With a $13 million weekend, Disney and Pixar Animation's ''Up'' became the year's top-grossing film domestically at $250.2 million.

And "Up," directed by Pete Docter, remains very much the lead contender for the best animated feature Oscar, a prize Pixar has won four times.

Over time, these succeeded in their own right—Pixar, now owned by Walt Disney, became the most successful animated-film company—or as part of something else.