All Things Pixar

Amount in millions of dollars that Toy Story 3 made on opening weekend in North America, which would be a June record if it the estimates hold. It’s also a new opening weekend record for a Pixar film, and it’s only the third animated film to open with more than $100m.

It also made $44.8m in 25 other countries, and it hasn’t even opened yet in Japan, Australia and most major European countries.

Amount in millions of dollars that Toy Story 3 made on opening day in North America, a new opening day record for an animated film.

Trivia: If Toy Story 3 beats $109m for its opening weekend, it’ll be the highest opening of all time for a film (any category) in the month of June, and if it tops $121.6m it’ll be the highest ever opening for an animated film.

..is Toy Story 3’s current percentage on Rotten Tomatoes, from 126 reviews so far. The average critics rating stands at 8.8. On the more selective Metacritic, it’s rating is an equally stellar 91 from 36 reviews.

As if anyone reading this blog needs to be persuaded.