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Pixar and Disney's critically acclaimed 'Toy Story 4' buzzed to the top of the North American box office chart over the weekend with $118 million, one of the biggest openings of all time for an animated movie despite coming in behind expectations.

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00:00What? Somebody's whispering in your ear.

00:02Everything's gonna be okay!

00:05Disney and Pixar's critically acclaimed Toy Story 4 flew to infinity and beyond as it

00:10shot to the top of the North American box office over the weekend with at least $118

00:15million, making this one of the biggest openings of all time for an animated movie.

00:19The fourth installment of the Disney film reached for the sky in numerous foreign

00:23markets for an international launch of $120 million and $238 million globally,

00:29making this a record for the genre. It's only the third release of 2019 to cross $100

00:34million so far in its start, which was much needed for the summer box office after a

00:38series of stumbles. Fellow Pixar titles Incredibles 2 and Finding Dory topped the list

00:43of biggest animated openings with $183 million and $135 million respectively,

00:50followed by DreamWorks Animation's Shrek the 3rd with $125 million.

00:54The thing with animated movies, though they aren't known for their mega openings, can still

00:58have longevity. Disney distribution chief Kathleen Taft says this movie has great

01:03word of mouth and will run long through the summer. I don't deny that tracking had us

01:07at high numbers, but this is a huge debut and shows how much people love these characters.

01:11Oh Woody, you really are my favorite deputy.

01:14Toy Story 3 debuted in June 2010 to $126 million, preceded by Toy Story 2's $101.8 million

01:21bow in 1999 and Toy Story's $60.4 million launch in 1995, all adjusted for inflation.

01:29The new family tentpole has an incredible 98% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, as well as earning an

01:34A-Cinema score from audiences and features an A-list voice cast including the likes of Tom

01:39Hanks as Woody, Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear, and Annie Potts as Bo Peep, as well as new voices

01:45Tony Hale as the conflicted Forky, Christina Hendricks as the doll Gabby Gabby, Jordan Peele

01:50and Keegan-Michael Key as the comedic duo Bunny and Ducky, and Keanu Reeves as stunt

01:54motorbike rider Duke Caboom.

01:56Overseas, Toy Story 4 grossed a massive $23.4 million in Mexico, the third biggest start of all time.

02:03The pick also scored the biggest opening ever in Argentina with $6.9 million, while the film

02:09brought in $15 million in the UK, the best showing of all time for an animated movie.

02:14Alright guys, we gotta get this wagon train a-movin' so for more box office updates head

02:18over to THR.com and until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News I'm Neha Joy.

02:22So long partner.

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