New Disney Layoffs Hit Pixar
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Pixar has lost over 100 employees during Disney's latest round of layoffs. This news comes as Toy Story 5 nears $1 billion at the box office.
That movie was not the runaway hit that Disney may have hoped for, but the company had another at-bat this weekend, and with the summer solstice, Disney got a real hit. Toy Story 5 opened with not just what Disney is calling the best opening of the weekend but of all of 2026 so far.
"Toy Story 5" grossed an estimated $160 million domestically and $152 million internationally after debuting in theaters on Friday.
Apparently the call wasn’t out there at all for “Moana,” which brought in just $52 million in its international box office debut. Disney’s latest live-action remake struggled to make waves with $43 million domestically and $95 million worldwide,
SUNDAY AM: With a $312M global weekend opening, Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story 5 is the second best for a Pixar movie (sans China) behind 2024’s Inside Out 2 which debuted to $384M. Did the World Cup kick the foreign B.O. in the head? We used to write about ...
"Toy Story 5" scored the biggest opening weekend of 2026 with $159.6 million in domestic ticket sales June 19-21, but will that affect Disney’s streaming plans for Pixar release?
Kids these days might prefer tech to toys, but Woody, Buzz Lightyear and Jessie still got it. “Toy Story 5” ruled over the box office with $160 million from 4,425 North America theaters, landing on the higher end of expectations while securing the biggest domestic debut of the year over Universal’s “Super Mario Galaxy Movie”
The powerhouse Pixar sequel eyes the billion-dollar club after dominating the worldwide box office for three consecutive weekends.
