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Released
2017 · FILM

Cars 3

Lightning McQueen, a once-dominant race car struggling with obsolescence, must rediscover his passion and purpose when he's reassigned to a life of selling cars in Radiator Springs, far from the track he once ruled.

“From this moment, everything will change.”

Directed by
Brian Fee, Cynthia Lusk
Written by
Kiel Murray, Bob Peterson
Rated
BBFC · U
Runtime
102 min
AdventureAnimationComedy
Streaming on
  • Disney+

Synopsis

Facing competition from a new generation of exceptionally fast racers, Lightning McQueen is forced out of the sport he loves. To reenter the competition, he receives assistance from an eager young race technician who has her own strategy for victory, draws inspiration from the late Fabulous Hudson Hornet, and encounters several unexpected developments.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 850+ 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 Jason HudakShot by Dana FrankoffScored by Randy NewmanDesigned by William ConeSound by Brian Chumney

Box Office

2017 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.2× 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

$383.9M

Budget$175.0M
Worldwide gross$383.9M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $152.9M — 40% of worldwide · International: $231.0M (60%)

Opening weekend: $53.7M — 35% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $74.7M — 49% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 4,256 theaters

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Also known as

  • Cars 3 - Evolutionde
Release dates around the world3 countries · show
  • United StatesJun 10, 2017
  • United Arab EmiratesJun 15, 2017
  • ColombiaJun 15, 2017

Production & Distribution

Production companies
Walt Disney PicturesPixar Animation Studios
Distributors
Walt Disney Studios Motion PicturesWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures MexicoWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Germany
Other companiesApollo Productions / AAR Digital, Apple, Aray Media Group, Arista Nashville, Benchmark Post

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