Massive 2026 box office vaults Disney into the $4 billion club with Universal

Here’s what’s actually doing the heavy lifting at the box office right now: Pixar ’s Toy Story 5 has cleared more than $1.095 billion worldwide, and 20th Century Studios’ fashion-sequel play The Devil Wears Prada 2 has strutted to roughly $692 million. Add in a fresh Pixar original, a Star Wars big-screen team-up and a Polynesian princess’s live-action debut, and the totals start to tell the story.

• Toy Story 5 — more than $1.095 billion worldwide
• The Devil Wears Prada 2 — about $692 million
• Hoppers — close to $390 million (a non–Toy Story win for Pixar)
• The Mandalorian and Grogu — about $345 million
• Live-action Moana — roughly $281.5 million

Disney has topped $4 billion at the global box office in 2026, the second studio to do it after Universal.

What jumps out is the spread. This isn’t one runaway hit propping up a weak slate — it’s a bunch of different movies from different Disney labels landing at once. That portfolio approach lets the studio distribute risk across Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, Disney Animation and 20th Century Studios, so not every title has to be a phenomenon for the year to add up.

The movies doing the lifting

Toy Story 5 is the obvious tentpole, but the surprise has been how The Devil Wears Prada 2 turned a fashion-world reunion into a global draw. On the family side, Hoppers gives Pixar a commercial win outside its toy-box mythology, while The Mandalorian and Grogu proves there’s still theatrical appetite for Star Wars beyond the Skywalker saga. And even with softer numbers, Moana’s live-action voyage adds meaningful fuel to the total.

From screens to shelves

The box office is only part of the push. Disney is moving Disney Consumer Products out of its Experiences division and into Entertainment, a reshuffle meant to sit merch strategy right next to the people making the movies and shows. As part of that, Joss Hastings has been named senior vice president of marketing, reporting to chief marketing and brand officer Asad Ayaz and DCP president Lisa Baldzicki.

The idea is simple: turn a character into a theatrical ticket, then a Disney+ favorite, then a toy, a game, a trading card, a T‑shirt, even a theme park appearance — and back into a new movie down the road. Few franchises embody that loop better than Toy Story, which has spent three decades converting emotional recognition into an ecosystem of stories and stuff.

And the year isn’t done. Still ahead on the 2026 calendar: Hexed and Avengers: Doomsday.