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How much computer work was required to make Toy Story?

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Animated scene from The Wild Robot showing a round-eyed robot with a fox perched on its shoulder in a forest clearing. — Animation Scene from the 2024 science fiction animated film *The Wild Robot*, directed by Chris Sanders.

To produce Toy Story (1995), the first feature-length film created entirely with computer-generated imagery, Pixar utilized significant computational resources.

According to the studio, the production required 800,000 machine hours to render the film's content. The animation process involved creating 114,240 individual frames, with the studio achieving a maximum production rate of 3.5 minutes of screen time per week. (Note: Some sources cite 110,064 frames, reflecting the intensive technical scale of the project).12