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Conan O’Brien, Scarlett Spears, Greta Lee, Shelby Rabara, Mykal-Michelle Harris, and Craig Robinson. Set two years after the fourth film, it follows Jessie as she, Woody, Buzz Lightyear and the other toys deal with the presence of Lilypad, a tablet and the new favorite plaything of Bonnie.

While Hanks referred to Toy Story 4 as the final film in the franchise in 2019, the possibility of a fifth film had not been ruled out. Development was confirmed in February 2023, with Hanks and Allen returning. Stanton was confirmed as the director in June 2024 in addition to returning as a writer. It is the first mainline Toy Story film with no involvement from the co-creator, John Lasseter, following his departure from Pixar in 2018. The franchise’s composer, Randy Newman, returned to score the film, marking his tenth collaboration with Pixar, while Taylor Swift contributed the single “I Knew It, I Knew You” to the soundtrack. With a budget of $250 million, Toy Story 5 is one of the most expensive animated films ever made and one of the most expensive films of all time.

Toy Story 5 had its world premiere in Los Angeles on June 9, 2026, and was theatrically released in the United States on June 19. It has grossed over $962 million worldwide, breaking several box office records and becoming Pixar’s biggest worldwide opening weekend on record. It is the third-highest-grossing film of 2026. Like its predecessors, it received positive reviews from critics, who praised its visuals, performances, humor and themes, although some criticized its script.

Plot

A cargo ship filled with a unit of hi-tech edition Buzz Lightyear toys crash-lands on a deserted island. Stuck in demo mode, the shipwrecked Buzzes escape the island and follow the North Star to return to “Star Command”.

Eight-year-old Bonnie receives a frog-themed tablet named Lilypad “Lily” from her parents in hopes of helping her socialize with children her own age. Bonnie soon becomes addicted to Lily and begins to neglect her toys. Jessie, as Bonnie’s favorite and the new leader of her toys, explains to Lily about Bonnie’s need for a real friend, which Lily attempts to solve by sending a friend request to Chelsea, one of Bonnie’s classmates, on social media.

Fearful of losing Bonnie’s affection, Jessie contacts Woody via a walkie-talkie for advice. Woody, who has left to help Bo Peep find homes for abandoned toys, decides to return to Bonnie, believing that Jessie needs help. When Chelsea invites Bonnie over for a sleepover, Jessie and Bullseye stow away in her suitcase while Bonnie takes Lily with her. Though she is initially happy to have them, Bonnie has her father take Jessie and Bullseye home after Chelsea, alongside her friends Heidi and Kara, question Bonnie for still playing with toys. Jessie and Bullseye escape but are found by an elderly couple. Seeing an old address written under Jessie’s chaps, the couple takes the two back to the farmhouse of her original owner, Emily.

There, Jessie ends up in the shed of forgotten toys, including a potty-training device toy named Smarty Pants. As they enter the house searching for Bullseye, Jessie meets GPS receiver Atlas and camera Snappy. They inform her that a new family, the Manoukians—consisting of a young girl named Blaze and her parents—now inhabit the farmhouse. After experiencing a joyful playtime with an imaginative Blaze, Jessie decides to have her meet Bonnie and help them become friends.

Woody reunites with Bonnie’s toys, and they confront Lily about Jessie’s whereabouts. Believing the toys are hindering Bonnie’s social life, Lily tricks Bonnie’s father into putting them in storage while Woody and Buzz escape. At the farmhouse, Jessie works with the device toys to send a picture of herself to Bonnie in Blaze’s name. Discovering that Lily’s weakness is her speech recognition function, Woody and Buzz call out her name and force her to show the picture to Bonnie so that she can retrieve Jessie. They secretly hitch a ride as Bonnie and her mother go to the Manoukians’. Upon arriving, however, Bonnie rejects Blaze’s offer to return Jessie and Bullseye after reading messages in a group chat, where Chelsea, Heidi, and Kara ridiculed her for playing with toys.

