Toy Story 5 will begin streaming on Disney+ on September 23, giving the Pixar film its next major release step after a theatrical run that turned it into one of the year’s biggest box-office hits.
The move matters because the film opened on June 19 with $160 million and went on to post the best opening of any movie this year. It also logged the second-best opening ever for an animated film in the U.S., behind Incredibles 2, and the third-best June opening behind Jurassic World and Incredibles 2. For viewers looking for the Toy Story 5 Disney+ release date, the new date is now the clear point of entry.
Andrew Stanton directed the film with Kenna Harris, and the two wrote it from a story by Stanton. Lindsey Collins and Jessica Choi produced the movie, whose voice cast includes Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Conan O’Brien, Scarlett Spears, Greta Lee, Shelby Rabara and Mykal-Michelle Harris. That lineup helps explain why the film stayed in the conversation long after opening weekend.
The streaming date arrives after Toy Story 5 passed the billion-dollar mark, making it the third Toy Story movie to cross $1 billion after Toy Story 3 in 2010 and Toy Story 4 in 2024. That box-office milestone gives the Disney+ rollout a different feel: the film is not moving to streaming because its theatrical run fell short, but because it has already done the heavy lifting in theaters.
Disney also paired the announcement with a new music video for Taylor Swift’s original song “I Knew It, I Knew You,” which is now available on Disney+, Spotify and Apple Music. Swift performed the track, and she wrote and produced it with Jack Antonoff. The release adds one more way for viewers to keep the film in view before the streaming window opens.
What remains unclear is whether September 23 applies everywhere at once or reaches some regions on a different timetable. For now, the date gives Disney+ subscribers a fixed arrival day, and it marks the next big stop for a film that has already outgrown its opening weekend by a wide margin.
