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Cars

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

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

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$244M
Final
Opening Weekend
$60.1M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
4.06x
Opening → Total
Budget
$120M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$462M
$218M international
2006 Rank
#3
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jun 9-11 World Cup (Germany) 1 $60.1M $60.1M 3,985 $15K 1
Jun 16-18 World Cup (Germany) 1 $33.7M -43.9% $117.1M 3,988 $8K 2
Jun 23-25 World Cup (Germany) 2 $23.3M -31.0% $156.7M 3,949 $6K 3
Jun 30-Jul 2 World Cup (Germany) 4 $14.6M -37.4% $182.6M 3,706 $4K 4
Jul 7-9 World Cup (Germany) 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

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Cumulative Total

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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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Cast & Crew

Directed byJohn Lasseter
ScreenplayJohn Lasseter, Dan Fogelman, Phil Lorin, Joe Ranft
StarringOwen Wilson, Paul Newman, Bonnie Hunt, Larry the Cable Guy, Cheech Marin, Tony Shalhoub
StudioWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures