“Toy Story 4,” which opens in theaters Friday, is widely expected to make around $150 million over the weekend and gross close to $1 billion over its worldwide run, just like “Toy Story 3″ did.Īnd, for some, Woody is again coming to rescue. It’s probably a fool’s errand to wish for prudence from a corporate-made, multi-billion dollar property that was, from the outset, designed to sell as many toys as it jerked tears. But “Toy Story 4” may mark when Hollywood officially gave up saying goodbye. That movie franchises have been extended well beyond their natural cycle is nothing new. “Toy Story” has returned, nine years later, with “Toy Story 4.” In today’s movie business, nothing is safe from ongoing sequelizing, not even a story about the very necessity of letting go and making peace with the passage of time. “That one scene was it.”īut, of course, that wasn’t it. “From the inside, ‘Toy Story 3’ was definitely the end of it,” said Tim Allen, the voice of Buzz Lightyear. Everyone, including the film’s makers and cast, believed they had neatly, perfectly wrapped up their trilogy. “Toy Story 3″ won the Oscar for best animated film. “The chances of topping this one are infinitesimal,” New York magazine wrote at the time. The finale was immediately received as a classic Hollywood ending. Goodbye to Andy, yes, but goodbye to childhood.
After three brilliant and heartfelt parenting parables that ruminated on aging, loss and impermanence alongside the pitfalls of arcade claw machines and toddler daycare centers, this was the final goodbye. As he drove off, after one last imaginative romp in the yard, Woody watched Andy go like a wistful father.
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