Later this month, following The Super Mario Galaxy Movie's billion-dollar success, the toys are back in town as a new animated sequel attempts to reach the box office summit. Woody (Tom Hanks), Buzz (Tim Allen), Jessie (Joan Cusack), and the rest of the gang are back for a fifth installment, as Toy Story 5 blasts off in cinemas on June 19. The likes of John Ratzenberger, Tony Hale, Bonnie Hunt, Keanu Reeves, and more reprise roles from previous installments, with Greta Lee, Craig Robinson, Conan O’Brien, Ernie Hudson, and more added to the cast.
Toy Story 5 is the second Pixar release of 2026, following in the footsteps of their newest original movie, Hoppers, which premiered on March 6. Similar to Toy Story 5, Hoppers boasts a star-studded voice cast, featuring three-time Academy Award winner Meryl Streep and relative newcomer Piper Curda, and also featuring Isiah Whitlock Jr., Sam Richardson, Dave Franco, Demetri Martin, Jon Hamm, Kathy Najimy, and Bobby Moynihan. Directed by Daniel Chong and written by Jesse Andrews, the film was never going to hit the box office heights of its major Pixar franchise contemporaries, but could it better its predecessor, Elio, and prove successful?
Against a reported production budget of $150 million, Hoppers returned a positive $388 million worldwide, split between a domestic haul of $166 million and a further $222 million from overseas markets. Currently, Hoppers is the fifth highest-grossing movie of the year domestically, but the impending arrival of Toy Story 5 and the unstoppable horror force of Focus Features' Obsession will see it soon lose its rank. Thankfully, Hoppers has now made the transition to streaming and is already proving popular. At the time of writing, the movie is the most-watched on Disney+ in the U.S., and ranks second worldwide behind a special look at the next Toy Story installment.
Your answers point to the iconic universe your values, your instincts, and your particular way of seeing the world were built for. This is where you would find your people — and your purpose.
You believe in the cause — in the idea that freedom is worth fighting for even when the odds are impossible and the empire is vast.
You understand, in the deepest part of yourself, that the journey matters as much as the destination — and that the world's beauty is worth protecting even at great cost.
You believe that love, loyalty, and doing what's right are not naive sentiments — they are the most powerful forces in any world, magical or otherwise.
You see the world clearly — its power structures, its hypocrisies, its brutal arithmetic — and you are not paralysed by that clarity. You use it.
You believe the future is worth building — that curiosity, cooperation, and the expansion of understanding are not just ideals but the most practical path forward for any civilisation.
Given Pixar's impeccable record with critics, the bar was set high for Hoppers. Considering its near-perfect 94% from critics and 93% from audiences on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, it's safe to say that Hoppers didn't just match the standard of its contemporaries; it arguably exceeded them. In Ross Bonaime's review of the movie for Collider, he awarded an 8/10, calling it one of Pixar's "funniest movies yet," and concluding, "After 30 years and 30 films, Pixar still hasn't managed to lose its magic."
Hoppers is available to stream on Disney+. Stay tuned to Collider for more streaming stories.
