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Cars

2006 1h 56m Adventure, Animation, Comedy Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Ahhh... it's got that new movie smell.

Box office summary
Opening Weekend
$60.1M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$244M
Final
Worldwide Total
$462M
$218M international
Domestic Legs4.06x
Budget$120M
2006 Rank#3
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jun 9-11 1 $60.1M $60.1M 3,985 $15K 1
Jun 16-18 1 $33.7M -43.9% $117.1M 3,988 $8K 2
Jun 23-25 2 $23.3M -31.0% $156.7M 3,949 $6K 3
Jun 30-Jul 2 4 $14.6M -37.4% $182.6M 3,706 $4K 4
Jul 7-9 5 $10.7M -26.3% $205.9M 3,379 $3K 5
Jul 14-16 6 $7.8M -27.0% $220.0M 3,003 $3K 6
Jul 21-23 10 $4.9M -36.9% $229.5M 2,410 $2K 7
Jul 28-30 14 $2.6M -47.0% $234.8M 1,556 $2K 8
Aug 4-6 20 $1.1M -58.6% $237.5M 942 $1K 9
Aug 11-13 23 $621K -42.8% $238.8M 509 $1K 10
Aug 18-20 25 $439K -29.3% $239.6M 355 $1K 11
Aug 25-27 22 $734K +67.3% $240.6M 531 $1K 12
Sep 1-3 19 $849K +15.6% $241.7M 555 $2K 13
Sep 8-10 20 $478K -43.7% $242.6M 478 $1K 14
Sep 15-17 25 $346K -27.7% $243.1M 406 $851 15
Sep 22-24 26 $319K -7.9% $243.5M 359 $887 16
Sep 29-Oct 1 34 $200K -37.2% $243.7M 294 $680 17
Oct 6-8 35 $135K -32.6% $243.9M 233 $578 18
Oct 13-15 46 $83K -38.3% $244.1M 148 $562 19

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byJohn Lasseter
ScreenplayJohn Lasseter, Dan Fogelman, Phil Lorin, Joe Ranft
Produced byDarla K. Anderson
CinematographyJeremy Lasky, Jean Claude Kalache
MusicRandy Newman
Prod. DesignBob Pauley, William Cone
StarringOwen Wilson, Paul Newman, Bonnie Hunt, Larry the Cable Guy, Cheech Marin, Tony Shalhoub
StudioWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures