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2006 • 1h 56m • Adventure, Animation, Comedy • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Ahhh... it's got that new movie smell.

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3.90

7.3

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$60.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$244.08M

Final

Worldwide total

$461.63M

$217.55M international

Domestic legs4.25x

Budget$120M

2006 rank#3

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Cast & crew

Full Lasseter filmography

John Lasseter

John Lasseter Director

Owen Wilson

Owen Wilson Starring

Paul Newman

Paul Newman Starring

Bonnie Hunt

Bonnie Hunt Starring

Larry the Cable Guy

Larry the Cable Guy Starring

Cheech Marin

Cheech Marin Starring

ScreenplayJohn Lasseter, Dan Fogelman, Phil Lorin, Joe Ranft Produced byDarla K. Anderson CinematographyJeremy Lasky, Jean Claude Kalache MusicRandy Newman Prod. DesignBob Pauley, William Cone StudioWalt Disney Studios SeriesCars

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 9-11 1 $60.1M — 3,985 $15,086 $60.1M

2 Jun 16-18 1 $33.7M −43.9% 3,988 $8,458 $117.1M

3 Jun 23-25 2 $23.3M −31.0% 3,949 $5,896 $156.7M

4 Jun 30-Jul 2 4 $14.6M −37.4% 3,706 $3,931 $182.6M

5 Jul 7-9 5 $10.7M −26.3% 3,379 $3,176 $205.9M

6 Jul 14-16 6 $7.8M −27.0% 3,003 $2,611 $220.0M

7 Jul 21-23 10 $4.9M −36.9% 2,410 $2,052 $229.5M

8 Jul 28-30 14 $2.6M −47.0% 1,556 $1,684 $234.8M

9 Aug 4-6 20 $1.1M −58.6% 942 $1,151 $237.5M

10 Aug 11-13 23 $621.0K −42.8% 509 $1,219 $238.8M

11 Aug 18-20 25 $438.9K −29.3% 355 $1,236 $239.6M

12 Aug 25-27 22 $734.2K +67.3% 531 $1,382 $240.6M

13 Sep 1-3 19 $849.0K +15.6% 555 $1,529 $241.7M

14 Sep 8-10 20 $478.3K −43.7% 478 $1,000 $242.6M

15 Sep 15-17 25 $345.9K −27.7% 406 $851 $243.1M

16 Sep 22-24 26 $318.7K −7.9% 359 $887 $243.5M

17 Sep 29-Oct 1 34 $200.2K −37.2% 294 $680 $243.7M

18 Oct 6-8 35 $134.9K −32.6% 233 $578 $243.9M

19 Oct 13-15 46 $83.2K −38.3% 148 $562 $244.1M

20 Sep 4-6 6 $6.3M — 2,900 $2,174 $250.4M

21 Sep 11-13 13 $1.2M −80% 2,500 $493 $254.5M

22 Sep 18-20 21 $153.7K −88% 310 $496 $255.1M

23 Sep 25-27 30 $14.1K −91% 35 $403 $255.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 9 #1 $19.7M — $19.7M 3,985 $4,946 1

