# List of Pixar films
The Pixar feature films are the animated movies produced by Pixar Animation Studios, an [Emeryville, California](https://www.edgepedia.org/emeryville-california) studio that released the world's first computer-animated feature, *Toy Story*, on November 22, 1995 and has released a feature film nearly every year since.[1](https://www.pixar.com/feature-films/) • [2](https://www.pixar.com/our-story) Pixar's own catalog lists 31 features from *Toy Story* (1995) through *Toy Story 5* (2026).[1](https://www.pixar.com/feature-films/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| First feature | *Toy Story*, released November 22, 1995, the world's first CG animated feature film; $192 million domestic and $362 million worldwide, the highest-grossing film of 1995[2](https://www.pixar.com/our-story) |
| Catalog size | 31 feature films listed from 1995 through 2026[1](https://www.pixar.com/feature-films/) |
| Corporate change | The Walt Disney Company acquired Pixar in 2006 for $7.4 billion[3](https://www.axios.com/2026/06/11/disney-pixar-toy-story-franchise-revenue) |
| Biggest hit | *Inside Out 2* (2024), though not the highest-gross-ing animated film of all time, as Ne Zha 2 holds that record, is the highest-gross-ing film of 2024[2](https://www.pixar.com/our-story); Time ranks it the ninth highest-gross-ing movie of all time, not adjusting for inflation[4](https://time.com/7296051/pixar-movies-ranked/) • [15](https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/highest-box-office-film-gross-for-an-animation) |
| Billion-dollar club | Five Pixar films have grossed over $1 billion[4](https://time.com/7296051/pixar-movies-ranked/) |
| Next releases | *Toy Story 5* (June 19, 2026)[5](https://www.pixar.com/collins), *Gatto* (2027)[6](https://www.disney.co.jp/column/pixar-movies), *Incredibles 3* (June 16, 2028)[7](https://www.pixar.com/incredibles-3), *Coco 2* (November 2029)[8](https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/news/d23-2026-disney-entertainment-showcase/) |
## Filmography
All titles and years below are as listed in Pixar's official feature-films catalog.[1](https://www.pixar.com/feature-films/)
| Film | Year |
|---|---|
| Toy Story | 1995 |
| A Bug's Life | 1998 |
| Toy Story 2 | 1999 |
| Monsters, Inc. | 2001 |
| Finding Nemo | 2003 |
| The Incredibles | 2004 |
| Cars | 2006 |
| Ratatouille | 2007 |
| WALL-E | 2008 |
| Up | 2009 |
| Toy Story 3 | 2010 |
| Cars 2 | 2011 |
| Brave | 2012 |
| Monsters University | 2013 |
| Inside Out | 2015 |
| The Good Dinosaur | 2015 |
| Finding Dory | 2016 |
| Cars 3 | 2017 |
| Coco | 2017 |
| Incredibles 2 | 2018 |
| Toy Story 4 | 2019 |
| Onward | 2020 |
| Soul | 2020 |
| Luca | 2021 |
| Turning Red | 2022 |
| Lightyear | 2022 |
| Elemental | 2023 |
| Inside Out 2 | 2024 |
| Elio | 2025 |
| Hoppers | 2026 |
| Toy Story 5 | 2026 |
2015 was the first year with two Pixar releases, *Inside Out* and *The Good Dinosaur*.[9](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/master/gdc/gdcebookspublic/20/17/04/92/14/2017049214/2017049214.pdf) The studio's slate beyond 2026 includes *Gatto*, Pixar's first feature with a cat protagonist, set in Venice and scheduled for Japanese theaters in spring 2027;[6](https://www.disney.co.jp/column/pixar-movies) *Incredibles 3*, in theaters June 16, 2028;[7](https://www.pixar.com/incredibles-3) and *Coco 2*, debuting exclusively in theaters in November 2029.[8](https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/news/d23-2026-disney-entertainment-showcase/)
## Milestones of the early films
**Toy Story (1995).** The debut opened at number one its first weekend, became the highest-grossing film of the year, and was followed days later by Pixar's initial public offering on November 28, the largest IPO of that year.[2](https://www.pixar.com/our-story) *Toy Story* earned Oscar nominations in three categories, Best Original Song, Best Original Score, and Best Original Screenplay, marking the first occasion on which a nominee for screenwriting was an animated film, and [John Lasseter](https://www.edgepedia.org/john-lasseter) was given a Special Achievement Oscar for guiding the team behind the first feature-length computer-animated picture.[2](https://www.pixar.com/our-story) The Associated Press adds that it received a Special Achievement Academy Award in 1996 because no Best Animated Feature category existed at the time.[10](https://apnews.com/article/509cb76c42ffe36f9d1020dcfff61826) The franchise as a whole has driven $16 billion in revenue for Disney.[3](https://www.axios.com/2026/06/11/disney-pixar-toy-story-franchise-revenue)
**The Disney partnership years.** In February 1997, Disney and Pixar signed an agreement to jointly produce five movies over ten years.[2](https://www.pixar.com/our-story) *A Bug's Life* arrived on November 25, 1998, accompanied by the short "Geri's Game"; *Toy Story 2* followed on November 24, 1999 and was the first film in history to be entirely created, mastered, and exhibited digitally.[2](https://www.pixar.com/our-story) *Monsters, Inc.* opened November 2, 2001, *Finding Nemo* on May 30, 2003, *The Incredibles* on November 5, 2004, and *Cars* on June 9, 2006, the year Disney announced its purchase of Pixar, after which Ed Catmull and John Lasseter also assumed leadership of [Walt Disney Animation Studios](https://www.edgepedia.org/walt-disney-animation-studios).