One of the biggest explanations for these giant gaps between Pixar and Disney movies isn't just the fact that the animation takes a while, but more so that these gaps make the sequels much more profitable. Even some of the Disney animated movies are starting to have larger gaps between their releases, with a 6 year gap between the two Frozen and Wreck-It Ralph movies. There were 14 years between The Incredibles and The Incredibles 2, 13 years between Finding Nemo and Finding Dory, and 12 years between Monsters Inc. The Toy Story franchise isn't the only Pixar franchise to follow this pattern of having about a decade between their movies. Assuming that the potential next installment in this successful franchise follows suit, we probably won't see Toy Story 5 until around somewhere in the late '20s at the earliest. Following a similar pattern, Toy Story 4 did not release until 2019, 9 years after the previous movie. Evidently, they decided to take their time with the threequel to make sure they got everything right and wouldn't have to rush the animation again.

Disney and Pixar did not end up releasing Toy Story 3 until 2010, a whopping 11 years after the previous installment.

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