Demoralized, Jessie sulks off to a tree where Emily used to play with her. She discovers a buried lunchbox filled with late-20th-century objects alongside photos of an adult Emily and her daughter, who is named after Jessie. Realizing she still had an impact on Emily’s life over the years, Jessie regains her faith in Bonnie. Meanwhile, Woody and Buzz encounter the Buzz units, who happened to have landed nearby, and help them understand their true purpose as toys. With their help, along with the device toys, Jessie tracks down Lily, who boarded a donation truck out of guilt for hurting Bonnie. Jessie and the others catch up with the truck and convince Lily to help Bonnie befriend Blaze. Buzz professes his love for Jessie and they share a kiss.

The toys and devices arrange a new meeting between Bonnie and Blaze. After some hesitation, they bond over their love of toys. They play together and pretend to marry Jessie and Buzz, with Woody happily watching before he departs with Bo. Each of the Buzz units are later taken in by various children at a school playground.

Voice cast

Also reprising their roles from the previous Toy Story films are Annie Potts as Bo Peep, Keanu Reeves as Duke Caboom, Bonnie Hunt as Dolly, Kristen Schaal as Trixie, Tony Hale as Forky, Wallace Shawn as Rex, Lori Alan as Mrs. Anderson, Jay Hernandez as Mr. Anderson, Blake Clark as Slinky Dog, John Ratzenberger as Hamm, and Melissa Villaseñor as Karen Beverly. Director Andrew Stanton briefly reprises his role as Emperor Zurg from the second film in an uncredited cameo appearance.

Among returning characters voiced by new actors, Jeff Bergman and Anna Vocino respectively replace Don Rickles and Estelle Harris, who died in 2017 and 2022, as Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head; John Hopkins replaces Timothy Dalton from the last two films and Robin Atkin Downes from Forky Asks a Question as Mr. Pricklepants; and Ernie Hudson replaces Carl Weathers, who died in 2024, as Combat Carl.

Additionally, Jerome Ranft, Tyla, and Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio respectively voice a Garden Gnome, Inflatable Flamingo, and Pizza with Sunglasses seen amongst Blaze’s abandoned toys;[15] Capital Breakfast presenters Jordan North and Siân Welby respectively voice the Garden Gnome and Inflatable Flamingo in the UK version,[16] while Australian DJ Fisher voices the Gnome in the Australian and New Zealand version.[17]

Production

Background

In May 2019, producer Mark Nielsen said Pixar was returning its focus to making original films instead of sequels after Toy Story 4 for a while.[18] 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. He said Tim Allen, the voice of Buzz Lightyear, had “warned him about the emotional final goodbye between their characters Woody and Buzz Lightyear in Toy Story 4.”[19] However, Nielsen did not rule out the possibility of a fifth main film and said later that month, “Every film we make, we treat it like it’s the first and the last film we’re ever going to make, so you force yourself to make it hold up. You don’t get in over your skis. Whether there’s another one? I don’t know. If there is, it’s tomorrow’s problem.”[20]

In February 2023, Disney CEO Bob Iger confirmed that a fifth main Toy Story film was in active development.[21] It would be the first in the series without any involvement from co-creator John Lasseter, who left Pixar during the development of Toy Story 4 in late 2018.[22][23][24] In June 2023, Pixar’s chief creative officer Pete Docter confirmed Woody’s return.[25] The following year, Docter named Andrew Stanton, who co-wrote the first four films, to be the director of Toy Story 5, and Kenna Harris as the co-director.[26][27][28] At the D23 event in August 2024, Docter announced Stanton’s writing contributions in addition to his directorial effort.[29]

Animation

The film’s playtime sequences are presented in a stylized pastel art style to reflect that of Bonnie’s imagination.

