What is Toy Story (franchise)?
{{italic title}} '''''Toy Story''''' is a [[Computer-generated imagery|computer animated]] comedy-fantasy movie [[series]] and [[Disney]] [[media franchise]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchises/sort/World|title=Movie Franchises|publisher=The Numbers|access-date=December 6, 2014|archive-date=August 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830153313/http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchises/sort/World|url-status=dead}}</ref> that started in 1995 with the [[Toy Story|animated movie of the same name]]. The movies are produced from [[Pixar|Pixar Animation Studios]] and the distributor is [[Walt Disney Pictures]]. The franchise is based on the [[anthropomorphic]] concept that all toys, unknown to humans, are secretly alive, and the movies focus on a diverse group of toys, most notably a cowboy doll named [[Sheriff Woody]] and a modern spaceman action figure named [[Buzz Lightyear]], voiced by [[Tom Hanks]] and [[Tim Allen]] ([[Chris Evans]] in ''Lightyear''), respectively. The group unexpectedly embark on adventures that challenge and change them. [[File:Toy Story logo.svg|thumb|Official logo Toy Story]] The first two movies of the franchise were directed by [[John Lasseter]]. The third movie was directed by [[Lee Unkrich]]. Unkrich co-directed the second movie, together with Lasseter and [[Ash Brannon]]. The fourth movie was directed by [[Josh Cooley]]. The first three movies, produced on a total budget of $320 million, have grossed more than $1.9 billion worldwide. Each movie set [[box office]] records, with the [[Toy Story 3|third]] included in the top 50 of all-time worldwide movies. All four movies have received generally positive reviews. The franchise consists of five [[CGI animated|animated]] movies: ''[[Toy Story]]'' (1995), ''[[Toy Story 2]]'' (1999), ''[[Toy Story 3]]'' (2010), and ''[[Toy Story 4]]'' (2019), and the spin-off ''[[Lightyear (movie)|Lightyear]]'' (2022). ''Toy Story'' was one of the first movies to be made entirely using computer-generated imager