the company has made a total of 28 movies and short films based on the characters, starting with "toy story" which was released on november 22, 1995, "toy story 2" was premiered in 1999 and "toy story 3" was made in 2010. the fourth film of the franchise is "toy story 4" which released in 2019. the "toy story" franchise has globally become the highest-grossing animated films of all time and has also released several short films and several television series.