Into the record books and beyond: ‘Toy Story 5’ is the year’s biggest debut

Tom Hanks is Woody and Tim Allen is Buzz Lightyear in ‘Toy Story 5’ (Walt Disney Pictures)

The U.S. box office had a friend in the new Toy Story film.

As per Variety, Toy Story 5 debuted with $160 million, which makes it the biggest domestic opening of the year. The previous record was $131.7 million, set by The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. It was also the biggest debut for any of the Toy Story films — previously, Toy Story 4 held the record with $120 million.

Toy Story 5 — which boasts a new end-credits song by Taylor Swift — scored the second-biggest opening weekend in history for an animated film. Only The Incredibles 2, which debuted with just under $183 million in 2018, earned more.

According to Box Office Mojo, last week’s #1, the new Steven Spielberg alien extravaganza Disclosure Day, slipped to #2 with earnings of $17 million — a drop-off of more than 60% from its debut.

The horror film Obsession fell from #2 to #3. The only other new entries in the top 10 were the supernatural horror film Leviticus, at #8, and Hugh Jackman’s A24 drama The Death of Robin Hood, in ninth place.

Here are the top 10 films at the box office:

1. Toy Story 5 — $160 million
2. Disclosure Day — $17 million
3. Obsession — $14.2 million
4. Backrooms— $7.3 million
5. Scary Movie — $6.7 million
6. Masters of the Universe — $5.6 million
7. Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu — $3.9 million
8. Leviticus — $2.7 million
9. The Death of Robin Hood — $2.6 million
10. Michael — $2.2 million