Cars (franchise)

The Cars franchise is a Pixar media franchise owned by The Walt Disney Company, created by John Lasseter, Joe Ranft, and Jorgen Klubien. It began with *Cars* (2006), followed by *Cars 2* (2011), *Cars 3* (2017), and the *Planes* spin-offs. The three *Cars* films have earned over $1.4 billion worldwide, while the franchise generated more than $10 billion in merchandise sales during its first five years.