List of Pixar films
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Pixar is a CGI production company based in Emeryville, California, United States. The studio has earned numerous awards for their feature films and other work, including 26 Academy Awards, five Golden Globes and three Grammys. Pixar is best known for CGI-animated features created with PhotoRealistic RenderMan, its own implementation of the industry-standard Renderman image-rendering API used to generate high-quality images.
As of June 2015, Pixar has released 15 films, all released under the Walt Disney Pictures banner. The company produced its first feature-length film, Toy Story, in 1995. The film won an Academy Award and was nominated for three others. The success of the film led Pixar to release a sequel, Toy Story 2, in 1999, following their second production, A Bug's Life in 1998. Monsters, Inc. was the next project to be released in 2001, and the following six features Finding Nemo (2003), The Incredibles (2004), Cars (2006), Ratatouille (2007), WALL-E (2008), and Up (2009) were highly successful. The eleventh film, Toy Story 3 (2010), was the highest-grossing animated film of all time worldwide until it was surpassed by Walt Disney Animation Studios' Frozen in March 2014. Pixar's twelfth film is Cars 2 (2011), which is a sequel to Cars, the second film to have a sequel. Both movies, along with a fourteenth film Monsters University (2013), the latter a prequel to Monsters, Inc., are the most expensive Pixar films to ever be produced, at an estimated budget of $200 million each. The thirteenth film Brave (2012) had an estimated budget of $185 million. 2015's releases of Inside Out and The Good Dinosaur mark the first time that Pixar will release two films in one calendar year.[1]
Films
Released
# | Title | Release date | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Composer(s) |
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1 | Toy Story | November 22, 1995 | John Lasseter | Original Story: John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton and Joe Ranft Screenplay: Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow |
Ralph Guggenheim and Bonnie Arnold | Randy Newman |
2 | A Bug's Life | November 25, 1998 | John Lasseter Co-Director: Andrew Stanton |
Original Story: John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Joe Ranft Screenplay: Andrew Stanton, Donald McEnery and Bob Shaw |
Darla K. Anderson and Kevin Reher | |
3 | Toy Story 2 | November 24, 1999 | John Lasseter Co-Directors: Lee Unkrich and Ash Brannon |
Original Story: John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Ash Brannon and Andrew Stanton Screenplay: Andrew Stanton, Rita Hsiao, Doug Chamberlin and Chris Webb |
Helene Plotkin and Karen Robert Jackson | |
4 | Monsters, Inc. | November 2, 2001 | Pete Docter Co-Directors: Lee Unkrich and David Silverman |
Original Story: Pete Docter, Jill Culton, Jeff Pidgeon and Ralph Eggleston Screenplay: Andrew Stanton and Dan Gerson |
Darla K. Anderson | |
5 | Finding Nemo | May 30, 2003 | Andrew Stanton Co-Director: Lee Unkrich |
Original Story: Andrew Stanton Screenplay: Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson and David Reynolds |
Graham Walters | Thomas Newman |
6 | The Incredibles | November 5, 2004 | Brad Bird | John Walker | Michael Giacchino | |
7 | Cars | June 9, 2006 | John Lasseter Co-Director: Joe Ranft |
Original Story: John Lasseter, Joe Ranft and Jorgen Klubien Screenplay: Dan Fogelman, John Lasseter, Joe Ranft, Kiel Murray, Phil Lorin and Jorgen Klubien |
Darla K. Anderson | Randy Newman |
8 | Ratatouille | June 29, 2007 | Brad Bird Co-Director: Jan Pinkava |
Original Story: Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco and Brad Bird Screenplay: Brad Bird |
Brad Lewis | Michael Giacchino |
9 | WALL-E | June 27, 2008 | Andrew Stanton | Original Story: Andrew Stanton and Pete Docter Screenplay: Andrew Stanton and Jim Reardon |
Jim Morris | Thomas Newman |
10 | Up | May 29, 2009 | Pete Docter Co-Director: Bob Peterson |
Story: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson and Tom McCarthy Screenplay: Bob Peterson and Pete Docter |
Jonas Rivera | Michael Giacchino |
11 | Toy Story 3 | June 18, 2010 | Lee Unkrich | Story: John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich Screenplay: Michael Arndt |
