Toy Story 5

Toy Story 5, opening June 19, 2026, is Pixar's most thematically urgent film in years. Directed by Andrew Stanton — the same filmmaker behind Finding Nemo, WALL-E, and Toy Story 2 — and co-directed by Kenna Harris, the film confronts the existential crisis at the heart of contemporary childhood: what happens to toys in a world where children increasingly prefer screens? Bonnie, now around eight years old, has become obsessed with Lilypad, a frog-shaped smart tablet voiced by Greta Lee. Jessie, now the de facto leader of Bonnie's room with Buzz as her second-in-command, watches in alarm as the toys lose relevance one by one. The film reunites virtually the entire original voice cast: Tom Hanks as Woody (in what he has described as a cameo rather than a lead role, given the narrative shift), Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear, Joan Cusack as Jessie, Annie Potts as Bo Peep, and Tony Hale as Forky. New additions include Conan O'Brien, Craig Robinson, Bad Bunny, Ernie Hudson, and Alan Cumming. The runtime is a brisk 1 hour 42 minutes — tight by Pixar standards, which suggests Stanton has avoided the franchise bloat that weakened Toy Story 4. Box office tracking has the film at $130 to $160 million for its domestic opening weekend, with the midpoint projection of $150 million representing a new franchise record, topping Toy Story 4's $120.9 million opening in 2019. The film is budgeted at over $200 million. If the tracking holds, Toy Story 5 will be the biggest opening weekend of 2026 to date when it launches, surpassing the Super Mario Galaxy Movie's $131.7 million debut. For families, this is the summer's essential theatrical event.