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how much has the toy story franchise made

by Trisha Lockman Published 1 year ago Updated 1 year ago
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How much did Toy Story 4 make?

Toy Story 4 is earning the best opening in the franchise with an estimated $118.0 million weekend. This is third-highest opening for an animated film, so there is reason to celebrate.

When will the Toy Story 4 release?

Home Market Releases for October 8th, 2019. October 10th, 2019. It’s another week with a monster hit and nearly nothing else. Fortunately, that monster hit is Toy Story 4, which is easily the Pick of the Week and would be during all but the best weeks of the year.

What is the Toy Story that Time Forgot?

Toy Story that Time Forgot is the latest Disney TV special to hit the home market. It is based on the Toy Story franchise and hit TVs last December. Is is worth checking out if you haven't seen it before? Is it worth picking up? More...

Why are sales figures more accurate?

Because sales figures are estimated based on sampling, they will be more accurate for higher-selling titles.

Was Toy Story 3 a send off?

Toy Story 3 gave the franchise such a perfect send off that when Toy Story 4 was first announced it was met with a lot of trepidation. Most assumed it would be impossible to live up to its predecessor and many were worried it would fail at that task so much that it would retroactively make the franchise worse. Was it able to do the impossible? If not, was it at least able to avoid being a disaster? More...

Is Toy Story of Terror on DVD?

Toy Story of Terror was a TV special that aired last year around Halloween. They are releasing it on DVD and Blu-ray in late summer, because if they waited till Halloween, they would have to deal with a flood of Christmas releases. Since it is just a 30-minute TV special, it runs just 21 minutes without commercials, so even if the short is worth watching, there needs to be solid extras to make it worth picking up. Is that the case? More...

How much money did Toy Story 4 make?

Internationally, “Toy Story 4” earned $120 million including $23.4 million from Mexico, $15 million from the U.K and $13.4 million from China.

What was the fourth biggest movie opening in the US?

Disney’s “Aladdin” had the fourth-biggest opening in the U.S. with a $91.5 million debut. The next highest opening was Universal’s horror film “Us,” which brought in $71.1 million in its first weekend.

How much did Toy Story make?

The film was able to take home over $363 million while it was in theaters, effectively shifting the world of animation forever.

How long did it take for Toy Story to come out?

Despite the franchise being a proven commodity, Disney and Pixar would set their sights on other films over the years. It would take 11 years for another Toy Story film to come out, and Tom Hanks was more than ready to get his money.

How much did Hanks make for Woody in Toy Story 3?

According to Cheat Sheet, Hanks was able to pull down $15 million for reprising Woody in Toy Story 3. This wound up being peanuts, as the film crossed the $1 billion mark, according to Box Office Mojo.

How much did Tom Hanks make for Woody?

Cheat Sheet reports that Tom Hanks made $50,000 for his first rodeo as Woody. This was back during the 90s, and low and behold, Disney was in the midst of its renaissance and was cranking out one monster hit after the next.

Did Disney partner with Pixar?

Disney’s partnering with Pixar back in the 90s unknowingly ushered in a completely new era of animated films, as Toy Story was unlike anything else at the time. However, the studio kept things small when it came to paying its voice talents.

Did Hanks play Woody in Toy Story?

Hanks has been a mainstay with Disney and Pixar since the 90s, voicing Woody in all 4 Toy Story films. At this point, it seems like the franchise has all but wrapped up, meaning that we may never hear Hanks perform as the cowboy again. It was all worth it for the actor, given that he made a mint with Disney.

What are the questions about the Toy Story series?

One of the biggest questions the "Toy Story" series brings up is who the movies are actually made for. While their bright, shiny animation, toy characters, and G ratings make them kids' movies in the eyes of the general public, the filmmakers include deeper themes in each film that only older viewers truly understand. From the inevitably of change to the desire to stay relevant or the challenge of letting go and moving on, the "Toy Story" films can get downright existential. Kids may understand the changes that come with growing up on a general level, but most are in a hurry to get there. On the other hand, many adults look back on their pasts with wistful nostalgia, something that's key to Woody's story across all four films.

What is the cause of death in Toy Story?

The issue of toys dying — or being murdered — is brought up quite a bit in the "Toy Story" franchise, but what would actually cause a toy to die is unclear. Throughout the four movies, the only time the toys face such catastrophic bodily harm that death is clearly imminent is during "Toy Story 3" when they get trapped in a trash incinerator and almost fall into the fire. Other injuries seem to have much less of an impact on them, even though the toys often seem horrified by the possibility of physical harm.

Why don't Buzz Lightyear toys know they're toys?

Most toys seem to know they're toys right out of the box. Somehow they understand their role in a child's life and the rules around pretending to be inanimate. Although they sometimes take on traits of the kinds of toys they are — for example, each Barbie seems to have a special devotion to her particular vocation and Rex, the timid T-Rex, still aspires to be ferocious — they ultimately know they're vehicles for a child's imagination.

Why did Woody enlist Sid's toys?

So audiences were on Woody's side when, after he and Buzz fell into Sid's clutches, Woody enlisted Sid's toys to scare him into treating them better. Woody had Sid's toys reveal they're alive and surround Sid as Woody told him to "play nice." Needless to say, Sid was terrified and probably scarred for life by the incident. However, while Woody may have gotten Sid to treat his toys better, many ignore the fact that Sid didn't really deserve what he got. After all, Sid didn't know toys were alive, so from his perspective, he wasn't hurting anyone with his rough play. If anything, he was expressing his creativity by designing new toys out of the ones he already had. Sid may not have been kind to his toys — and his parents' lack of supervision seems like a problem — but given what he knew about toys based on the rules the toys themselves followed, Sid wasn't nearly as bad as he seemed.

Is Toy Story a kid movie?

That's why it 's no surprise that it's often adults, not kids, that are reduced to tears by the movies in the series. So while "Toy Story" and its sequels may be considered kids' films, anyone who's seen one as an adult knows they're much more. Kids might enjoy the films at a young age, but they'll find them even more meaningful if they watch them in young adulthood and beyond.

Does Toy Story talk about dying?

So the toys may talk about dying, and audiences may accept that it's possible, but there doesn't seem to be a whole lot that can actually take a toy out. Does that mean the "Toy Story" films simply mention the possibility of death to increase the drama? The franchise hasn't made that clear.

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