What is the running time of Pixar’s original Cars film?

Pixar’s original Cars film has a running time of 117 minutes.

That length makes Cars one of Pixar’s longer early feature films. Its story follows Lightning McQueen from the Piston Cup circuit to Radiator Springs, giving the film room to develop the town’s history, Lightning’s changing relationships, and his eventual decision to value community over immediate glory.

Runtime figures can vary slightly in listings because some sources round minutes, count studio logos differently, or refer to a home-video presentation. The standard listed theatrical running time for Cars is 117 minutes.

The film was directed by John Lasseter and released in 2006. Its follow-up, Cars 2, runs for 106 minutes, while Cars 3 has a listed running time of 102 minutes. Those neighboring runtimes are a common reason viewers misremember the original film’s duration.