Taylor Swifts Toy Story 5 Set for Record Opening

There's more good news for  after the success of her hit 2025 album The Life Of A Showgirl.

The film she has written a song for, Toy Story 5, is heading for a record-breaking opening weekend.

Disney and ’s latest animated sequel has stormed out of the gate with the equivalent of around $17 million in preview takings, according to industry estimates, putting it on course for one of the biggest debuts of 2026.

Proving its lead characters Woody and Buzz Lightyear remain among the most powerful in cinema more than three decades after the franchise first arrived on screens, the film is projected to earn about $142 million during its opening weekend in North America alone.

Some forecasts suggest it could climb as high as $172 million following strong reviews from critics.

On Thursday Swift took to Instagram to write, 'TOMORROW WE GET TS5. Oh how I love this phenomenal movie. Disney and @pixar’s @toystory 5 is in theaters everywhere tomorrow (!!!!!)' 

In Toy Story 5, technology becomes the latest threat as Buzz Lightyear, Woody, Jessie and their friends find themselves disrupted by a smart tablet known as Lilypad.

The film reunites Tom Hanks, Tim Allen and Joan Cusack, while introducing Conan O’Brien and Greta Lee to the franchise as voice actors.

The Toy Story series remains one of Disney’s most valuable properties, generating billions through films, merchandise, publishing and gaming.

On June 1 Swift, who is marrying on July 3 in , broke the exciting news of her TS5 song on Instagram.

'It’s a *Toy* Story. You knew it! My new original song “I Knew It, I Knew You” for Disney and @’s @toystory 5 will be yours on June 5th,' wrote the songbird in her caption.

'I’ve always dreamed of getting to write for these characters who I’ve adored since I was a 5 year old kid watching the first Toy Story movie.'

Swift then added, 'I fell instantly in love with Toy Story 5 when I was lucky enough to see it in its early stages, and I wrote this song as soon as I . Sometimes you just know, right?

The star added that fans can .

Fans took to X to express their gratitude by saying, 'OMG thank you so much Taylor, you made my summer' while another added, 'Genius, what's not to love? Taylor Swift, love. Toy Story, love.'  

To illustrate her announcement, Swift shared a new portrait by photographer Beth Garrabrant who has worked with the singer in the past. And she added the art animated work for her Toy Story 5 song. 

The announcement follows a series of TS billboards — a play on Toy Story and Taylor Swift’s shared initials — that appeared over the weekend in LA, Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, Toronto, Mexico City and London. 

Monday’s news was  

A previous iteration of the clock appeared last month, but was soon taken down, suggesting that it may have been set live too early.

Swift wrote and produced the new tune with Jack Antonoff. 

A press release shared: 'Inspired by the rootin’ tootin’ cowgirl Jessie’s ongoing journey in “Toy Story 5” that ,” “I Knew It, I Knew You” also marks a return to Taylor Swift’s country roots, blending styles that have defined her record-breaking career as a songwriter and artist.'

Disney confirmed that I Knew It, I Knew You will debut on Friday, June 5.

Providing music for movies is nothing new for Swift. For Valentine's Day in 2010 she had Today Was a Fairytale. 

For The Hunger Games in 2012, she sang Eyes Open and Safe & Sound. In 2017, she and Zayn made I Don't Wanna Live Forever for Fifty Shades Darker. More recently she wrote and sang Carolina from Where the Crawdads Sing in 2022.

The film features an original score by Oscar-winner Randy Newman, who returns to score his fifth Toy Story feature.