Can 'Toy Stoy 4' Beat 'Avengers: Endgame'?
by EG
Toy Story 4 will almost certainly have the second-biggest opening weekend of the year so far, as projections having it raking in more than Captain Marvel did back in March. But do Woody and Buzz have a shot at toppling the record for the biggest opening of the year, which is currently held by Avengers: Endgame? Read on to find out.
A chest of beloved toys are expected to help rescue the summer box office from a bad case of franchise fatigue.
Pixar and Disney's critically acclaimed Toy Story 4 is tracking to debut in the $150 million-$200 million range in North America this weekend, one of the best openings of all time for an animated feature — not to mention one of the biggest launches of the year.
The family tentpole is unfurling simultaneously in numerous foreign markets, including China.
Aside from Disney and Marvel's Avengers: Endgame, most 2019 summer sequels have disappointed thus far. Toy Story 4 is widely anticipated to reverse that trend.
The pic hits the big screen nine years after Toy Story 3 crossed the $1 billion mark at the global box office on its way to winning the Oscar for best animated feature.
Toy Story 4, directed by Josh Cooley, sports a stellar 98 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Its lengthy list of A-list voice talent sees the return of Tom Hanks as Woody, Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear and Annie Potts as Bo Beep (a character who was absent from the threequel).
New toys include the conflicted Forky (Tony Hale), the doll Gabby Gabby (Christina Hendriks), the comedic duo Bunny and Duckie (Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key) and a stunt motorbike rider Duke Caboom (Keanu Reeves).
Two other films open nationwide opposite Toy Story 4: United Artists' horror offering Child's Play and Lionsgate/Summit's Luc Besson-directed Anna.
Child's Play, a remake of the 1988 film about a menacing doll named Chucky, is tracking to open in the $16 million-$18 million range. Mark Hamill and Aubrey Plaza star in the R-rated pic.
The prospects for Anna, a crime thriller starring Luke Evans, Helen Mirren and newcomer Sasha Luss, are far more muted. Projections have the movie opening to $4 million or less.
Anna's release was was put on hold last year when Belgian-Dutch actress Sand Van Roy filed a complaint in May accusing the director of drugging and raping her at a Paris Hotel.
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