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Cars 2 - Theatrical Trailer

Cars 2(2011)
Released
2011 · FILM

Cars 2

A daring British secret agent infiltrates a remote oil rig to stop a rogue syndicate from weaponizing a hidden device, risking his life to expose a global conspiracy before it ignites worldwide chaos.

“The Mission Begins.”

Directed by
John Lasseter, Bradford Lewis
Written by
Ben Queen, John Lasseter
Rated
MPA · G
Runtime
106 min
AdventureAnimationComedy
Streaming on
  • Disney+

Synopsis

Lightning McQueen, a star racing car, and his friend Mater travel abroad to take part in the World Grand Prix competition. During the event, Mater becomes involved in an international espionage adventure that complicates their pursuit of the championship.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 894+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Stephen SchafferShot by Erik AndersonScored by Michael GiacchinoDesigned by Harley JessupSound by Frank ClaryVFX by Holly Lloyd

Box Office

2011 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 2.8× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$559.9M

Budget$200.0M
Worldwide gross$559.9M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $191.5M — 34% of worldwide · International: $368.4M (66%)

Opening weekend: $66.1M — 35% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $90.9M — 47% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 4,115 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • (Working Title)Бібікі 2
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesJun 18, 2011
  • ItalyJun 22, 2011
  • AustraliaJun 23, 2011
  • BrazilJun 23, 2011

Companies

ProductionWalt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios

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