Toy Story 5 (2026): trivia & fun facts

Fun facts

• By June 2026, Variety reported that Toy Story 5 had a $250 million production budget.
• In May, Conan O'Brien joined the cast as a new character named Smarty Pants, with Joan Cusack returning to voice Jessie.
• The opening scene was previewed at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival on June 13, 2025, and at Destination D23 on August 30, 2025, where Pete Docter described the log line as "Toy meets Tech".
• On the May 22, 2019 episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Tom Hanks, the voice of Woody, stated that the fourth main film was the final film in the series.
• In June 2023, Pixar's chief creative officer Pete Docter confirmed Woody's return.
• Director Andrew Stanton briefly reprises his role as Emperor Zurg from the second film in a cameo appearance despite being listed under the "additional voices".
• Randy Newman returned to score Toy Story 5, having previously composed the first four films.
• Written and produced by Swift and Jack Antonoff, the single was released on June 5, 2026, and topped the US Billboard Hot 100, marking Disney's third and Pixar's first song to do so, and Swift's 15th.
• With a budget of $250 million, Toy Story 5 is one of the most expensive animated films and one of the most expensive films of all time.
• The teaser trailer was released in November 2025 and amassed 142 million views within 24 hours.
• Additionally, it beat The Super Mario Galaxy Movie to have the year's biggest opening weekend and achieved the third-highest June opening weekend, only behind Jurassic World (2015) and Incredibles 2 (2018).
• Toy Story 5 had its world premiere at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on June 9, 2026, and was theatrically released in the United States by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures on June 19, in 4,425 theaters.
• In the United States and Canada, Toy Story 5 made $71 million on its first day, including $17.5 million in Thursday previews.
• In its second weekend, it grossed $70 million (a drop of 56%) to finish first, beating new release Supergirl.
• It was the tenth Pixar film scored by Randy Newman, while Taylor Swift contributed the single "I Knew It, I Knew You".

Source: Wikipedia

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