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Cars 2

2011 G 1h 46m Adventure, Animation, Comedy Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

The Mission Begins.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$191M
Final
Opening Weekend
$66.1M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
2.89x
Opening → Total
Budget
$200M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$560M
$368M international
2011 Rank
#8
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jun 24-26 1 $66.1M $66.1M 4,115 $16K 1
Jul 1-3 2 $26.3M -60.3% $117.2M 4,115 $6K 2
Jul 8-10 4 $15.2M -42.1% $148.8M 3,990 $4K 3
Jul 15-17 5 $8.4M -44.7% $165.4M 3,249 $3K 4
Jul 22-24 7 $5.7M -32.7% $176.4M 2,668 $2K 5
Jul 29-31 10 $2.3M -58.5% $182.1M 1,763 $1K 6
Aug 5-7 12 $1.2M -47.9% $184.8M 926 $1K 7
Aug 12-14 17 $660K -46.0% $186.2M 494 $1K 8
Aug 19-21 23 $348K -47.2% $187.0M 297 $1K 9
Aug 26-28 27 $234K -32.7% $187.4M 233 $1K 10
Sep 2-4 21 $1.2M +415.3% $188.7M 2,043 $590 11
Sep 9-11 35 $181K -85.0% $189.6M 353 $513 12
Sep 30-Oct 2 23 $382K +111.0% $190.1M 255 $1K 13
Oct 7-9 20 $285K -25.5% $190.5M 262 $1K 14
Oct 14-16 25 $212K -25.4% $190.8M 265 $800 15
Oct 21-23 31 $144K -32.0% $191.0M 193 $747 16
Oct 28-30 36 $89K -38.3% $191.1M 143 $622 17
Nov 4-6 39 $88K -1.4% $191.2M 121 $726 18
Nov 11-13 40 $67K -24.0% $191.3M 101 $660 19

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Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byJohn Lasseter
ScreenplayBen Queen
StarringLarry the Cable Guy, Owen Wilson, Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, Eddie Izzard, John Turturro
StudioWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures