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Shrek Beats His Own Record

Green monster smashes expectations on the way to an new animated record

By Sarah Seltzer, Newser User

Posted May 21, 2007 7:30 AM CDT

(Newser) – It's the year of the threequels. With the success of the third Spider-Man and this weekend's triumph of Shrek the Third, all eyes are on the upcoming third Pirates of the Carribean. Dreamworks bigwigs were cautious leading up to green monster's latest bow, but... Read full story »

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