Toy Story 5 breaks franchise record with $300m global opening weekend

Three decades after a plastic cowboy and a space ranger first came to life on screen, Toy Story 5 has opened to the largest debut in the franchise's history, drawing more than $300 million in global ticket sales over a single weekend. The result is more than a commercial milestone — it is a quiet referendum on whether the communal ritual of cinema can endure in an age of infinite home entertainment. For Disney and Pixar, two studios that have spent years questioning their own theatrical futures, the answer arrives with unusual clarity: the right story, carried by characters audiences have grow