Name: Cars 2
Director: John Lasseter
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy
Released: 2011
Cast: Larry the Cable Guy, Owen Wilson, Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, Eddie Izzard

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Jun 24	#1	$25.72M		—	$25.72M	4,115	$6.2K	1
Sat Jun 25	#1	$23.37M	-9%	—	$49.09M	4,115	$5.7K	2
Sun Jun 26	#1	$17.04M	-27%	—	$66.14M	4,115	$4.1K	3
Mon Jun 27	#1	$6.96M	-59%	—	$73.09M	4,115	$1.7K	4
Tue Jun 28	#1	$7.09M	+2%	—	$80.18M	4,115	$1.7K	5
Wed Jun 29	#2	$5.54M	-22%	—	$85.72M	4,115	$1.3K	6
Thu Jun 30	#2	$5.21M	-6%	—	$90.93M	4,115	$1.3K	7
Fri Jul 1	#2	$7.94M	+52%	-69%	$98.87M	4,115	$1.9K	8
Sat Jul 2	#2	$9.52M	+20%	-59%	$108.39M	4,115	$2.3K	9
Sun Jul 3	#2	$8.82M	-7%	-48%	$117.20M	4,115	$2.1K	10
Mon Jul 4	#2	$5.36M	-39%	-23%	$122.56M	4,115	$1.3K	11
Tue Jul 5	#2	$3.82M	-29%	-46%	$126.38M	4,115	$928	12
Wed Jul 6	#2	$3.65M	-4%	-34%	$130.04M	4,115	$888	13
Thu Jul 7	#2	$3.58M	-2%	-31%	$133.62M	4,115	$870	14
Fri Jul 8	#4	$4.86M	+36%	-39%	$138.48M	3,990	$1.2K	15
Sat Jul 9	#4	$6.04M	+24%	-37%	$144.52M	3,990	$1.5K	16
Sun Jul 10	#4	$4.31M	-29%	-51%	$148.83M	3,990	$1.1K	17
Mon Jul 11	#4	$1.99M	-54%	-63%	$150.82M	3,990	$497	18
Tue Jul 12	#4	$2.40M	+21%	-37%	$153.22M	3,990	$602	19
Wed Jul 13	#4	$1.96M	-19%	-46%	$155.18M	3,990	$490	20
Thu Jul 14	#4	$1.80M	-8%	-50%	$156.98M	3,990	$451	21
Fri Jul 15	#6	$2.43M	+35%	-50%	$159.42M	3,249	$749	22
Sat Jul 16	#5	$3.47M	+43%	-43%	$162.89M	3,249	$1.1K	23
Sun Jul 17	#5	$2.50M	-28%	-42%	$165.39M	3,249	$770	24
Mon Jul 18	#5	$1.24M	-51%	-38%	$166.63M	3,249	$380	25
Tue Jul 19	#5	$1.41M	+14%	-42%	$168.03M	3,249	$432	26
Wed Jul 20	#5	$1.27M	-10%	-35%	$169.30M	3,249	$390	27
Thu Jul 21	#5	$1.42M	+12%	-21%	$170.72M	3,249	$436	28
Fri Jul 22	#7	$1.70M	+20%	-30%	$172.42M	2,668	$637	29
Sat Jul 23	#7	$2.29M	+35%	-34%	$174.71M	2,668	$859	30
Sun Jul 24	#7	$1.66M	-28%	-34%	$176.38M	2,668	$622	31
Mon Jul 25	#7	$834K	-50%	-32%	$177.21M	2,668	$312	32
Tue Jul 26	#7	$932K	+12%	-34%	$178.14M	2,668	$349	33
Wed Jul 27	#7	$814K	-13%	-36%	$178.96M	2,668	$305	34
Thu Jul 28	#7	$814K	n/c	-43%	$179.77M	2,668	$305	35
Fri Jul 29	#10	$695K	-15%	-59%	$180.46M	1,763	$393	36
Sat Jul 30	#10	$920K	+32%	-60%	$181.38M	1,763	$521	37
Sun Jul 31	#10	$735K	-20%	-56%	$182.12M	1,763	$416	38
Mon Aug 1	#10	$362K	-51%	-57%	$182.48M	1,763	$205	39
Tue Aug 2	#10	$382K	+6%	-59%	$182.86M	1,763	$216	40
Wed Aug 3	#10	$374K	-2%	-54%	$183.24M	1,763	$211	41
Thu Aug 4	#10	$349K	-7%	-57%	$183.58M	1,763	$197	42
Fri Aug 5		$305K	-13%	-56%	$183.89M	926	$329	43
Sat Aug 6		$480K	+58%	-48%	$184.37M	926	$518	44
Sun Aug 7		$438K	-9%	-40%	$184.81M	926	$472	45
Mon Aug 8		$181K	-59%	-50%	$184.99M	926	$195	46
Tue Aug 9		$224K	+24%	-41%	$185.21M	926	$242	47
Wed Aug 10		$171K	-24%	-54%	$185.38M	926	$184	48
Thu Aug 11		$154K	-10%	-56%	$185.54M	926	$166	49
Fri Aug 12		$163K	+6%	-46%	$185.70M	494	$330	50
Sat Aug 13		$257K	+57%	-47%	$185.96M	494	$519	51
Sun Aug 14		$240K	-7%	-45%	$186.20M	494	$485	52
Mon Aug 15		$117K	-51%	-35%	$186.31M	494	$236	53
Tue Aug 16		$112K	-4%	-50%	$186.43M	494	$227	54
Wed Aug 17		$84K	-25%	-51%	$186.51M	494	$169	55
Thu Aug 18		$94K	+12%	-39%	$186.60M	494	$189	56
Fri Sep 2		$239K			$187.72M	2,043	$116	71
Sat Sep 3		$461K	+93%		$188.18M	2,043	$225	72
Sun Sep 4		$508K	+10%		$188.69M	2,043	$248	73
Mon Sep 5	#15	$571K	+12%		$189.26M	2,043	$279	74
Tue Sep 6		$84K	-85%		$189.34M	2,043	$41	75
Wed Sep 7		$58K	-31%		$189.40M	2,043	$28	76
Thu Sep 8		$50K	-13%		$189.45M	2,043	$24	77

