If there is one elite circle for movies, it is The Billion Dollar Movie Club, which is a list of movies that have grossed at least $1 billion in the box office. The latest movie to join six other top earners is Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story 3, which is also said to be the first animated film to do so.

Last Friday, Disney announced Toy Story 3 reached the $1 billion mark, making it the studio’s second top grosser this year – the first one is Alice in Wonderland with a worldwide box office earnings of $1,024,298,794 – consequently making Disney the first studio to have two billion-grossers in the same year.

Below is the rundown of the top earners in the history of worldwide cinema.

1. Avatar (2009; 20th Century Fox) – Worldwide Box Office: $2,740,405,721

2. Titanic (1997; 20th Century Fox) – Worldwide Box Office: $1,843,200,000

3. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003; New Line Cinema) – Worldwide Box Office: $1,119,100,000

4. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006; Walt Disney Pictures) – Worldwide Box Office: $1,066,200,000

5. Alice in Wonderland (2010; Walt Disney Pictures) – Worldwide Box Office: $1,024,298,794

6. The Dark Knight (2008; Warner Bros. Pictures) – Worldwide Box Office: $1,001,900,000

7. Toy Story 3 (2010; Pixar/Walt Disney Pictures)

Source:

Yahoo! Movies 
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