MUMBAI: Pixar‘s Toy Story 3 is expected to cross the $1 billion mark, that will make Disney the first company to field two $1 billion blockbusters in the same year.
Earlier this year, Disney‘s Alice In Wonderland also crossed the mark and currently stands in the fifth place in the all-time worldwide rankings with $1.024 billion.
Disney‘s Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man‘s Chest ranks fourth with $1.066 billion.
On the North American domestic box-office all-time chart, Toy Story 3 ranks ninth with $404.6 million. Latin America contributed $138 million. The film also happens to be the most successful UK release in Disney history, currently standing as the fourth biggest title with $102.4 million in box-office receipts to date.
In Japan, Toy Story 3 has taken in $111.2 million and spent five consecutive weeks as the No. 1 film.
With Toy Story 3 making its way into the select circle of $1 billion grossing films, three of the seven entries in that exclusive club were made in 3D.
Fox‘s Avatar tops the list with a gross of $2.74 billion.