Key Takeaways
Total 3-Day Weekend Gross:
$152,482,422 | -40% Last Week / +17.9% Weekend 26, 2025
We are officially at the halfway mark of 2026, finishing the first half of the year around $4.55B in overall domestic box office, expecting to close December around $10B. Toy Story 5 continues to lead, although a more well-received Supergirl would have been a boon to cinemas. We are still ahead year-over-year from this point in 2025 when F1 shot past the checkered flag to #1.
- Top Title: Toy Story 5 (Disney) | $70M / 4,425 Screens / $15,819 PSA | Week 2
- Top Opener: Supergirl (Warner Bros.) | $38M / 3,602 Screens / $10,550 PSA | Week 1
- Best PSA: The Invite (A24) | $379.1K / 7 Screens / $54,158 PSA | Week 1
1. Toy Story 5
Disney/Pixar | Week 2
$70M 3-Day Weekend | $297.2M Domestic Total
$585M Global Total
Disney and Pixar’s Toy Story 5 took a -56% dive in its sophomore frame for a $70M take on 4,425 screens for a $15,819 Per Screen Average. It came in slightly below our forecasting panel’s projection, and while it is numerically the biggest second frame for the 30-year-old franchise (unadjusted), it is also the biggest sophomore drop.
Still, at nearly $300M domestic this new installment is already 8th highest-grossing Pixar movie ever, and should surpass Finding Nemo ($339.7M) and the first Inside Out ($356.46M) in short order. It has also notably passed the lifetime totals of the original Toy Story ($192M) and Toy Story 2 ($246M), and is the #4 domestic grosser of 2026.
Here’s how the 3-Day looked…
- Friday – $21
- Saturday – $27.1M
- Sunday – $21.9M
Overseas Toy Story 5 is outdoing its domestic performance with $89.1M from 49 material territories for a global total of $585M. Top 3 markets are Mexico ($48M), the UK ($37.8M), and China ($29.8M). This week saw it open in Hong Kong, while next frame it bows in Japan.
2. Supergirl
Warner Bros./DC Studios | NEW
$38M 3-Day Opening Weekend | $68M Global Total
A year on from Warner Bros.’ relaunching its DC Comics universe with Superman, the studio is back in opening weekend post-mortem mode after an anemic $38M debut for Supergirl. The second offering from James Gunn’s DC Studios, the big budget Supergirl, stalled with audiences and the box office with a #2 debut that came in slightly behind our $40M forecast. That number is comparable to the 2024 DC flop Joker: Folie à Deux ($37.67M opening/$58.3M total) and smaller scale 2020 performer Birds of Prey ($33M opening/$84.15M total). Barring tremendous staying power, Supergirl is going to struggle to reach $100M stateside.
Here’s how the 3-Day looked, including $7.8M in Thursday previews…
- Friday – $18.2M
- Saturday – $10.7M
- Sunday – $9.1M
Premium formats accounted for 51% of business, with IMAX alone bringing in $7.4M. Top 3 locations were AMC Lincoln Square New York, AMC Burbank, and AMC Empire New York. Top 5 DMA markets were Los Angeles, New York, Dallas, San Francisco, and Chicago.
Men over age 25 led the picture with 41% of ticket sales, while the target demo of women under 25 was only 15%, with a majority reporting they came for the DC/Superman brand rather than star Milly Alcock. Critics slammed Supergirl with 56% on Rotten Tomatoes, while CinemaScore was a “B-” i.e. lower than misfires like The Flash, Green Lantern, and The Marvels which all got a “B” grade and also opened higher than $38M. PostTrak GA score was 3 out of 5.
Here’s how demographics looked…
- 53% Caucasian
- 24% Hispanic
- 12% African-American
- 7% Asian
- 4% Native-American/Other
The Supergirl situation has had pundits declaring another round of “superhero movies are dead,” when the truth is closer to “This one didn’t work.” When Aeon Flux and Tank Girl bombed, did it mean women-led comic book movies were dead? Wonder Woman and Captain Marvel showed that with the right alchemy this kind of film can work, but James Gunn and the DC team simply miscalculated this time out. Superhero movies will seem a lot less “dead” when Spider-Man returns in July, while DC can redeem itself with this fall’s horror offering Clayface or next year’s Superman outing Man of Tomorrow.
Internationally, Supergirl made an estimated $30M for the weekend on 39,267 screens in 77
markets, bringing the global tally to $68M. As we mentioned on Wednesday, it is rare for an event-level superhero movie budgeted over $150M to open under $100M globally, but here we are. Top 3 markets are the UK ($4.1M), Mexico ($3.4M), and Australia ($2M).
