According to those with access to early tracking, the Pixar animation is looking at a stateside debut around $150 million. That number could go even higher after Disney's final marketing push for the film and reviews are released, with some industry experts saying that the movie could even reach as high as $180 million in North America.
Fandango announced this morning that Toy Story 4 is the new record-holder for best first day presales for an animated title, outselling last year's Incredibles 2. the previous record-holder. Tickets went on sale Tuesday at noon, and within the first 24 hours, Toy Story 4 outpaced other major presellers like Finding Dory and the live-action Beauty and the Beast.
It's worth noting that Deadline is feeling even more optimistic, believing that a $200M opening is in the cards: https://deadline.com/2019/05/toy-st...ion-fandango-atom-presale-records-1202624173/
Disney/Pixar's Toy Story 4 hit tracking this morning and box office analysts are already buzzing that the fourthquel has a great shot at setting a new opening record for an animation film, besting Incredibles 2's 3-day last year of $182.6M. A $200M opening is not out of the question, and in the wake of Disney pulling out all the stops with exhibition on Avengers: Endgame for an all-time domestic start of $357.1M, why shouldn't we even question Toy Story 4's forecast. In the tracking number tea leaves, analysts see Toy Story 4 doing about 10% better than Incredibles 2.