It started with a cowboy and a space ranger. Now, 30 years later, “Toy Story” has become the gold standard of animation. As the first fully computer-animated feature, it forever changed the way movies were made, earning $223.2 million domestically and $394.4 million worldwide, according to Box Office Mojo .

The film went on to win 29 awards, including three Oscars , and broke new ground at the Academy Awards by becoming the first animated movie nominated for best original screenplay, per IMDb . That recognition helped pave the way for the creation of the best animated feature category in 2002. Its co-writer and director, John Lasseter, received a special achievement Oscar for “the development and inspired application of techniques that have made possible the first feature-length c

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