Pixar’s ‘Lightyear’ Generates Lackluster Buzz at the Movie Theater

Fewer households than anticipated went this weekend to see “Lightyear,” underscoring the problem of profitable huge audiences in a summer time crowded with film blockbusters. “Lightyear” posted box-office gross sales of $51 million in the U.S. and Canada, the Sixteenth-best opening weekend ever for Pixar Animation Studios, owned by Walt Disney

The film, which depicts the origin story of Buzz Lightyear, the toy area ranger from the Toy Story films, is the first Pixar movie to be proven in theaters in more than two years. “Lightyear” price about $200 million to provide, in response to an individual acquainted with the matter.