Sat Jun 10 #1 $23.3M +18% $43.0M 3,985 $5,842 2

Sun Jun 11 #1 $17.1M −26% $60.1M 3,985 $4,297 3

Mon Jun 12 #1 $6.4M −63% $66.5M 3,985 $1,608 4

Tue Jun 13 #1 $5.7M −10% $72.3M 3,985 $1,441 5

Wed Jun 14 #1 $5.7M n/c $78.0M 3,985 $1,439 6

Thu Jun 15 #1 $5.3M −7% $83.3M 3,985 $1,333 7

Fri Jun 16 #3 $9.2M +73% −53% $92.5M 3,988 $2,308 8

Sat Jun 17 #1 $12.9M +40% −45% $105.4M 3,988 $3,238 9

Sun Jun 18 #1 $11.6M −10% −32% $117.1M 3,988 $2,911 10

Mon Jun 19 #1 $4.1M −65% −37% $121.1M 3,988 $1,018 11

Tue Jun 20 #1 $4.0M −1% −30% $125.1M 3,988 $1,006 12

Wed Jun 21 #1 $4.1M +2% −29% $129.2M 3,988 $1,028 13

Thu Jun 22 #1 $4.2M +1% −22% $133.4M 3,988 $1,040 14

Fri Jun 23 #2 $6.4M +55% −30% $139.8M 3,949 $1,628 15

Sat Jun 24 #2 $9.3M +45% −28% $149.1M 3,949 $2,360 16

Sun Jun 25 #2 $7.5M −19% −35% $156.7M 3,949 $1,907 17

Mon Jun 26 #2 $3.1M −59% −24% $159.8M 3,949 $785 18

Tue Jun 27 #2 $2.9M −5% −27% $162.7M 3,949 $745 19

Wed Jun 28 #3 $2.7M −10% −35% $165.4M 3,949 $672 20

Thu Jun 29 #3 $2.7M n/c −36% $168.0M 3,949 $672 21

Fri Jun 30 #4 $4.1M +53% −37% $172.1M 3,706 $1,096 22

Sat Jul 1 #4 $5.2M +28% −44% $177.3M 3,706 $1,406 23

Sun Jul 2 #4 $5.3M +2% −30% $182.6M 3,706 $1,428 24

Mon Jul 3 #4 $4.4M −18% +40% $186.9M 3,706 $1,175 25

Tue Jul 4 #4 $3.6M −18% +21% $190.5M 3,706 $960 26

Wed Jul 5 #4 $2.4M −32% −10% $192.9M 3,706 $648 27

Thu Jul 6 #4 $2.3M −6% −15% $195.2M 3,706 $611 28

Fri Jul 7 #5 $3.5M +53% −15% $198.6M 3,379 $1,026 29

Sat Jul 8 #5 $4.2M +22% −19% $202.9M 3,379 $1,248 30

Sun Jul 9 #5 $3.0M −29% −44% $205.8M 3,379 $883 31

Mon Jul 10 #5 $1.4M −53% −68% $207.3M 3,379 $416 32

Tue Jul 11 #5 $1.6M +14% −55% $208.9M 3,379 $474 33

Wed Jul 12 #5 $1.7M +5% −30% $210.5M 3,379 $496 34

Thu Jul 13 #5 $1.6M −7% −31% $212.1M 3,379 $463 35

Fri Jul 14 #6 $2.3M +46% −34% $214.4M 3,003 $761 36

Sat Jul 15 #6 $3.3M +45% −21% $217.7M 3,003 $1,106 37

Sun Jul 16 #6 $2.2M −33% −25% $220.0M 3,003 $742 38

Mon Jul 17 #6 $1.1M −51% −23% $221.1M 3,003 $362 39

Tue Jul 18 #6 $1.2M +9% −26% $222.3M 3,003 $394 40

Wed Jul 19 #6 $1.1M −8% −35% $223.4M 3,003 $361 41

Thu Jul 20 #6 $1.2M +9% −25% $224.5M 3,003 $392 42

Fri Jul 21 #10 $1.4M +15% −41% $225.9M 2,410 $564 43

Sat Jul 22 #10 $2.2M +60% −35% $228.1M 2,410 $902 44

Sun Jul 23 #10 $1.4M −35% −37% $229.5M 2,410 $585 45

Mon Jul 24 #10 $642.1K −55% −41% $230.1M 2,410 $266 46

Tue Jul 25 #10 $693.3K +8% −41% $230.8M 2,410 $287 47

Wed Jul 26 #10 $659.2K −5% −39% $231.5M 2,410 $273 48

Thu Jul 27 #10 $701.7K +6% −41% $232.2M 2,410 $291 49

Fri Aug 4 #19 $309.0K — $236.7M 942 $328 57

Sat Aug 5 #19 $456.0K +48% $237.2M 942 $484 58

Sun Aug 6 #19 $320.0K −30% $237.5M 942 $339 59

Mon Aug 7 #19 $184.0K −43% $237.7M 942 $195 60

Mon Sep 4 #20 $235.7K — $242.0M 555 $424 88

Fri Sep 4 #5 $2.2M — $246.3M 2,900 $761 7,393

Sat Sep 5 #6 $2.1M −5% $248.4M 2,900 $723 7,394

Sun Sep 6 #7 $2.0M −5% $250.4M 2,900 $690 7,395

Mon Sep 7 #- $1.7M −13% $252.1M 2,900 $603 7,396

Tue Sep 8 #- $525.3K −70% $252.7M 2,900 $181 7,397

Wed Sep 9 #8 $405.1K −23% $253.1M 2,900 $140 7398

Thu Sep 10 #8 $230.8K −43% $253.3M 2,900 $80 7399

Fri Sep 11 #14 $245.7K +6% −89% $253.5M 2,500 $98 7400

Sat Sep 12 #12 $520.6K +112% −75% $254.1M 2,500 $208 7401

Sun Sep 13 #12 $466.7K −10% −77% $254.5M 2,500 $187 7402

Mon Sep 14 #11 $95.8K −79% −95% $254.6M 2,500 $38 7403

Tue Sep 15 #- $136.2K +42% −74% $254.8M 2,500 $54 7404

Wed Sep 16 #- $119.2K −12% −71% $254.9M 2,500 $48 7405

Thu Sep 17 #12 $56.3K −53% −76% $254.9M 2,500 $23 7406

Fri Sep 18 #20 $31.7K −44% −87% $255.0M 310 $102 7407

Sat Sep 19 #19 $69.7K +120% −87% $255.0M 310 $225 7408

Sun Sep 20 #19 $52.3K −25% −89% $255.1M 310 $169 7409

Mon Sep 21 #19 $17.0K −67% −82% $255.1M 310 $55 7410

Tue Sep 22 #22 $12.8K −25% −91% $255.1M 310 $41 7411

Wed Sep 23 #22 $13.6K +6% −89% $255.1M 310 $44 7412

Thu Sep 24 #20 $7.2K −47% −87% $255.1M 310 $23 7413

Fri Sep 25 #32 $3.3K −54% −89% $255.1M 35 $96 7414

Sat Sep 26 #30 $7.4K +122% −89% $255.2M 35 $212 7415

Sun Sep 27 #31 $3.4K −55% −94% $255.2M 35 $96 7416

Mon Sep 28 #31 $634 −81% −96% $255.2M 35 $18 7417

Tue Sep 29 #29 $2.5K +287% −81% $255.2M 35 $70 7418

Wed Sep 30 #30 $866 −65% −94% $255.2M 35 $25 7419

Thu Oct 1 #30 $365 −58% −95% $255.2M 35 $10 7420

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$252.7M

Jun 9Jun 23Jul 8Jul 22Sep 8

Weekend grossWk 10 · $621.0K

$60.1M

$33.7M

$23.3M

$14.6M

$10.7M

$7.8M

$4.9M

$2.6M

$1.1M

$621.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,988 → 942 −76.4%

3,985 open942 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −42.8%

−43.9%

W1→2

−31.0%

W2→3

−37.4%

W3→4

−26.3%

W4→5

−27.0%

W5→6

−36.9%

W6→7

−47.0%

W7→8

−58.6%

W8→9

−42.8%

W9→10

Steepest −58.6%Best hold −26.3%

Run milestones

$200M in 30 days

$100M

Day 9

Jun 17

$200M

Day 30

Jul 8

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

From the analysis desk

Ordered by how prominently this film features · all articles

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