…tie-ins to movies appears to be receiving more attention from studios than in past years. Animated films mentioned in the composition include: Over the Hedge, Cars, Monster House, and Barnyard….

…over 3,765 theaters ($164,316,103 total; 3rd week) 6. Cars with $7,840,985, averaging $2,611 over 3,003 theaters ($220,001,446 total; 6th week) 10. A Scanner Darkly with $1,266,427, averaging $5,863 over 216…

…4,065 theaters ($141,642,667 total; 2nd week) 5. Cars with $10,734,082, averaging $3,176 over 3,988 theaters ($205,908,484 total; 5th week) 13. Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties with $1,027,020, averaging $797…

Greek Geek has collected several pictures from last week’s Cinema Expo, held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Animated movies promoted at the event included The Ant Bully, Cars, Monster House, and…

…Prada which came in at $27 million. On the animated front, in its fourth week, Disney and Pixar’s Cars fell to fourth with $14 million but didn’t lose any ground…

Courtesy of Box Office Mojo: 1. Cars with $31,181,000, averaging $7,818 over 3,988 theaters ($114,505,000 total; 2nd week) 6. Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties with $7,200,000, averaging $2,443 over…

…Movies takes a look at regular Pixar player John Ratzenberger. Telling the interesting connection between Cars’ Mack the truck and Ratzenberger’s father, the piece also delves into why the comedic…

…Fall Line will be run by Scott Novis, who headed production on the recent Cars video game. As Disney CEO Robert Iger stated last September, Disney can earn more money…

Cartoon Brew hosts the advertisement for Pixar Under the Hood: The Making of Cars, presented by the San Francisco Society of Illustrators. Held in the Morgan Auditorium of San Francisco,…

Pixar’s on a roll. Having released CARS to theaters and One Man Band to iTunes yesterday they’ve also just released the teaser trailer for their Summer 2007 Brad Bird-directed release…

…include Randy Newman, who crafted both the song Our Town and a score for Disney/Pixar’s Cars, and Jewel, who co-wrote the tune Quest for Love for Arthur and the Invisibles….

…director George Miller explains to the Associated Press that he did not expect his film to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, knowing the competition from Disney/Pixar’s Cars….

With three nominations, Monster House is the top animated title among the nominees for the 33rd annual Saturn Awards. The film will go against Cars, Flushed Away, Happy Feet, Over…

Upcoming Pixar notices Action-Figure.com, where photos of the Cars and Ratatouille toys from the 2007 Toy Fair are displayed. Likewise, the earlier site points to Cinematical, which contains a larger…

With Yahoo! Entertainment, Randy Newman speaks about his seventeenth Academy Award nomination, provided for the tune Our Town from Cars. Furthermore, the composer joins Pixar Chief Creative Officer John Lasseter…

Reuters via Yahoo! News reveals the “Best Animated Movie” nominees for Nickelodeon’s 20th annual Kids’ Choice Awards. The competition includes Cars, Happy Feet, Ice Age: The Meltdown and Over the…

…last October. The one million mark was exceeded during the holidays, when the company placed such popular films as Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest and Cars at iTunes….

Fresh from accepting the Golden Globe for “Best Animated Film,” Cars director John Lasseter stopped by numerous award after-parties, including those held by The Weinstein Company, NBC/Universal Pictures/Focus Features, and…

…Ice Age: The Meltdown took the third spot, with $647 million worldwide. Cars arrived in fifth place, hauling $462 million, while Over the Hedge came in ninth with $334 million….

…will see the release of such Buena Vista flicks as Chicken Little, Cars, and both Pirates of the Caribbean films. Asia and Europe will also finally receive The Wild, with…

…Cars and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, noticing many consumers continue to enjoy the DVD extras that iTunes does not currently carry. To settle the dispute, Disney will…

The Producers Guild of America has announced its nominees for “Animated theatrical motion pictures.” Competing for the honor will be Cars, Flushed Away, Happy Feet, Ice Age: The Meltdown and…

…having the year’s biggest box office draws: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, which pulled in $1.06 billion, and Cars, which acquired $462 million. Both of those films went…

…Officer John Lasseter, who was visiting Lowe’s Motor Speedway to research the racing culture, Keever’s “life-of-the-party” racing enthusiasm made him the inspiration for the comic sidekick Mater in Disney/Pixar’s Cars….

Barnyard: The Original Party Animals entered fourth place on the DVD First Alert sales chart last week, as seen through The Hollywood Reporter. Meanwhile, Cars continued a steady pace at…

…award are Cars, Happy Feet, and Monster House. In addition to the nomination in the animated category, Happy Feet also got a nod in the Best Original Song category for…

Oscar Watch has collected a wide assortment of “For Your Consideration” advertisements, taken from Variety. Campaigning for Oscar gold through these ads are Arthur & the Invisibles, Cars, Curious George,…

…highlights include: our DVD takes on all the big titles including Cars, Over The Hegde, Ice Age, Looney Tunes, the Disney Legacy and Treasures collections and A Scanner Darkly, plus…

…second spot. Concurrently, on Home Media Magazine’s video rental chart, Meltdown debuted at #1 with approximately $10.3 million. In the meantime, Cars continued to have healthy sales on the DVD…

Buena Vista Pictures has opened its yearly “For Your Consideration” site. This time around, the studio is marketing Cars, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, The Prestige, Déjà Vu…