Visual effects supervisor Thomas Jordan said filmmakers did not use artificial intelligence during production. “We’re learning about it, and we have done experiments with it, but so far nothing lives up to the standards or expectations that we have for the quality of our films,” Jordan explained.[30]

Pixar used a new version of its rendering software, RenderMan XPU, for the first time on a feature film. XPU, a new renderer that can use both CPUs and GPUs concurrently, enabled artists to see “nine times faster speeds for interactive, full-frame rendering”.[31] The Luna extension for Presto, Pixar’s core 3D animation system, was first used in Pixar’s previous film, Hoppers, and expanded for Toy Story 5. Luna allowed lighting artists to work across multiple shots at once. For instance, if the position of the sun was moved in one shot, the effect was immediately replicated across a grid of shots.[31]

Daffodil, a horse character, took more than a year to build, rig and simulate.[31] Pixar brought a real horse to its campus for animators to study and developed a new animation technology they called “invertible rigging”.[30][31] Pixar CTO Steve May explained, “The idea is that you can do direct manipulation, inverse and forward kinematics, with every control in the character. You can bend a finger or pull it, move the hand, then pull the elbow and shoulder with it, solve the way feet make contact with the ground and make the ankles roll. Riggers no longer need to build unique controls for special manipulation.”[31]

The playtime sequences — a longtime staple of the franchise — are portrayed in a painterly art style to reflect Bonnie’s imagination within the film’s story rather than the franchise’s stylized photorealistic look.[32] Pixar effects technical director Ravindra Dwivedi explained in an interview with IGN India that this was a creative choice by the team: “This time, we had never seen Bonnie’s playtime, so it was really an opportunity to have fun with it.”[33]

Another breakthrough was the curly hair of a new character, Blaze. While previous Pixar characters had long and loose curls, Blaze’s tight curls required more detail and complexity.[30] Jordan said the system developed for Blaze’s hair enabled greater diversity in future Pixar films. Co-director Kenna Harris said animators relied on Black colleagues’ opinions to ensure Blaze’s hair looked and behaved authentically in different scenes.[34] By June 2026, Variety reported that Toy Story 5 had a $250 million production budget.[2]

Casting and recording

Greta Lee joined the cast as Lilypad.

Shortly after the Toy Story 5‘s announcement in February 2023, Allen confirmed he was returning to voice Buzz Lightyear.[6] In September, Tom Hanks’ brother Jim Hanks confirmed his brother’s return as the voice of Woody.[5] Allen revealed in mid-December 2024 that he had begun recording his dialogue and said that the story was “really good”.[35] In January 2025, it was reported that Anna Faris was cast in an undisclosed role.[36] In April, Ernie Hudson was announced to be voicing Combat Carl, taking over the role from the late Carl Weathers.[37] Later that month, Hanks revealed that he had begun recording his lines.[38] In May, Conan O’Brien joined the cast as a new character named Smarty Pants,[39] with Joan Cusack returning to voice Jessie.[10] She was verified the following month.[9] In August, Tony Hale confirmed his return as Forky from Toy Story 4, having recorded dialogue in July.[40] Later that month, it was reported Faris was voicing Lilypad.[41] However, it was revealed on November 11, 2025, that Lilypad was instead being voiced by Greta Lee.[11] Faris later denied her involvement.[42] On November 21, 2025, Allen finished recording his lines.[43]

Themes

Toy Story 5 deals with children increasingly eschewing traditional toys in favor of touchscreen devices like tablets.[44] Jessie admits that she is “losing Bonnie to this device”.[45] Stanton explained that Toy Story 5 is a “realisation of an existential problem: that nobody’s really playing with toys any more” and asks what increasing screen time means for children.[46] The toys must confront what it means to stay relevant when technology reshapes playtime.[47]

Music

Randy Newman returned to score Toy Story 5, having previously composed the first four films.[48] On June 1, 2026, Taylor Swift announced that she had contributed an original song, “I Knew It, I Knew You“.[49][50][51] 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.[51][52][53] Swift wrote, produced, and presented the song to Disney CEO Bob Iger and Walt Disney Music president Tom MacDougall hours after attending an advance screening.[54]

Release

Toy Story 5 had its world premiere at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on June 9, 2026,[55] and was theatrically released in the United States by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures on June 19, in 4,425 theaters.[4][56] It is the first mainline film in the Toy Story franchise to be rated PG by the Motion Picture Association for “some thematic elements and rude humor”, and is also the franchise’s second film to be rated as such, following Lightyear (2022).[57]

