Toy Story 3 breaks UK record
Toy Story 3 has become the UK's highest grossing animated movie of all time after taking in a total of £51.5m in just three weeks on release.
The Disney/Pixar threequel beat the previous record holder, Shrek 2, with four weeks of summer holidays still to go.
The renewed popularity of the much-loved franchise also extends to the first two movies, with combined sales of the Blu-ray and DVDs of Toy Story 1 & 2 increasing by more than 600% in July.
Toy Story 3: The Videogame also went straight to number one on the UK All Formats Chart after its first full week of sales.
Hamleys and Woolworths are now predicting that the Jetpack Buzz Lightyear toy will top their Christmas best-sellers, while most Disney Stores have sold out of the Lotso Bear Plush toy.
The film is now on course to surpass Pirates of the Caribbean 2 (£52.5m) to become the Disney's biggest film of all time in the UK.
