Shrek The Third Breaks Record, Again

Shrek 3 has already made $120m (£61m) in its first weekend on release in the US and Canada - a new box office record for an animated movie. The film surpassed the $108m (£55m) taken by Shrek 2 in 2004 to beat its own record.

The third installment of the Shrek series has also knocked Spider-Man 3 off the top of the current North American box office chart but could not match S-M3’s record breaking first-weekend, with takings of $148 (£74m).