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Box Office Buzz: Record Bustin' Weekend; Second at #1! [UPDATE]

Box Office News Toy Story 3

Toy Story 3 celebrated its second weekend at #1 with an excellent three-day gross of $59 million dollars!

Thanks to the film’s success, Woody and Buzz flew past Pixar benchmarks with much ease, landing Pixar’s 11th at a domestic lifetime gross of:

$226,552,000 $226,889,351

Here’s how the weekend played out: Toy Story 3 started off healthy with $17.9 million on Friday, but it wasn’t until the next couple of days that the film began its record busting spree!

In fact, Saturday’s take of $22.6 million single handedly catapulted Pixar’s 11th past the domestic total of both Toy Story ($191M) and Ratatouille ($206M) just three days after it took on A Bug’s Life.

Think that’s where it ends? Analysts say that Lee Unkrich’s masterpiece earned somewhere around $18.4 million on Sunday, safely passing WALL•E‘s domestic take.

Update: Actuals are in. Look above for a total re-write of Sunday’s post.

Notice: Your last chance to catch Toy Story 3 in IMAX 3D is on June 29th, 2010. I’m seeing it today in the larger-than-life format — can’t wait!

Your thoughts? Predictions?

Last modified: June 27, 2010