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UPDATE, WRITETHRU: There were multiple moving parts at this weekend's international box office, including the debut of two animated threequels (Cars 3 & Despicable Me 3) and the return of The Mummy — leading in its sophomore offshore frame and nearing $300M global. Wonder Woman, meanwhile, is close to lassoing $300M…

5th Updates, Sunday 7:27 AM & 10:13AM: Cars 3 dipped 7% on Saturday for an estimated $18.1M, bringing its opening weekend to $53.5M per Disney. That’s the 16th Pixar film to open at No. 1. While that’s the lowest opening stateside in the Cars series, it should be noted that this movie typically plays younger, evident…

Disney/Pixar’s Cars 3 will seize the weekend from Warner Bros./DC’s Wonder Woman with an opening in the high $50M-low $60M range at 4,200 estimated theaters. Should Cars 3 park in the upper part of that range, it will be a good hold for this sequel which saw an increase between the opening of its 2006 first…

In 2006, Disney and Pixar launched Cars, a funny, poignant and winning animated film that for whatever reason never became the critical darling most Pixar movies become. A 2011 sequel really got on the bad side of some critics, and now it is back for a third go-round. The only Pixar franchise that can match it in…

The Edinburgh International Film Festival has unveiled its full program for its upcoming 71st edition. This year's fest will showcase a total of 151 features from 46 countries including 17 world premieres, 12 international premieres, nine European premieres and 69 UK premieres. In addition to the previously announced…

UPDATED with photo and Thierry Frémaux comments: The Cannes Film Festival observed a minute of silence at 3 PM local time today in solidarity with the city of Manchester where at least 22 people, including some children, were killed in a suicide bombing attack on Monday night. A fireworks display to celebrate the 70th…

With each clip and trailer for the upcoming Cars 3, we get another hint of what’s around that June 16 hairpin curve. Today’s trailer of the anticipated Disney-Pixar ‘toon, called “Rivalry,” has a hint of a Rocky Balboa vibe, with hero speedster Lightning McQueen (voice of Owen Wilson), age settling into his car parts…

“Your racing days are coming to an end.” What? No one says that to Lightning McQueen! Well, yes, they do. And they did. And they are. Here’s the first full trailer for Cars 3, Disney/Pixar’s long-in-the-works threequel that refocuses on the cocky rookie-turned-cagey veteran (Owen Wilson) whose career is headed…

Kerry Washington, Nathan Fillion and Orange Is The New Black‘s Lea DeLaria have joined the voice cast of Disney/Pixar’s Cars 3, which is at the onramp for a June 16, 2017 release. Disney unveiled the additional names today to join returning franchise players including Owen Wilson and Larry The Cable Guy as well as…

“From this moment, everything will change.” Those (semi) ominous words appear after we see Lightning McQueen barrel rolling across the race track, parts and debris flying all around, in the new teaser for Cars 3. Whatever is changing, it’s clear that Disney and Pixar are moving away from the James Bond homage/spoof…