For nearly three decades, the Toy Story films have shown children bringing entire worlds to life by showing them playing with their toys. These scenes are called “playtime” sequences, and in Toy Story 5,

Pixar’s technology has advanced so much since Toy Story debuted in 1995 that, for Toy Story 5, the filmmakers purposely held back to preserve the franchise’s visual style. CNET Senior Technology Reporter Abrar Al-Heeti got to sit down with Pixar’s filmmakers to discuss the technological and animation decisions made when creating this film.

Toy Story 5 had an enormous start at the global box office, setting a franchise record. Steven Spielberg's Disclosure Day, however, is having a tough time.

The fifth installment in the Pixar series debuted with $160 million in domestic ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday, easily setting a new franchise record and notching the biggest opening weekend of the year.

"Toy Story 5" escalates in delight (the climactic wedding ceremony must be seen to be believed), but it also has moments that hit you like a gut punch. For this is a movie that touches on a profound question: How will kids connect to each other in an era that wants them to grow up too fast by virtualizing themselves?