Toy Story 4 eyes $200m opening weekend

Toy Story 4 is set to break movie theatre box office records for an animated feature – Pixar’s latest offering has already broken advance ticket sales records in the United States


Analysts predict Toy Story 4 will beat record set by Incredibles 2 by around 10%

Opens: June 21

Buzz Lightyear: Space Ranger superhero toy and co-lead with Woody. Voiced by Tim Allen


DAILY CUMULATIVE DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE

600		Incredibles 2: $608.58m
400		Toy Story 3: $415.00m
200		Toy Story 2: $245.85m
0		Toy Story: $191.80m
	0 days on release 40 60 80 100

Incredibles 2
$182.69m opening weekend


SERIOUS BUSINESS OF ANIMATION
Pixar’s lifetime gross earnings from box office takings (global historical data, unless otherwise stated)

Box office takings 	Adjusted box office takings * 	Domestic opening weekend 	Production budget

Release timeline	$0 million 	500 	1,000 	1,500
Toy Story		1995	373.55
A Bug’s Life		1998	363.26
Toy Story 2		1999	497.37
Monsters, Inc.		2001	577.43
Finding Nemo		2003	940.34
The Incredibles		2004	633.02
Cars			2006	462.22
Ratatouille		2007	620.71
WALL-E			2008	533.28
Up			2009	735.10
Toy Story 3		2010	1,066.97
Cars 2			2011	562.11
Brave			2012	540.44
Monsters University	2013	744.23
Inside Out		2015	857.61
The Good Dinosaur	2015	332.21
Finding Dory		2016	1,028.57
Cars 3			2017	383.93
Coco			2017	807.08
Incredibles 2		2018	1,242.81

Total production budgets: $2.94bn 	Total global box office: $13.30bn ($16.01bn *)

*Figures adjusted for inflation use latest U.S. government CPI data (published May 10, 2019) to adjust for inflation and calculate cumulative inflation rate to April


Sheriff Woody Pride: Floppy pullstring cowboy doll and leader of toys. Voiced by Tom Hanks


1995, Toy Story: First entirely computer-animated feature-length movie

1999, Toy Story 2: Intended to be direct-to-video sequel, but upgraded to cinema release

2010, Toy Story 3: First in franchise released in 3D, and with Dolby Surround 7.1 Sound


Sources: The Numbers, Box Office Mojo, IMDb, Deadline, Variety, Disney, usinflationcalculator.com
Pictures: ©Disney/Pixar
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