‘Toy Story 4’ to Top North American Box Office Again With $53 Million (G-rated movie wins)

“Toy Story 4” is heading for a decisive repeat victory at the North American box office with about $53 million in its second weekend, early estimates showed Friday.

The Pixar sequel, which brings back Woody and Buzz Lightyear after a nine-year hiatus, is dominating as expected with new entries “Annabelle Comes Home” and “Yesterday” in a fight for second place with about $15 million each.

Disney-Pixar’s “Toy Story 4” collected $118 million in its inaugural weekend and its North American total topped $167 million in its first six days amid positive reviews and solid word-of-mouth. “Toy Story 4” is projected to decline by about 55% and finish the frame with around $230 million domestically in its first 10 days. It’s already passed “Us” as 2019’s fourth-highest domestic grosser behind three other Disney titles: “Avengers: Endgame” at $835 million, “Captain Marvel” at $426 million and “Aladdin” at $294 million.

Never saw this flick.

I’ll tell you, my mother didn’t like Walt Disney because she thought he scared children. But she did love Disneyland when she went there. So I said, wow, that place must be great!

Sure, it is. The movie made $179 million in 7 days and another $53 million will add up to $232 million in 10 days not counting foreign which adds another $200 million or so to its count.

After only 7 days, TS4 is 7% ahead of TS3 and it is already the 4th highest grossing movie of the year and 11th worldwide. TS4 should gross a hefty $350 million in the US and $600 to $700 million worldwide. Not every movie can make a billion dollars. Of course, those numbers do not include ancillary revenue, such as, pay cable viewing, streaming for a fee or home sales both digital and DVD. In other words, Toy Story 4 will be wildly profitable for Disney. I'm not even including how much Netflix will pay Disney to stream the movie at its website. Yes, I know Disney is starting its own streaming service but for the moment, its movies go to Netflix after pay cable and home sales and I'm sure the cost to Netflix is not cheap.

Also, in case you are interested, the new Spiderman movie is projected to make $100 million in China in its first 3 days this weekend before hitting the US on July 4.

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