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Cars 3

2017 G 1h 49m Animation, Adventure, Comedy Pixar / Walt Disney Pictures

Get ready to race.

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$53.7M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$152.9M
Final
Worldwide Total
$383.5M
$230.6M international
Domestic Legs2.85x
Budget$175M
2017 Rank#21
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Cast & Crew

Directed byBrian Fee ScreenplayPixar Produced byKevin Reher, Andrea Warren CinematographyJeremy Lasky (camera), Kim White (lighting) MusicRandy Newman Prod. DesignJay Shuster, William Cone StarringOwen Wilson, Armie Hammer, Cristela Alonzo StudioWalt Disney Pictures SeriesCars
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jun 16-18 1 $53.7M 4,256 $12,615 $53.7M
2 Jun 23-25 3 $24.1M −55.2% 4,256 $5,657 $98.8M
3 Jun 30-Jul 2 5 $9.7M −59.8% 3,576 $2,710 $120.9M
4 Jul 7-9 6 $5.4M −44.5% 2,702 $1,992 $133.5M
5 Jul 14-16 8 $3.1M −42.0% 2,049 $1,523 $140.0M
6 Jul 21-23 11 $1.9M −38.5% 1,294 $1,483 $144.0M
7 Jul 28-30 12 $956.0K −50.2% 861 $1,110 $146.4M
8 Aug 4-6 17 $539.8K −43.5% 477 $1,132 $147.6M
9 Aug 11-13 23 $330.1K −38.9% 308 $1,072 $148.3M
10 Aug 18-20 24 $249.1K −24.5% 247 $1,009 $148.8M
11 Aug 25-27 30 $168.4K −32.4% 214 $787 $149.1M
12 Sep 1-3 13 $1.8M +952.7% 2,445 $725 $150.9M
13 Sep 8-10 24 $298.8K −83.1% 510 $586 $152.0M
14 Sep 15-17 25 $166.5K −44.3% 259 $643 $152.3M
15 Sep 22-24 32 $76.9K −53.8% 114 $674 $152.4M
16 Sep 29-Oct 1 36 $54.4K −29.2% 88 $619 $152.5M
17 Oct 6-8 31 $111.5K +104.9% 131 $851 $152.6M
18 Oct 13-15 35 $87.7K −21.3% 119 $737 $152.7M
19 Oct 20-22 39 $62.3K −29.0% 94 $663 $152.8M
20 Oct 27-29 44 $40.8K −34.5% 83 $491 $152.9M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Cumulative total$148.9M
Jun 15Jul 3Jul 20Aug 7Aug 24
Weekend grossWk 10 · $249.1K
$53.7M
$24.1M
$9.7M
$5.4M
$3.1M
$1.9M
$956.0K
$539.8K
$330.1K
$249.1K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Theater countPeak 4,256 → 247 −94.2%
4,256 open247 now
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −24.5%
−55.2% W1→2
−59.8% W2→3
−44.5% W3→4
−42.0% W4→5
−38.5% W5→6
−50.2% W6→7
−43.5% W7→8
−38.9% W8→9
−24.5% W9→10
Steepest −59.8%Best hold −24.5%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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