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"Toy Story 5" -- which returns with Tom Hanks, Tim Allen and Joan Cusack voicing key characters -- opened on 4,425 screens across the United States and Canada over the weekend, Exhibitor Relations' estimates showed.

From Barron's • Jun. 21, 2026

Middle-schoolers spent about 70 minutes daily on screens in school during the past school year, more than elementary- and high-schoolers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2026

What “Toy Story 5” does exceptionally well is illustrate both the power of play and the effects screens have on kids.

From Salon • Jun. 21, 2026

Earlier this month, Hanks told BBC News the latest Toy Story film highlights children's addiction to screens, an issue that he said strikes "terror in the heart".

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026

In the afternoon, James and Dicey started patching up the holes in the porch screens, where the screens had pulled out of the wood or just ripped.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt