Paramount Pictures UK saw Shrek The Third take £10.3 million in its opening UK weekend, with a further £6.3 million in previews, totally a massive £16.6million, which follows the hugely successful international openings over the last month. The threequel was released on 536 screens and has now taken £19,791,894 in the UK alone. Shrek the Third opened in the US in May with a record breaking $122m three day opening weekend, making it the third biggest opening in US history and the biggest opening for an animated picture ever in the US.

Shrek the Third is Paramount Pictures UK's highest ever opening, as well as the third biggest UK opening of all time (behind the second and third Harry Potter films), leading this summer's blockbusters.

Highlights among the international openings include:
- Poland: #1 opening of all time. Estimated $4.2m.
- Japan: #1 DWA opening. $3m from 288 locations.
- Israel: #2 Animated opening after SHREK 2. Estimated $520k.

Shrek the Third sees Shrek recruit Donkey and Puss In Boots for a new quest to bring back the rightful heir to the throne - Fiona's rebellious cousin Artie after Kind Harold dies and expects Shrek to take on the job. As Shrek departs, Fiona shares the exciting news of her pregnancy, setting off panic alarms in the surprised father to be. Back in Far, Far Away, Fiona's jilted Prince Charming storms the city with an army of fairy tale villains to seize the throne. But they have a surprise in store because Fiona, together with her mother, Queen Lillian, has drafted her fellow fairy tale heroines to defend their "happily ever afters." As Shrek, Donkey and Puss work on changing Artie from a royal pain in the you-know-what into a future king, Fiona and her band of princesses must stop Prince Charming to ensure there will be a kingdom left to rule.

The original casts from Shrek and Shrek 2 -- Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas, Rupert Everett, Julie Andrews and John Cleese - reprise their roles in this third chapter of the Shrek story. The new cast is headed up by Justin Timberlake as Artie with new turns from - Eric Idle as Merlin, Ian McShane as Captain Hook and American John Krasinski (The Office: An American Workplace) as Lancelot. Shrek the Third is presented by Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Animation and is directed by Chris Miller and co-directed by Raman Hui. The film is being produced by Aron Warner and executive produced by Andrew Adamson and John H. Williams.

'Shrek The Third' is distributed in the UK and Ireland by Paramount Pictures UK and opened nationwide on June 29th 2007