Toy Story 3 heads for the stars

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Box Office News

In just seven days of release Toy Story 3 has broken the all-time box office record for an animated feature in Hong Kong.

The film was released on 15 July and on 21 July hit HK$37.5 million ($4.84 million), surpassing the previous high of HK$35.7 million ($4.61 million) held by Toy Story 2 in a two month run from 3 Feb 2000.

Other Pixar titles The Incredibles and Up take third and fourth places with HK$33.8 million ($4.36 million) and HK$33.3 million ($4.30 million), according to dat from the Motion Picture Industry Association. Fox's Ice Age 3 is fifth with $4.18 million.

Shrek Forever After has been on release since 1 July 2010 and has grossed HK$25.7 million ($3.32 million), putting it in ninth spot in the top ten.

The only Asian film in the ranking is 2002 title Spirited Away (千と千尋の神隠し) with HK$25.4 million ($3.26 million).

Animated features at the Hong Kong box office

Film	From	To	Accumulated BO
Toy Story 3	15 Jul 2010	TBC	HK$37,541,298
Toy Story 2	3 Feb 2000	5 Apr 2000	HK$35,732,127
The Incredibles	3 Feb 2005	23 Apr 2005	HK$33,790,632
Up	30 Jul 2009	9 Oct 2009	HK$33,295,722
Ice Age 3	1 Jul 2009	29 Aug 2009	HK$32,384,209
Finding Nemo	17 Jul 2003	14 Sep 2003	HK$31,894,016
Kung Fu Panda	28 Jun 2008	2 Nov 2008	HK$31,471,718
Monsters Inc.	9 Feb 2002	27 Mar 2002	HK$25,777,970
Shrek Forever After	1 Jul 2010	TBC	HK$25,673,126
Spirited Away	16 Dec 2002	8 Feb 2003	HK$25,353,168

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