Darla K. Anderson | Randy Newman |
12 | Cars 2 | June 24, 2011 | John Lasseter Co-Director: Brad Lewis |
Original Story: John Lasseter, Brad Lewis and Dan Fogelman Screenplay: Ben Queen |
Denise Ream | Michael Giacchino |
13 | Brave | June 22, 2012 | Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman Co-Director: Steve Purcell |
Story: Brenda Chapman Screenplay: Mark Andrews, Steve Purcell, Brenda Chapman and Irene Mecchi |
Katherine Sarafian | Patrick Doyle |
14 | Monsters University | June 21, 2013 | Dan Scanlon | Story and Screenplay: Dan Gerson, Robert L. Baird and Dan Scanlon | Kori Rae | Randy Newman |
15 | Inside Out | June 19, 2015 | Pete Docter Co-Director: Ronnie del Carmen |
Original Story: Pete Docter and Ronnie del Carmen Screenplay: Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve and Josh Cooley |
Jonas Rivera | Michael Giacchino |
In production
# | Title | Release date | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Composer(s) |
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16 | The Good Dinosaur[2][3] | November 25, 2015[4] | Peter Sohn | Original Story: Enrico Casarosa and Bob Peterson Screenplay: Meg LeFauve |
Denise Ream | Jeff Danna[5] and Mychael Danna[6] |
17 | Finding Dory[7] | June 17, 2016[4] | Andrew Stanton[7] Co-Director: Angus MacLane[8][9] |
Story: Victoria Strouse[7] and Andrew Stanton Screenplay: Andrew Stanton |
Lindsey Collins[7] | Thomas Newman |
18 | Cars 3[10][11] | June 16, 2017[12] | TBA | Story: TBA Screenplay: TBA |
TBA | TBA |
19 | Coco[13][14][15] | November 22, 2017[16] | Lee Unkrich | Story: TBA Screenplay: TBA |
Darla K. Anderson | TBA |
20 | Toy Story 4[17] | June 15, 2018[12] | John Lasseter Co-Director: Josh Cooley[18] |
Original Story: John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter and Lee Unkrich Screenplay: Rashida Jones and Will McCormack |
Galyn Susman | Randy Newman[13] |
21 | The Incredibles 2[10][19] | June 21, 2019[12] | Brad Bird | TBA | TBA | |
22 | TBA[12] | March 13, 2020 | TBA | Story: TBA Screenplay: TBA |
TBA | TBA |
23 | TBA[12] | June 19, 2020 | TBA | Story: TBA Screenplay: TBA |
TBA | TBA |
Production cycle
In July 2013, Pixar Studios President Edwin Catmull, said that the studio planned to release one original film each year, and a sequel every other year, as part of a strategy to release "one and a half movies a year."[20] However no film was released in 2014, with the original films Inside Out released in June and The Good Dinosaur scheduled for November 2015, and only Finding Dory (a sequel) scheduled for 2016.
Cancelled projects
A film titled Newt was announced in 2008, with Pixar planning to release it in 2012,[21][22] but was canceled in 2010.[23] John Lasseter noted that the film's proposed plot line was similar to another film, Blue Sky Studios' Rio, which was released in 2011.[24] In March 2014, in an interview, Pixar president Edwin Catmull stated that Newt was an idea that was not working in pre-production. When the project was passed to the director of Up, Pete Docter, he pitched an idea that Pixar thought was better and that concept became Inside Out.[25]
Possible future productions
Projects in development include a film by Teddy Newton, written by Derek Connolly,[26] and a Mark Andrews film.[27][28]
Co-production
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins is a traditionally animated direct-to-video film made in 2000 by Disney Television Animation with an opening sequence by Pixar. The film led to a television series with Pixar creating the CGI portion of the opening theme.
Related productions
John Carter is a live-action Disney film based on Edgar Rice Burroughs' novel, A Princess of Mars, that was co-written and directed by Andrew Stanton. The film was released on March 9, 2012, and it received mixed reviews from critics and underperformed at the box office. Disney reported that they would lose $200 million on it.
Planes is a spin-off of the Cars franchise, made by DisneyToon Studios and co-written and executive-produced by John Lasseter. The film was conceived from the short film Air Mater, which introduces aspects of Planes and ends with a hint of the film. It was released on August 9, 2013. A sequel, Planes: Fire & Rescue, was released on July 18, 2014.
