$53 million? The first 3 made that in a day or 2 on opening weekend. That’s pathetic.
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.