PLANES

Planes is a 2013 American 3D computer-animated sports comedy film produced by DisneyToon Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures.^[9] It is a spin-off of Pixar's Cars franchise and thefirst film in a planned Planes trilogy.^[10] Despite not being produced by Pixar, the film was co-written and executive produced by Pixar's chief creative officer John Lasseter, who directed theCars films.

Like most of DisneyToon's films, it was initially set to be released as a direct-to-video film,^[11] but was instead theatrically released on August 9, 2013 in the Disney Digital 3D and RealD 3Dformats^[6][12] with a box office gross of $219,788,712 worldwide.^[8] A sequel, titled Planes: Fire & Rescue, is scheduled for a theatrical release on July 18, 2014.^[13]