‘Toy Story 4’ forecast to score $230m-plus global debut

UK, China, Mexico among international heavy-hitters to open this weekend.Toy Story 4 takes off this weekend in North America and eight major international markets, where distribution insiders tell Screen it could gross $90m-$100m led by the UK, Mexico and China.Disney sources are playing coy with North American projections and peg the fourth entry in Pixar’s smash franchise to a $140m-plus launch, contributing to a possible $230m-$240m worldwide debut.

That could be the low end if North America, the UK, China and family-friendly Mexico open higher than projections or comps to Toy Story 3.Toy Story 4 launches

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