Cars (movie)

Cars
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Directed by	John Lasseter; Joe Ranft (co-director)
Produced by	Darla K. Anderson
Written by	Story:; John Lasseter; Joe Ranft; Jorgen Klubien; and Brenda Chapman; Screenplay:; John Lasseter; Joe Ranft; Jorgen Klubien; Dan Fogelman; Kiel Murray; Phil Lorin; Robert L. Baird; Daniel Gerson; Bonnie Hunt; Don Lake; Steve Purcell; and Dan Scanlon
Starring	Owen Wilson; Larry the Cable Guy; Paul Newman; Bonnie Hunt; Tony Shalhoub; John Ratzenberger; George Carlin; Cheech Marin; Michael Keaton; Jenifer Lewis; Katherine Helmond; Joe Ranft
Music by	Randy Newman
Cinematography	Jeremy Lasky; Jean Claude Kalache
Editing by	Ken Schretzmann
Studio	Pixar; Walt Disney Pictures
Distributed by	Buena Vista Pictures
Release date(s)	United States June 9, 2006; United Kingdom July 28, 2006
Running time	116 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$120 million
Money made	$244,082,982 (USA); $217,898,622(Overseas)

Cars is a 2006 movie made by Pixar. In it, cars are living beings and there are no humans. The movie is about Lightning McQueen, a race car who is on his way to California where he is scheduled to race for the Piston Cup. He gets lost on the way and finds himself in Radiator Springs, a fictional town on Route 66. There, he makes new friends who help him get to his Piston Cup race.

Sequels and spin-off[change | change source]

A sequel Cars 2 was released on June 24, 2011. A second sequel Cars 3 was released on June 16, 2017^[2]. Both sequels were made by Pixar.

A spin-off movie Planes was released on August 9, 2013. Its sequel Planes: Fire & Rescue was released on July 18, 2014. The Planes movies were made by DisneyToon Studios and not by Pixar.

Release dates[change | change source]

Country	Premiere
Australia	8 June 2006
Philippines	8 June 2006
Singapore	8 June 2006
Canada	9 June 2006
Taiwan	9 June 2006
United States	9 June 2006
Switzerland	14 June 2006 (French speaking region)
France	14 June 2006
Hungary	15 June 2006
Puerto Rico	15 June 2006
Russia	15 June 2006
Ukraine	15 June 2006
Netherlands	21 June 2006
Bolivia	22 June 2006
Colombia	22 June 2006
Israel	22 June 2006
Iceland	23 June 2006
Poland	23 June 2006
Argentina	29 June 2006
Portugal	29 June 2006
Brazil	30 June 2006
Mexico	30 June 2006
Panama	30 June 2006
Venezuela	30 June 2006
Chile	1 July 2006
Japan	1 July 2006
Belgium	5 July 2006
Czech Republic	6 July 2006
Spain	6 July 2006
Hong Kong	13 July 2006
Peru	13 July 2006
South Africa	14 July 2006
South Korea	20 July 2006
United Kingdom	28 July 2006
Ireland	28 July 2006
Bulgaria	4 August 2006
India	4 August 2006
Latvia	4 August 2006
Estonia	11 August 2006
Kuwait	16 August 2006
Croatia	17 August 2006
Lithuania	18 August 2006
China	22 August 2006
Italy	23 August 2006
Slovenia	24 August 2006
Switzerland	25 August 2006 (Italian speaking region)
Finland	25 August 2006
Norway	25 August 2006
Slovakia	31 August 2006
Denmark	1 September 2006
Sweden	1 September 2006
Egypt	6 September 2006
Germany	7 September 2006
Switzerland	14 September 2006 (German speaking region)
Greece	14 September 2006
Turkey	15 September 2006