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Box Office Buzz: To $1 Billion and Beyond!

Box Office News Toy Story 3

By the end of the day, Toy Story 3 is set to cross the coveted $1 billion dollar mark at the worldwide box-office!

It’s safe to say that we’ve all been anticipating this moment since the film made its debut last June. Pixar’s 11th now joins an elite group of only seven films that have been able to achieve this kind of legendary status.

It goes without saying that Toy Story 3 is also the highest grossing animated film of all time and the first to surpass a billion dollars! Buzz and Woody currently claim about $404 million in North America and a little under $600 million internationally. With that said, we’re still counting!

The folks at corporate also have another great reason to celebrate… other than the insane amount of money. Because of Alice in Wonderland‘s recent success, The Walt Disney Studios is now the only entity with two films that have grossed over a billion dollars in the same year.

A huge congratulations goes out to Lee Unkrich and his uber talented team!

Last modified: August 27, 2010