Reception
Critical and public reception
Film | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic[29] | CinemaScore[30] |
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Toy Story | 100%[31] | 92/100 | A |
A Bug's Life | Template:Rotten Tomatoes score%[32] | 77/100 | A |
Toy Story 2 | Template:Rotten Tomatoes score%[33] | 88/100 | A+ |
Monsters, Inc. | Template:Rotten Tomatoes score%[34] | 78/100 | A+ |
Finding Nemo | Template:Rotten Tomatoes score%[35] | 90/100 | A+ |
The Incredibles | 97%[36] | 90/100 | A+ |
Cars | 74%[37] | 73/100 | A |
Ratatouille | Template:Rotten Tomatoes score%[38] | 96/100 | A |
WALL-E | Template:Rotten Tomatoes score%[39] | 94/100 | A |
Up | Template:Rotten Tomatoes score%[40] | 88/100 | A+ |
Toy Story 3 | Template:Rotten Tomatoes score%[41] | 92/100 | A |
Cars 2 | Template:Rotten Tomatoes score%[42] | 57/100 | A− |
Brave | Template:Rotten Tomatoes score%[43] | 69/100 | A |
Monsters University | Template:Rotten Tomatoes score%[44] | 65/100 | A |
Inside Out | 98%[45] | 94/100 | A |
Box office performance
Film | Release date | Opening | Budget | Domestic | Worldwide | Ref(s) |
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Toy Story | November 22, 1995 | $29,140,617 | $30,000,000 | $191,796,233 | $370,638,993 | [46] |
A Bug's Life | November 25, 1998 | $33,258,052 | $120,000,000 | $162,798,565 | $363,398,565 | [47] |
Toy Story 2 | November 24, 1999 | $57,388,839 | $90,000,000 | $245,852,179 | $490,728,379 | [48] |
Monsters, Inc. | November 2, 2001 | $62,577,067 | $115,000,000 | $289,916,256 | $562,816,256 | [49] |
Finding Nemo | May 30, 2003 | $70,251,710 | $94,000,000 | $380,843,261 | $936,743,261 | [50] |
The Incredibles | November 5, 2004 | $70,467,623 | $92,000,000 | $261,441,092 | $631,442,092 | [51] |
Cars | June 9, 2006 | $60,119,509 | $120,000,000 | $244,082,982 | $461,983,149 | [52] |
Ratatouille | June 29, 2007 | $47,027,395 | $150,000,000 | $206,445,654 | $623,722,818 | [53] |
WALL-E | June 27, 2008 | $63,087,526 | $180,000,000 | $223,808,164 | $521,311,860 | [54] |
Up | May 29, 2009 | $68,108,790 | $175,000,000 | $293,004,164 | $731,342,744 | [55] |
Toy Story 3 | June 18, 2010 | $110,307,189 | $200,000,000 | $415,004,880 | $1,063,171,911 | [56] |
Cars 2 | June 24, 2011 | $66,135,507 | $200,000,000 | $191,452,396 | $559,852,396 | [57] |
Brave | June 22, 2012 | $66,323,594 | $185,000,000 | $237,283,207 | $538,983,207 | [58] |
Monsters University | June 21, 2013 | $82,429,469 | $200,000,000 | $268,492,764 | $743,559,607 | [59] |
Inside Out | June 19, 2015 | $90,440,272 | $175,000,000 | $354,363,926 | $818,763,926 | [60] |
Total grosses | $991,137,102 | $2,126,000,000 | $3,997,288,169 | $9,465,137,221 | [61][62][63][64] | |
Average grosses | $64,233,304 | $141,733,333 | $260,208,875 | $627,201,322 |
Academy Award wins and nominations
Film | Best Picture | Animated Feature | Original Screenplay | Original Score | Original Song | Sound Editing | Sound Mixing | Other |
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Toy Story | Award not yet introduced | Nominated | Nominated | Nominated | Special Achievement | |||
A Bug's Life | Award not yet introduced | Nominated | ||||||
Toy Story 2 | Award not yet introduced | Nominated | ||||||
Monsters, Inc. | Nominated | Nominated | Won | Nominated | ||||
Finding Nemo | Won | Nominated | Nominated | Nominated | ||||
The Incredibles | Won | Nominated | Won | Nominated | ||||
Cars | Nominated | Nominated | ||||||
Ratatouille | Won | Nominated | Nominated | Nominated | Nominated | |||
WALL-E | Won | Nominated | Nominated | Nominated | Nominated | Nominated | ||
Up | Nominated | Won | Nominated | Won | Nominated | |||
Toy Story 3 | Nominated | Won | Won | Nominated | Adapted Screenplay | |||
Cars 2 | ||||||||
Brave | Won | |||||||
Monsters University | ||||||||
Inside Out |
See also
- List of Pixar shorts
- List of computer-animated films
- List of Disney theatrical animated features
- List of Walt Disney Animation Studios films
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