[2](https://www.pixar.com/our-story) A study of box-office results from this era showed that, across fifteen years in which Pixar released a film, another studio's animated feature outgrossed it domestically only three times, when the first three *Shrek* films topped it in 2001, 2004, and 2007.[9](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/master/gdc/gdcebookspublic/20/17/04/92/14/2017049214/2017049214.pdf)
**Awards peak, 2008 to 2010.** *WALL-E* opened June 27, 2008 and *Up* opened in wide release on May 29, 2009, becoming the first animated feature film to open the Cannes Film Festival.[2](https://www.pixar.com/our-story) *Toy Story 3* opened June 18, 2010. Observers eventually gathered Best Picture nominations for both *Up* and *Toy Story 3*,[11](https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/48149/1/McCulloch.pdf) and *Toy Story 3* won the Best Animated Feature Oscar in 2011.[10](https://apnews.com/article/509cb76c42ffe36f9d1020dcfff61826)
**Recent records.** *Incredibles 2*, released in the United States on June 15, 2018, set the record for best debut for an animated film of all time and grossed over $1.2 billion worldwide, then Pixar's biggest-grossing film.[2](https://www.pixar.com/our-story) *Toy Story 4* (2019) won two animated-film Oscars in 2020, becoming the first franchise to accomplish that.[10](https://apnews.com/article/509cb76c42ffe36f9d1020dcfff61826) *Inside Out 2* went on to become the highest-grossing animated film of all time and the highest-grossing film of 2024.[2](https://www.pixar.com/our-story)
## Release patterns
The slate has moved through three distribution regimes. From 1995 to 2019 every feature played theaters. During the pandemic, Disney sent three Pixar originals, *[Soul](https://www.edgepedia.org/soul-2020-film)*, *Luca*, and *Turning Red*, straight to the Disney+ streaming service, and *Lightyear* (2022) marked a return to theatrical release, severely underperforming with a global box office haul of $226.4 million.[12](https://www.movistarplus.es/comunicacion/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ANIMATED-WRAP.pdf) From 2024 onward the studio returned to theaters, with *Inside Out 2*, *Elio*, *Hoppers*, and *Toy Story 5*.[1](https://www.pixar.com/feature-films/)
**Originals versus sequels.** Time's 2025 survey notes that Pixar has relied on sequels more often since the Disney acquisition, but that six of its last ten films were entirely original concepts.[4](https://time.com/7296051/pixar-movies-ranked/) The upcoming slate mixes the franchises (*Toy Story 5*, *Incredibles 3*, *Coco 2*) with originals (*Hoppers*, *Gatto*).[5](https://www.pixar.com/collins) • [6](https://www.disney.co.jp/column/pixar-movies) • [8](https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/news/d23-2026-disney-entertainment-showcase/)
## How a film gets made
A Pixar feature takes about four years from start to finish: the first two years go to story, characters, and design, the last two to animating and rendering the film.[13](https://sciencebehindpixar.org/ask-a-pixar-scientist) Development runs through story reels, a rough cut of the film using sketches and temporary voices, and the Braintrust, a rolling group of the studio's senior creative minds, helps guide every film during development.[14](https://www.wired.com/story/pixar-embraces-crisis-the-good-dinosaur/)
## References
1. [Feature Films, Pixar Animation Studios](https://www.pixar.com/feature-films/)
2. [Our Story, Pixar Animation Studios](https://www.pixar.com/our-story)
3. [Exclusive: Disney says "Toy Story" franchise has driven $16B in revenue, Axios](https://www.axios.com/2026/06/11/disney-pixar-toy-story-franchise-revenue)
4. [All 29 Pixar Movies, Ranked, Time](https://time.com/7296051/pixar-movies-ranked/)
5. [Collins, Pixar Animation Studios](https://www.pixar.com/collins)
6. [ピクサー映画一覧, ディズニー公式](https://www.disney.co.jp/column/pixar-movies)
7. [Incredibles 3, Pixar Animation Studios](https://www.pixar.com/incredibles-3)
8. [D23 2026: Disney Reveals What's Next in Entertainment, The Walt Disney Company](https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/news/d23-2026-disney-entertainment-showcase/)
9. [Toy Story, Pixar and Contemporary Hollywood (Bloomsbury, via Library of Congress)](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/master/gdc/gdcebookspublic/20/17/04/92/14/2017049214/2017049214.pdf)
10. [New "Toy Story," "Frozen" and "Zootopia" movies on tap, AP News](https://apnews.com/article/509cb76c42ffe36f9d1020dcfff61826)
11. [Towards Infinity And Beyond: Branding, Reputation, and the Critical Reception of Pixar Animation Studios (PhD thesis, University of East Anglia)](https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/48149/1/McCulloch.pdf)
12. [How we got here (Animated Wrap report), Movistar Plus](https://www.movistarplus.es/comunicacion/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ANIMATED-WRAP.pdf)
13. [Ask a Pixar Scientist, The Science Behind Pixar](https://sciencebehindpixar.org/ask-a-pixar-scientist)
14. [Inside Pixar: how it embraces a crisis, WIRED](https://www.wired.com/story/pixar-embraces-crisis-the-good-dinosaur/)
15. [Highest-grossing animation at the global box office](https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/highest-box-office-film-gross-for-an-animation)
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