsgate’s Michael ($12.6M), Amazon MGM Studios’ Project Hail Mary ($12M) and Disney/Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: Mandalorian and Grogu ($12M). A reminder that Illumination/Universal didn’t clasp previews for Super Mario Galaxy Movie, which presently owns nan champion 3-day opening astatine nan home container agency YTD pinch $131.7M.
All bully vibes for Toy Story 5 heading into nan play pinch a 94% certified caller captious score. No assemblage people yet. We heard heading into nan play that nan Andrew Stanton directed fifthquel had $25M successful beforehand summons sales, up of Super Mario Galaxy Movie. Domestic outlook is $140M+ astatine 4,425 locations pinch much than capable artillery life from PLF and Imax screens. Global forecast is $275M, $135M expected from an 87% footprint overseas including China.
Biggest previews ever for a Pixar movie successful U.S./Canada belongs to 2018’s Incredibles 2 ($18.5M), which besides owns nan play grounds for nan Emeryville, CA workplace ($182.6M).
2010’s Toy Story 3 posted previews of $4M, backmost erstwhile showtimes began astatine midnight.
We’ll person much updates successful nan AM.
