Whelp, all thosevaguely threatening postersfeel a bit silly now. After bringing in the second largest Thursday preview for an animated film ever,Toy Story 4is headed to a massive $122+ million opening weekend. The film flew to first on Friday night with $47.4 million, trouncing its R-rated toy-focused foeChild’s Play, which fell short of expectations on Friday with just $6.1 million. The horror reboot featuring Mark Hamill as the voice of the homicidal doll Chuckie is likely to end its first weekend around $14 million.
Funny enough,Toy Story 4’s estimated $122+ million opening would be the highest of the franchise by a wide margin—beating outToy Story 3’s $110.3 million—and fall below Disney’s expectations, which was around $140 million. It would also slotToy Story 4into the third-highest domestic opening for an animated film belowFinding Dory($135 million), knocking offShrek the Third($121.6 million). The animated adventure, directed byJosh Cooley, sees classic characters like Woody (Tom Hanks) and Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) meeting old friends like Bo Peep (Annie Potts) and new, far more existential acquaintances like Forky (Tony Hale), the sentient spork. The film debuted with a stellar A CinemaScore.
Insane to say, but two major franchise filmsMen in Black: InternationalandDark Phoenixare pretty much already off the board.Internationalbanked just $3.2 million on its second Friday, good enough for fourth, while the always-struggling X-Men film Dark Phoenix landed in tenth place with $1.01 million.
Meanwhile, Lionsgate’sAnnapretty much faceplanted straight out the gate, taking in $1.4 million on Friday night. The studio is basically just dumping the action flick out into the world with zero fanfare—it wrapped all the way back in December 2017—thanks to directorLuc Besson’s current allegations of inappropriate behavior and sexual assault. Anna will most likely end its first weekend around $3.5 million.
Take a look at Friday’s numbers below and check back tomorrow to see a few more records get broken. (Numbers viaBox Office Mojo)
Toy Story 4
$47,390,000
Child’s Play (2019)
$6,103, 295
$6,103,295
Aladdin (2019)
$4,000,000
$279,310,128
Men in Black: International
$3,250,000
$45,189,654
The Secret Life of Pets 2
$3,170,000
$110,463,535