Marketing

The film’s opening scene was previewed at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival on June 13, 2025, and at Destination D23 on August 30, 2025,[9] where Pete Docter described the log line as “Toy meets Tech”.[58][59][41] The teaser trailer was released in November 2025 and amassed 142 million views within 24 hours.[60] The film had a red-carpet launch event at the Odeon Luxe Leicester Square in London on May 28, 2026.[61][62][63]

In June 2026, Porsche unveiled three custom 911 cars themed after Woody, Buzz Lightyear, and Jessie. Each car will be placed on auction, with the proceeds going to the Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, the American Red Cross, and Starlight Children’s Foundation.[64][65]

Reception

Box office

As of July 20, 2026, Toy Story 5 has grossed $435 million in the United States and Canada, and $528 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $962 million.[3][66][67]

In the United States and Canada, Toy Story 5 was projected to gross $140 million across 4,425 theaters – out of a global opening projection of $275 million – during its opening weekend, which would mark a record for the franchise.[68] Toy Story 5 made $71 million on its first day, including $17.5 million in Thursday previews.[69] It went on to earn $159.7 million in the United States and Canada and $150.5 million from other territories during its opening weekend, adding up to a total of $310.2 million globally. This global weekend debut became both the highest in the franchise’s and Pixar’s history. It surpassed Toy Story 4 and Inside Out 2 (2024), which made $244.5 million and $294.2 million globally during their opening weekends, respectively.[70] 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).[69] In its second weekend, it grossed $70 million (a drop of 56%) to finish first, beating new release Supergirl.[71] Its third weekend saw it drop another 56%, grossing $31 million, to finish second behind Minions & Monsters,[72] and 39% in its fourth to gross $18.5 million.[73]

Critical response

Toy Story 5 received positive reviews from critics, with praise for its visuals, voice performances, humor and themes, while criticism was directed at its script.[74] On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, Toy Story 5 has an approval rating of 92% based on 314 reviews, with an average rating of 7.8/10. The site’s critical consensus reads, “Proving that old toys can learn new tricks while reckoning with an era of endless screen time, Toy Story 5 largely sidesteps franchise fatigue by reaffirming that children everywhere still got a friend in these lovable characters.”[75] Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating to reviews, gave it a score of 73 out of 100 based on 54 critics, indicating “generally favorable reviews”.[76] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave it an average grade of “A” on an A+ to F scale, the same grade as most of its predecessors.[77]

David Ehrlich of IndieWire gave Toy Story 5 B+, but wrote it was “often scattered to a degree that leaves even its central plot somewhat undercooked” and “adding another 30 or so characters to it in one fell swoop.”[78] Owen Gleiberman of Variety compared the five-film Toy Story saga to the catalog of the Beatles, arguing that the films worked together as a unified masterpiece. He described Toy Story 5 as the equivalent of the band’s later-career triumph, praising it as a “sublime summing up” of everything the series has explored.[79] Odie Henderson of The Boston Globe wrote that Toy Story 5 “wrings new life out of its lore by making this installment Jessie’s journey”, but did not follow through on its “initial thesis that technology has turned humankind into a bunch of cruel, narcissistic zombies who can’t imagine life without a screen to stare at all day.”[80] Clint Gage of IGN wrote that Woody was not needed, but it “managed to pull off an adventurous and resonant conclusion”.[81] Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian gave Toy Story 5 two out of five. He wrote the franchise “needs new batteries … It is played out and IP exhaustion has set in.”[82]

Accolades

Accolades received by Toy Story 5
Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Nominated [83]
Best Screenplay Andrew Stanton and Kenna Harris Nominated
Digital Spy Reader Awards December 28, 2025 Most Anticipated Movie of 2026 Toy Story 5 Runner-up [84]
Golden Trailer Awards May 28, 2026 Best Teaser “Unpacking” (Walt Disney Studios and MOCEAN) Nominated [85]

Future

At the premiere in June 2026, Stanton stated that Toy Story 3 (2010) was the “end of the Andy years”, adding that they have “got another trilogy with Bonnie“.[86][87]

Notes

  1. ↑ Choi is given a “producer” credit in the end crawl for the film, before the Cast credits. Lindsey Collins retains sole “produced by” credit in the film marketing material.
  2. ↑ Distributed under the Walt Disney Pictures banner

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