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Jun 24-26	1	$66.14M	—	$66.14M	4,115	$16.1K	1
Jul 1-3	2	$26.27M	-60.3%	$117.20M	4,115	$6.4K	2
Jul 8-10	4	$15.21M	-42.1%	$148.83M	3,990	$3.8K	3
Jul 15-17	5	$8.41M	-44.7%	$165.39M	3,249	$2.6K	4
Jul 22-24	7	$5.66M	-32.7%	$176.38M	2,668	$2.1K	5
Jul 29-31	10	$2.35M	-58.5%	$182.12M	1,763	$1.3K	6
Aug 5-7	12	$1.22M	-47.9%	$184.81M	926	$1.3K	7
Aug 12-14	17	$660K	-46.0%	$186.20M	494	$1.3K	8
Aug 19-21	23	$348K	-47.2%	$186.95M	297	$1.2K	9
Aug 26-28	27	$234K	-32.7%	$187.36M	233	$1.0K	10
Sep 2-4	21	$1.21M	+415.3%	$188.69M	2,043	$590	11
Sep 9-11	35	$181K	-85.0%	$189.63M	353	$513	12
Sep 30-Oct 2	23	$382K	+111.0%	$190.06M	255	$1.5K	13
Oct 7-9	20	$285K	-25.5%	$190.46M	262	$1.1K	14
Oct 14-16	25	$212K	-25.4%	$190.79M	265	$800	15
Oct 21-23	31	$144K	-32.0%	$191.00M	193	$747	16
Oct 28-30	36	$89K	-38.3%	$191.13M	143	$622	17
Nov 4-6	39	$88K	-1.4%	$191.24M	121	$726	18
Nov 11-13	40	$67K	-24.0%	$191.33M	101	$660	19

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byJohn Lasseter

ScreenplayBen Queen

Produced byDenise Ream

CinematographyJeremy Lasky, Sharon Calahan

MusicMichael Giacchino

StarringLarry the Cable Guy, Owen Wilson, Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, Eddie Izzard, John Turturro

StudioWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

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