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Annie Potts has been voicing Bo Peep in the Toy Story franchise since its first incarnation in 1995. Back then, Potts' character was far from front and center though, as she mostly aided the exploits of Tom Hanks' Woody from the background. But in this year's Toy Story 4, Potts enjoys a much-deserved major role. This…

Frozen 2 and its cumulative $919.7M in global snow dust, have helped bring Disney to the $10B threshold worldwide for 2019. Officially, the studio will cross the mark within the next day. Current studio cumes stand at $3.28B domestic and $6.717B from the international box office. That’s $9.997B global through today…

Filmmakers faced a unique challenge in the newest entries in two of Disney's most popular animated family franchises: bring an updated sense of freshness to beloved stories and characters in Toy Story 4 and Frozen II. Their efforts to explore fresh territory anchored presentations for both films at Deadline’s…

Disney’s uber-successful franchises are the ones to look out for at the 47th annual Annie Awards with Frozen 2 and Toy Story 4 earning eight and six nominations respectively. Laika’s stop-motion animated feature Missing Link nabbed eight nods, matching the aforementioned icy animated sequel, while DreamWorks Animation…

With Toy Story 4, which marked his feature directorial debut, Josh Cooley faced a high-pressure situation, looking to create an excitingly fresh animated film that would do justice to the legacy of an iconic franchise, while conjuring up the perfect send-off for Woody, one of the most beloved characters in Pixar's…

Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story 4 is finally crossed $1 billion putting Disney in an atmosphere that no other major studio has ever touched: Having 5 pics gross over $1 billion in a single year. It is projected that Frozen 2 and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker later this year will bring that count to mindboggling 7 titles…

UPDATE, WRITETHRU: Universal's Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw put another $60.8M in the tank during its second frame at the international box office. The Dwayne Johnson/Jason Statham-starrer pumped up its overseas cume to $224.1M in 66 markets through Sunday, and global to $332.6M. The drop in offshore markets…

SUNDAY UPDATE, writethru: Landing in line with Saturday's projections, Universal's Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw got off the starting block with an estimated $120M at the international box office. When including domestic, the global cume through Sunday is $180.8M. Across 63 offshore opening markets, the Dwayne…

UPDATE, writethru: Disney's The Lion King roared through its third weekend at the international box office, lapping up $142.8M from 53 offshore markets, and bringing the overseas total to $611.9M with worldwide at $962.7M through Sunday. In doing so, it also helped push Disney to a new all-time yearly global box office…

TUESDAY AM UPDATE, writethru with actuals: With an even mightier roar, Disney's The Lion King came in higher than the Sunday estimate, lapping up a $275.2M weekend at the international box office. The adaptation of the classic animation was No. 1 in all of its 51 opening markets, which joined China after the early bow…

UPDATE, writethru: The arachnomania continues as Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: Far From Home captured another $100M from the international box office this weekend, lifting the offshore cume to $572.5M. That sends the Tom Holland-starrer sailing past 2007’s Spider-Man 3 to become the top overseas grosser of the franchise…

SUNDAY UPDATE, writethru After rolling out in China, Japan and Hong Kong last weekend and then adding most of the world throughout this week, Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: Far From Home continues to spread the arachnomania. The full global cume through today is estimated at $580M including $395M at the international box of…