The Cars franchise began with the 2006 film, Cars, produced by Pixar and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The film was followed by the sequels Cars 2 (2011) and Cars 3 (2017) Together, all three Cars films have accrued over $1.4 billion in box office revenue. The brand had sold nearly $10 billion in merchandise by the time of the release of Cars 2 in 2011.