List of Pixar films

This is a list of films from Pixar, an American CGI film production company based in Emeryville, California, United States. The studio has earned numerous awards for their feature films and other work, including twenty-six 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 November 2015, Pixar has released 15 feature 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. Their second production, A Bug's Life in 1998, Monsters, Inc. in 2001, and Finding Nemo in (2003). The Incredibles (2004), Cars (2006), Ratatouille (2007), WALL-E (2008), and Up (2009) were highly successful.

Their tenth 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 eleventh film is Cars 2 (2011), which is a sequel to Cars, the first film to have a sequel. Both films, along with Monsters University (2013) and The Good Dinosaur (2015), are the most expensive Pixar films to be produced, at an estimated budget of $175–200 million.^[1]

Their twelfth film, Brave (2012), had an estimated budget of $185 million. The 2015 releases of Inside Out and The Good Dinosaur have marked the first time that Pixar released two feature films in one calendar year.^[2]

Films

Released

#	Film	Release date	Director(s)	Writer(s)		Producer(s)	Composer(s)
				Story	Screenplay
1	Toy Story	November 22, 1995	John Lasseter	John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton and Joe Ranft	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	John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Joe Ranft	Andrew Stanton, Donald McEnery and Bob Shaw	Darla K. Anderson and Kevin Reher
3	Monsters, Inc.	November 2, 2001	Pete Docter Co-Directors: Lee Unkrich and David Silverman	Pete Docter, Jill Culton, Jeff Pidgeon and Ralph Eggleston	Andrew Stanton and Dan Gerson	Darla K. Anderson
4	Finding Nemo	May 30, 2003	Andrew Stanton Co-Director: Lee Unkrich	Andrew Stanton	Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson and David Reynolds	Graham Walters	Thomas Newman
5	The Incredibles	November 5, 2004	Brad Bird			John Walker	Michael Giacchino
6	Cars	June 9, 2006	John Lasseter Co-Director: Joe Ranft	John Lasseter, Joe Ranft and Jorgen Klubien	Dan Fogelman, John Lasseter, Joe Ranft, Kiel Murray, Phil Lorin and Jorgen Klubien	Darla K. Anderson	Randy Newman
7	Ratatouille	June 29, 2007	Brad Bird Co-Director: Jan Pinkava	Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco and Brad Bird	Brad Bird	Brad Lewis	Michael Giacchino
8	WALL-E	June 27, 2008	Andrew Stanton	Andrew Stanton and Pete Docter	Andrew Stanton and Jim Reardon	Jim Morris	Thomas Newman
9	Up	May 29, 2009	Pete Docter Co-Director: Bob Peterson	Pete Docter, Bob Peterson and Tom McCarthy	Bob Peterson and Pete Docter	Jonas Rivera	Michael Giacchino
10	Toy Story 3	June 18, 2010	Lee Unkrich	John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich	Michael Arndt	Darla K. Anderson	Randy Newman
11	Cars 2	June 24, 2011	John Lasseter Co-Director: Brad Lewis	John Lasseter, Brad Lewis and Dan Fogelman	Ben Queen	Denise Ream	Michael Giacchino
12	Brave	June 22, 2012	Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman Co-Director: Steve Purcell	Brenda Chapman	Mark Andrews, Steve Purcell, Brenda Chapman and Irene Mecchi	Katherine Sarafian	Patrick Doyle
13	Monsters University	June 21, 2013	Dan Scanlon	Dan Scanlon, Dan Gerson and Robert L. Baird		Kori Rae	Randy Newman
14	Inside Out	June 19, 2015	Pete Docter Co-Director: Ronnie del Carmen	Pete Docter and Ronnie del Carmen	Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve and Josh Cooley	Jonas Rivera	Michael Giacchino
15	The Good Dinosaur	November 25, 2015	Peter Sohn	Peter Sohn, Erik Benson, Meg LeFauve, Kelsey Mann and Bob Peterson	Meg LeFauve	Denise Ream	Mychael and Jeff Danna

