Editing Pixar (section)

==== Sequels and financial success (2018–2019) ====
On June 15, 2018, ''[[Incredibles 2]]'' was released, setting a record for widest opening weekend worldwide and domestic for an animated film.<ref>{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=2018-06-18 |title='Incredibles 2' Record $183M Beats 'Captain America: Civil War' Opening & Lifetime Totals Of 'Cars 3', 'A Bug's Life' |url=https://deadline.com/2018/06/incredibles-2-tag-superfly-weekend-box-office-1202411262/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306024917/https://deadline.com/2018/06/incredibles-2-tag-superfly-weekend-box-office-1202411262/ |archive-date=March 6, 2023 |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> The film would eventually gross $1.2&nbsp;billion worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Incredibles 2 (2018) – Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Incredibles-2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316230541/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Incredibles-2#tab=summary |archive-date=March 16, 2023 |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=The Numbers}}</ref> On October 23, 2018, it was announced that Catmull would be retiring. He stayed in an adviser role until July 2019.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=October 23, 2018 |title=Pixar Co-Founder Ed Catmull to Retire |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/pixar-founder-ed-catmull-retire-1154569 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024025917/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/pixar-founder-ed-catmull-retire-1154569 |archive-date=October 24, 2018 |access-date=October 24, 2018 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> On January 18, 2019, it was announced that Lee Unkrich would be leaving Pixar after 25 years although he would return to the studio a few years later.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/coco-director-lee-unkrich-leaving-pixar-25-years-1177411 | title='Toy Story 3,' 'Coco' Director Lee Unkrich Leaving Pixar After 25 Years (Exclusive) | first=Borys | last=Kit | date=January 18, 2019 | access-date=January 18, 2019 | work=The Hollywood Reporter | archive-date=January 19, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119035629/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/coco-director-lee-unkrich-leaving-pixar-25-years-1177411 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Huston |first=Caitlin |date=March 20, 2025 |title='Coco 2' Set For 2029 Release In Theaters |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/coco-2-2029-release-pixar-theaters-1236169129/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250320175308/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/coco-2-2029-release-pixar-theaters-1236169129/ |archive-date=March 20, 2025 |access-date=March 20, 2025 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> On June 21, 2019, ''[[Toy Story 4]]'' was released, surpassing the widest opening worldwide weekend record that ''Incredibles 2'' set.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rubin |first=Rebecca |date=2019-06-23 |title=Box Office: 'Toy Story 4' Dominates With $118 Million Debut |url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/toy-story-4-opening-weekend-box-office-1203250954/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404144120/https://variety.com/2019/film/news/toy-story-4-opening-weekend-box-office-1203250954/ |archive-date=April 4, 2023 |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> The film would make over $1&nbsp;billion and win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Toy Story 4 (2019) – Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Toy-Story-4-(2019) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230617015329/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Toy-Story-4-(2019) |archive-date=June 17, 2023 |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=The Numbers}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Whitten |first=Sarah |date=2020-02-10 |title='Toy Story 4' wins best animated feature Oscar at 92nd Academy Awards |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/09/toy-story-4-wins-best-animated-feature-oscar-at-92nd-academy-awards.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207121417/https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/09/toy-story-4-wins-best-animated-feature-oscar-at-92nd-academy-awards.html |archive-date=December 7, 2022 |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref> During the [[D23 (Disney)|2019 D23 Expo]], Pixar announced that their next film, ''[[Soul (2020 film)|Soul]]'', would release in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Radulovic |first1=Petrana |last2=Patches |first2=Matt |date=2019-08-24 |title=Pixar's latest film Soul is a metaphysical comedy with the studio's first black lead |url=https://www.polygon.com/2019/8/24/20827001/pixar-soul-jamie-foxx-cast-plot-description |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230617015621/https://www.polygon.com/2019/8/24/20827001/pixar-soul-jamie-foxx-cast-plot-description |archive-date=June 17, 2023 |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=Polygon |language=en-US}}</ref> Ahead of the launch of [[Disney+]], Pixar debuted ''[[SparkShorts]]'', experimental shorts done by Pixar staff.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schellong |first=Megan |date=April 17, 2019 |title=Pixar's SparkShorts Set Out To Ignite More Diversity in Animation |url=https://www.npr.org/2019/04/17/709644139/pixars-sparkshorts-set-out-to-ignite-more-diversity-in-animation |access-date=June 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330205625/https://www.npr.org/2019/04/17/709644139/pixars-sparkshorts-set-out-to-ignite-more-diversity-in-animation |archive-date=March 30, 2023}}</ref>