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After a rough opening and even worse subsequent weekend, Lightyear continues its disappointing decline at the box office. Pixar's Toy Story spinoff was a tough sell from the onset, branching off from the franchise proper to tell the story of the "real" astronaut Buzz Lightyear, voiced by Chris Evans instead of Tim Allen. Director Angus MacLane's idea was to create the movie that Andy and his friends saw in Toy Story that attracted them to the toy version of Buzz, a more traditional sci-fi adventure that propped the character up as a stoic hero.

The missing connections to Disney-Pixar's treasure Toy Story franchise, a much different Buzz, and a poorly-received script ultimately hurt Lightyear. Early box office projections were generous but still poor given the studio's popularity, but the movie could not even reach them. It failed to supplant Jurassic World Dominion at the top of the box office charts and fell several more spots the following weekend. In its third weekend in theaters, Lightyear faced Minions: The Rise of Gru, which experts predicted would dominate ticket sales.