Cars - LaughingPlace.com Movie Guide

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Cars
Opens Friday, June 9, 2006
MPAA Rating: G
Running Time: 116

Cast and Filmmaker Summary

Other Pages

• Production Notes
• Cast / Voice Talents
• The Filmmakers
• Cars World Premiere
  Features video interviews with and pictures of Cars filmmakers, voice talents and others attending the premiere.

Images, Trailers, Video Podcasts

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Promotions and Fun Stuff

• Cars Personality Quiz
  Answer 10 questions and find out which of the 10 CARS you're most like!
• Cars Interactive Poster
  Explore the world of CARS, get up-close looks at all the characters, and even hear audio clips from the film!
• El Capitan Theatre Screenings
  Info on seeing the film at this Disney-owned theater in Hollywood, California with a pre-show featuring a live pit crew. There's also a midnight screening on opening day.
  Read Doug Marsh's El Capitan Report
• ITunes
  iTunes has launched their largest-ever movie campaign for CARS. On the CARS section of the iTunes Music Store, you can pre-order the movie's soundtrack and get a digital booklet of CARS images and a bonus video track of the musical artists. Six CARS "Character Playlists" are available on the site - check out selections from Lightning McQueen, Sally, Mater, Doc, Ramone and Fillmore! You can also subscribe to the 15-episode Podcast series for the film, view the trailer and visit the official film website.
  Energizer
  Get a FREE Collectible CARS Launcher when you buy specially marked packs of Energizer ® Max ® AA-8 batteries. Special Edition flashlights
  Enter sweepstakes for CARS merchandise -- Ends 9/30/2006
• Cars Happy Meals Toys
• Kelley Blue Book Listing
  See what Kelley says the CARS are worth
• AT&T CARS Promotion
  Visitors to the site have the chance to race the movie's car characters down a stretch of highway reminiscent of Route 66 while dodging obstacles including mud slicks, rolling tires, construction barriers and other cars. Players are also required to manage their car's performance to account for simulated losses in tire pressure and gas consumption correlating with higher speeds. The number and type of obstacles and the frequency of required pit stops increase through three difficulty tiers. Site visitors can also customize rock, country, jazz and Latin-inspired tunes for downloading in a special audio lab created for AT&T by Disney. Visitors can also download "Cars" desktop graphics.

iTunes Screen Shot

News Stories

• CARS News Stories

Reviews

• Kirby Holt, mixed review, (LaughingPlace.com)
• Amy Bioncolli, positive review, (Houston Chronicle)
• Annlee Ellingson, positive review, (BoxOffice.com)
• Bill Muller, positive review, (Arizona Republic)
• Brian Lowry, mixed review, (Variety)
• Bruce Newman, mixed review, (San Jose Mercury News)
• Chris Vognar, positive review, (Dallas Morning News)
• Christian Science Monitor, mixed review, (Christian Science Monitor)
• Claudia Puig, positive review, (USA Today)
• Colin Covert, positive review, (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
• Craig Outhier, mixed review, (Orange County Register)
• David Ansen, positive review, (Newsweek)
• Ebert and Roeper, positive review, (Movies.com)
• Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, negative review, (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
• Gene Seymour, positive review, (Newsday)
• Jack Matthews, positive review, (New York Daily News)
• Joel Siegel, positive review, (ABC News)
• Kenneth Turan, positive review, (Los Angeles Times)
• Lisa Schwarzbaum, positive review, (Entertainment Weekly)
• Manohla Dargis, negative review, (New York Times)
• Michael Rechtshaffen, positive review, (Hollywood Reporter)
• Peter Travers, positive review, (Rolling Stone)
• Phil Villarreal, negative review, (Arizona Daily Star)
• Richard Corliss, positive review, (Time.com)
• Roger Ebert, positive review, (Chicago Tribune)
• Stephanie Zacharek, negative review, (Salon.com)
• Stephen Hunter, positive review, (Washington Post)
• Terry Lawson, positive review, (Detroit Free Press)

Box Office Performance

• Week 1: 6/9 - 6/11: $60.1 million, Cumulative: $60.1 million Rank #1
• Week 2: 6/16 - 6/18: $33.7 million, Cumulative: $117.1 million Rank #1
• Week 2: 6/23 - 6/25: $23.3 million, Cumulative: $156.7 million Rank #2
• Week 4: 6/30 - 7/4: $22.5 million (5 days), Cumulative: $190.5 million Rank #4
• Week 5: 7/7 - 7/9: $10.7 million, Cumulative: $205.9 million Rank #5
• Week 6: 7/14 - 7/16: $7.8 million, Cumulative: $220.0 million Rank #6
• Week 7: 7/21 - 7/23: $4.9 million, Cumulative: $229.5 million Rank #10
• Week 8: 7/28 - 7/30: $2.6 million, Cumulative: $234.8 million Rank #14
• Week 9: 8/4 - 8/6: $1.1 million, Cumulative: $237.5 million Rank #19
• Week 10: 8/11 - 8/13: $621 thousand, Cumulative: $238.8 million Rank #23
• Week 11: 8/18 - 8/20: $439 thousand, Cumulative: $239.6 million Rank #24
• Week 11: 8/18 - 8/20: $438.9 thousand, Cumulative: $239.6 million Rank #25
• Week 12: 8/25 - 8/27: $734.2 thousand, Cumulative: $240.6 million Rank #22
• Week 20: 9/1 - 9/4: $1.1 million, Cumulative: $242.0 million Rank #20
• Week 15: 9/15 - 9/17: $345.8 thousand, Cumulative: $243.0 million Rank #20
• Week 5: 9/22 - 9/24: $318.7 thousand, Cumulative: $243.5 million Rank #26
• Week 17: 9/29 - 10/1: $200.2 thousand, Cumulative: $243.7 million Rank #34
• Week 18: 10/6 - 10/8: $134.9 thousand, Cumulative: $243.9 million Rank #35
• Week 19: 10/13 - 10/15: $83.2 thousand, Cumulative: $244.1 million Rank #46

Other Links

• Official Site
• Internet Movie Database Entry