The Billion Dollar Movie Club

Compiled By Anant Mathur (August 21, 2010)

A few weeks after breaking the record for the highest-grossing animated flick of all time, Pixar's "Toy Story 3" has just become only the seventh movie ever to rake in $1 billion in worldwide box office receipts. Below are the other six titles on the list.

The third, and reportedly final, installment in the ground-breaking trilogy drew near universal critical praise and earned $404 million since it opened in June, making it the highest grossing flick of the year.

6. THE DARK KNIGHT (2008)
Domestic Box Office: $533,300,000
Worldwide Box Office: $1,001,900,000

5. ALICE IN WONDERLAND (2010)
Domestic Box Office: $334,191,110
Worldwide Box Office: $1,024,298,794

4. PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST (2006)
Domestic Box Office: $423,300,000
Worldwide Box Office: $1,066,200,000

3. THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (2003)
Domestic Box Office: $377,000,000
Worldwide Box Office: $1,119,100,000

2. TITANIC (1997)
Domestic Box Office: $600,800,000
Worldwide Box Office: $1,843,200,000

1. AVATAR (2009)
Domestic Box Office: $749,766,139
Worldwide Box Office: $2,740,405,721

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