Cars
Ahhh... it's got that new movie smell.
Lightning McQueen, a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed, discovers that life is about the journey, not the finish line, when he finds himself unexpectedly detoured in the sleepy Route 66 town of Radiator Springs.On route across the country to the big Piston Cup Championship in California to compete against two seasoned pros, McQueen gets to know the town's offbeat characters.
- Director
- John Lasseter
- Signature
- Wonder · Craft · Action
- Worldwide
- $462M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
31 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Cars actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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Lightning McQueen, a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed, discovers that life is about the journey, not the finish line, when he finds himself unexpectedly detoured in the sleepy Route 66 town of Radiator Springs. On route across the country to the big Piston Cup Championship in California to compete against two seasoned pros, McQueen gets to know the town's offbeat characters.
Where to watch
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The record
Awards
2 wins · 2 nominations
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Animated Feature
Critics' Choice Awards
1 win
- WinnerCritics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature
Annie Awards
1 win
- WinnerAnnie Award for Best Animated Feature
Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Animated Movie
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerKids' Choice Award for Favorite Animated Movie
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Cars returned 3.8× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $120M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $462M
- Release date
- Jun 8, 2006
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English, Italian
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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