Upcoming

#	Film	Release date	Director(s)	Writer(s)		Producer(s)	Composer(s)
				Story	Screenplay
17	Finding Dory [3][4]	June 17, 2016	Andrew Stanton[4] Co-Director: Angus MacLane[5][6]	Victoria Strouse,[4] Andrew Stanton and Bob Peterson[7]	Andrew Stanton	Lindsey Collins[4]	Thomas Newman
18	Cars 3 [8][9]	June 16, 2017	TBA	TBA	Robert L. Baird and Dan Gerson	TBA	Randy Newman
19	Coco [10]	November 22, 2017	Lee Unkrich Co-Director: Adrian Molina	TBA	Adrian Molina	Darla K. Anderson	John Debney
20	Toy Story 4 [11]	June 15, 2018	John Lasseter Co-Director: Josh Cooley	John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter and Lee Unkrich	Rashida Jones and Will McCormack	Galyn Susman	Randy Newman
21	The Incredibles 2 [8]	June 21, 2019	Brad Bird			TBA	Michael Giacchino

In addition, Disney has announced two untitled Pixar films for release on March 13, 2020 and June 19, 2020.^[12]

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."^[13]

Cancelled projects

A film titled Newt was announced in 2008, with Pixar planning to release it in the year of 2012,^[14][15] but was canceled in 2010.^[16] John Lasseter noted that the film's proposed plot line was similar to another film, Blue Sky Studios' Rio, which was released in 2011.^[17] In March of 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 Pete Docter, the director of Up, he pitched an idea that Pixar thought was better and that concept became Inside Out.^[18]

Possible future productions

Projects in development include a film by Teddy Newton, written by Derek Connolly,^[19] and a Mark Andrews film.^[20][21] There also will be new original films directed by Pete Docter, Dan Scanlon and newcomer Brian Phee.^[22]

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[23]	Metacritic[24]	CinemaScore[25]
Toy Story	100%	92/100	A
A Bug's Life	92%	77/100	A
Toy Story 2	100%	88/100	A+
Monsters, Inc.	96%	78/100	A+
Finding Nemo	99%	90/100	A+
The Incredibles	97%	90/100	A+
Cars	74%	73/100	A
Ratatouille	96%	96/100	A
WALL-E	96%	94/100	A
Up	98%	88/100	A+
Toy Story 3	99%	92/100	A
Cars 2	39%	57/100	A–
Brave	78%	69/100	A
Monsters University	78%	65/100	A
Inside Out	98%	94/100	A
The Good Dinosaur	76%	66/100	A

Box office performance

Film	Budget[26]	North America		Worldwide gross[26]
		Opening[26]	Gross[26]
Toy Story	$30 million	$29.1 million	$191.8 million	$362.0 million
A Bug's Life	$120 million	$33.3 million	$162.8 million	$363.4 million
Toy Story 2	$90 million	$57.4 million	$245.9 million	$485.0 million
Monsters, Inc.	$115 million	$62.6 million	$255.9 million	$525.4 million[27]
Finding Nemo	$94 million	$70.3 million	$339.7 million	$867.9 million[28]
The Incredibles	$92 million	$70.5 million	$261.4 million	$631.4 million
Cars	$120 million	$60.1 million	$244.1 million	$462.0 million
Ratatouille	$150 million	$47.0 million	$206.4 million	$623.7 million
WALL-E	$180 million	$63.1 million	$223.8 million	$521.3 million
Up	$175 million	$68.1 million	$293.0 million	$731.3 million
Toy Story 3	$200 million	$110.3 million	$415.0 million	$1,063.2 million
Cars 2	$200 million	$66.1 million	$191.5 million	$559.9 million
Brave	$185 million	$66.3 million	$237.3 million	$539.0 million
Monsters University	$200 million	$82.4 million	$268.5 million	$743.6 million
Inside Out	$175 million	$90.4 million	$356.5 million	$857.4 million
The Good Dinosaur	$175–200 million	$39.2 million	$123.1 million	$331.8 million

Note: Only grosses from the original theatrical runs. They do not include any theatrical re-releases or home media releases.

Academy Award wins and nominations

Film	Best Picture	Animated Feature	Original Screenplay	Original Score	Original Song	Sound Editing	Sound Mixing	Other
Toy Story		Award not introduced	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated			Special Achievement
A Bug's Life		Award not introduced		Nominated
Toy Story 2		Award not 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		Won	Nominated
The Good Dinosaur

See also

• List of Pixar shorts
• List of computer-animated films
• List of Disney theatrical animated features
• List of Walt Disney Animation Studios films

References

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External links

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