Toy Story 5 Lassos Another Big Box Office Win, But Just How Bad Was Supergirl’s Debut?

Movie lovers came out to play this weekend, but unfortunately for the new releases — Supergirl and Jackass: Best and Last — it was the toys everybody was talking about. Toy Story 5 reigned supreme at the box office again, falling just 56% from its record-breaking opening to rope in another $70 million domestically. Supergirl, meanwhile, hit the 2026 movie release calendar to the tune of $38 million in the U.S. and Canada, but is there hope for the DCU’s sophomore feature?

I’ll break that down, as well as what happened to the final Jackass movie, which along with Disclosure Day, fell below — surprise, surprise — Obsession, which maintained its No. 3 spot this weekend after 45 days in theaters.

First, however, let's take a look at the Top 10 chart. (Any * denotes a new release.)

Weekend Box Office: June 26-28

Supergirl’s Opening Falls Below Expectations

There was reason for concern going into this weekend for Supergirl, with Milly Alcock even admitting a flop was one of her biggest fears just days ahead of its release. Projections started to look comparable to The Marvels, and that’s not a good thing. The 2023 MCU film debuted to $47 million, which was the lowest opener for the Marvel Cinematic Universe to date. Supergirl didn’t even reach that, drawing $38 million (though on an admittedly smaller budget).

Domestic expectations for the Milly Alcock flick ranged from $39 million up to $55 million, which even if it had landed on the higher end would have been a tepid start for a summer tentpole. Supergirl didn’t get much help overseas, either, earning just $30 million more, per The Numbers, for a global total of $68 million. With a reported budget of around $175 million, it will need to gross between $315 million and $375 million to break even.

How Critics Rated This Week’s New Releases

Reviews for Supergirl didn’t exactly help to hype the movie up, though they weren’t all as bad as one critic’s viral thrashing. Sometimes a good Rotten Tomatoes’ audience rating or high CinemaScore grade can indicate that word-of-mouth advertising will lead to longer legs in the box office. Take a look at how this week’s new releases were graded:

Moviegoers were slightly kinder to Supergirl than the critics. It will be interesting to see what the slow start means for upcoming DCU movies, especially those based on lesser-known characters like Clayface, which stars Tom Rhys Harries and hits the big screen in October.

Meanwhile, critics and audiences alike seemed to approve of Jackass: Best and Last. However, reviews of the Jackass swan song didn’t help it much with ticket sales.

Jackass: Last And Best Sees Franchise-Worst Opening

The final chapter of the quarter-century-old stunt show was both the highest-rated on Rotten Tomatoes and lowest-earning of the franchise. Jackass: Best and Last’s 88% on RT is slightly higher than Jackass Forever’s 86%, but the box office debut numbers tell a much sadder story. In order of best to worst opening weekends are:

• Jackass 3D (2010): $50.4 million
• Jackass: Number Two (2006): $29 million
• Jackass Forever (2022): $23.2 million
• Jackass: The Movie (2002): $22.8 million
• Jackass: Best and Last (2026): $8.4 million

Jackass: Best and Last does feature new stunts, but those are mixed in with plenty of old clips. Also, Johnny Knoxville’s past concussions and brain injuries — namely his “catastrophic” run-in with a bull — require that he not be hit in the head anymore, meaning that he wasn’t able to partake in the more extreme events of the latest film.

I’m not sure if those factors played into low turnout in theaters, but with the movie seeing such high praise, maybe there’s hope for future weeks. Either way, the movie only cost a reported $10 million to make, so this isn’t in any way a disaster.

BLEACH Anime Event Nabs A Top 10 Spot

Anime fans have a reason to celebrate this week’s box office, as their combined forces put BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War — The Calamity into the Top 10. Fathom released the first three episodes of the series’ final season in theaters before they hit streaming, where the compliation earned $1 million on opening night Thursday and an additional $1.95 million Friday through Sunday.

The special release was a limited four-day event (June 25-29) that included behind-the-scenes content and an exclusive interview with creator Tite Kubo. BLEACH is a series that’s perfect for first-time anime watchers and can be streamed with a Hulu subscription.

Will Minions & Monsters Mean Trouble For Toy Story 5?

Speaking of disasters, those chaos-causing yellow blobs are returning to the big screen with Minions & Monsters being released Wednesday, July 1. The midweek debut corresponds with the opening of the new Universal Kids Resort theme park in Texas (which my pre-teen loved, despite the park being geared toward younger kiddos).

I'm not sure there's anything that could stop a Despicable Me spinoff from doing gangbusters at the box office, but it certainly won't hurt that reviews for Minions & Monsters are calling it the best of the whole franchise. How do you like them bananas?

According to Coming Soon, the new Illumination animated offering is projected to bring in between $75 million and $85 million next Friday through Saturday — and up to $115 million over the five-day holiday weekend. That’s more than enough to knock Toy Story 5 from the top spot, and with what I’d imagine is a pretty big overlap in audience, I'm curious as to just how far Buzz, Jessie, Woody and the gang will fall.

We’ll find out next week, so make sure to hit up your local theater and then join me back here next Sunday to look at how the box office plays out!