Other Notable Performances
Universal and Illumination’s Minions & Monsters opened in 10 overseas territories with $10.3M ahead of next week’s domestic debut. France ($6.1M) and Australia ($2.3M) were the strongest markets out of the gate.
Paramount’s Jackass: Best and Last delivered far and away the most underwhelming debut weekend for the franchise with $8.4M from 2,855 screens for a $2,942 PSA at #4. Another argument against Gen X’s box office appeal, Johnny Knoxville and friends were wiped out by the seventh frame of Obsession, which took in $9.8M at #3.
Next Weekend
Universal and Illumination will go head-to-head with Toy Story when they release Minions & Monsters, the third in the solo franchise featuring the tiny yellow henchmen and seventh overall under the Despicable Me umbrella. All prior films have done terrific opening in the early July corridor, and this should not be an exception. Angel Studios is there with the patriotic counter-programming with Young Washington, an origin story of the first president that should appeal to the crowds looking for a patriotic option at the movies.
Sunday Studio Estimates | Weekend 26 – 2026
Total 3-Day Domestic Gross: $152,482,422 | (+17.9% vs 2025)
| Title | Weekend Est. | Screens | PSA | Total | Week | Distributor |
| Toy Story 5 | $70,000,000 | 4,425 | $15,819 | $297,241,642 | 2 | Disney |
| Supergirl | $38,000,000 | 3,602 | $10,550 | $38,000,000 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| Obsession | $9,800,000 | 2,965 | $3,305 | $233,903,000 | 7 | Focus Features |
| Jackass: Best and Last | $8,400,000 | 2,855 | $2,942 | $8,400,000 | 1 | Paramount |
| Disclosure Day | $8,100,000 | 3,357 | $2,413 | $94,384,000 | 3 | Universal |
| Backrooms | $4,315,190 | 2,396 | $1,801 | $184,185,938 | 5 | A24 |
| Scary Movie | $3,000,000 | 2,004 | $1,497 | $103,524,000 | 4 | Paramount |
| Masters of the Universe | $2,223,950 | 2,090 | $1,064 | $61,935,000 | 4 | Amazon MGM Studios |
| Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Calamity | $1,954,000 | 943 | $2,072 | $3,027,000 | 1 | Fathom Entertainment |
| Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu | $1,600,000 | 1,250 | $1,280 | $175,253,370 | 6 | Disney |
| Leviticus | $929,280 | 965 | $963 | $5,366,463 | 2 | Neon Rated |
| Michael | $905,000 | 711 | $1,273 | $370,210,000 | 10 | Lionsgate |
| The Death of Robin Hood | $588,666 | 1,580 | $373 | $4,779,429 | 2 | A24 |
| The Breadwinner | $450,000 | 303 | $1,485 | $20,075,000 | 5 | Sony |
| Lucky Strike | $397,865 | 772 | $515 | $822,858 | 1 | Roadside Attractions |
| The Invite | $379,104 | 7 | $54,158 | $379,104 | 1 | A24 |
| Girls Like Girls | $300,000 | 511 | $587 | $2,461,000 | 2 | Focus Features |
| The Furious | $300,000 | 293 | $1,024 | $6,102,000 | 3 |
Lionsgate Premiere Releasing
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| The Devil Wears Prada 2 | $275,000 | 260 | $1,058 | $219,943,803 | 9 | 20th Century Studios |
| Pressure | $150,000 | 187 | $802 | $15,486,000 | 5 | Focus Features |
| Couture | $135,306 | 235 | $576 | $135,306 | 1 | Vertical |
| STOP! THAT! TRAIN! | $109,075 | 114 | $957 | $3,849,949 | 3 | Bleecker Street |
| I Love Boosters | $54,700 | 45 | $1,216 | $9,581,962 | 6 | Neon Rated |
| The Super Mario Galaxy Movie | $40,000 | 110 | $364 | $429,744,000 | 13 | Universal |
| Peter Asher: Everywhere Man | $27,500 | 16 | $1,719 | $38,017 | 2 |
Greenwich Entertainment
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| Gregg Allman: The Music of My Soul | $26,700 | 33 | $809 | $408,055 | 2 | Variance Films |
| Romeria | $18,500 | 2 | $9,250 | $18,500 | 1 | Janus Films |
| Unidentified | $2,586 | 11 | $235 | $31,824 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
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