Sixteen years after Toy Story 3 seemingly tied a bow around Pixar’s original trilogy, Woody and Buzz have muscled back into America’s streaming charts together. On September 17, 2026, Toy Story, Toy Story 2, and Toy Story 3 occupy No. 2, No. 3, and No. 4 on Disney+’s U.S. movie chart. Only The Mandalorian and Grogu sits above them. Even Toy Story 4 has joined the party at No. 7 (via FlixPatrol).
That resurgence makes Quentin Tarantino’s famously stubborn verdict on the first three films worth dusting off again. The filmmaker has called himself (via Variety) a big fan of the trilogy, described Toy Story 3 as “one of the best movies I’ve ever seen,” and refused to watch the fourth movie because Pixar had already ended the story so perfectly. Three films released in 1995, 1999, and 2010 are now sitting shoulder-to-shoulder near Disney+’s summit.
Quentin Tarantino Refused to Mess With a Perfect Ending
Quentin Tarantino’s affection for the original Toy Story trilogy goes beyond another filmmaker politely praising Pixar. During his 2024 appearance on Bill Maher’s Club Random, he used Sergio Leone’s Dollars Trilogy to explain how rare a truly satisfying three-film run can be. Then Pixar entered the conversation. Tarantino called (via Variety) Toy Story 3 “magnificent” and ranked it among the finest movies he had seen. For him, Andy giving his toys to Bonnie completed a beginning, middle, and ending that needed nothing else.
That conviction is why Toy Story 4 remains one of Tarantino’s deliberate blind spots. He simply had no interest in disturbing an ending he considered complete. Critical consensus gives his argument some heavyweight company. The original Toy Story currently holds a 100% Tomatometer score, while Toy Story 2 also sits at 100%. Toy Story 3 is barely behind them at 98%. The third movie also became the trilogy’s awards heavyweight. Toy Story 3 earned five Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, and won Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song.
Two perfect Tomatometers, a 98% finale, a Best Picture nomination, and an ending Tarantino refuses to tamper with make ‘perfect trilogy’ unusually easy clickbait to defend.
Toy Story 5 Gives Disney+ Viewers a Good Reason to Rewind
There is also a very current reason for Woody, Buzz, and Jessie to be climbing Disney+ again. Toy Story 5 already opened in U.S. theaters on June 19, 2026, and has since earned more than $1.14 billion worldwide (via Box Office Mojo). It now reaches Disney+ on September 23, only six days after the original trilogy occupied those three consecutive chart positions. Disney+ is even encouraging subscribers to prepare for the fifth movie by revisiting the first four films, making the timing of this chart surge particularly neat.
The latest adventure brings Tom Hanks back as Woody, Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear, and Joan Cusack as Jessie. Greta Lee voices Lilypad, Bonnie’s frog-shaped smart tablet, while Conan O’Brien joins the toy box as Smarty Pants. The story shifts the franchise toward a particularly modern anxiety: what happens when traditional toys have to compete with screens for a child’s attention? That upcoming Disney+ debut offers obvious context for audiences rummaging through the older movies again, although the chart itself cannot prove what sent every viewer back.
Still, the visual is hard to resist. Toy Story, Toy Story 2, and Toy Story 3 are lined up at Nos. 2 through 4, while the sequel Tarantino refuses to acknowledge sits at No. 7. Tarantino drew his line after movie three. Disney audiences clearly brought a larger guest list. Thirty-one years after Woody first worried about being replaced, Pixar’s oldest gang is still fighting for attention, only now the competition includes its own billion-dollar fifth movie.
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