Pixar By The Numbers

Have you ever wondered how many people currently work at Pixar? Or how long it takes to make a Pixar movie? Or how many toys are in Toy Story 3? Well, I've gone around the Internet and read my Pixarpedia and tried to answer a lot of those curious questions as best as I could. A lot of the answers are estimates, because it would be almost impossible to get the exact answers to everything. So I encourage you to read on, and let all (or at least most) of your questions about Pixar be answered!

• Around 1200 employees...or more...work at Pixar Animation Studios.
• The average Pixar movie usually takes 4 to 5 years to create...or in other words, about 1460.97 to 1826.21 days.
• As many people know, Pixar has made 11 films up to date, and will release their 12th film, Cars 2, on June 24, 2011.
• Pixar's highest grossing film, Toy Story 3, earned an estimated $1,063,171,609 at the box office. It became the 5th highest grossing film of all time, the #1 animated film of all time, and the highest grossing film of 2010.
• John Lasseter has directed 4 of Pixar's films to this day, and is set to make his 5th debut as director this year with Cars 2.
• So far, there are 9 hilarious Cars Toons, and more will be released in the years to come.
• Randy Newman has scored 6 Pixar movies, including all 3 Toy Story films.
• John Ratzenberger, considered Pixar's 'lucky charm', has voiced 9 Pixar characters, including Hamm the piggy bank and Mack the truck.
• Ever since the Best Animated Feature Film award was introduced to the Oscars in 2001, Pixar has been nominated 8 times, and has won 6 times.
• Not only has Pixar made many fantastic feature films, but the company has created 19 ground-breaking short films, their most recent being Day & Night. Their 20th short, Hawaiian Vacation, will be played in front of Cars 2.
• Pixar has received 10 Academy Award nominations for their short films, and has won 3 times.
• Pixar was founded in 1986, so the company has existed for 25 years.
• Russel, the 8 year-old wilderness explorer from Up, has over 40 badges!
• In Pixar's Ratatouille, the word 'rat' is used 51 times!
• Sulley, the big, blue, furry monster from Monsters, Inc., has around 2,137,000 hairs in total!
• Carl Fredricksen from Up uses about 10,000 to 20,000 balloons to lift his house up into the air!
• In Toy Story 3, Andy only has 12 toys left...but at Sunnyside Daycare, there are probably over 100 toys!
• In Pixar's Cars, there are, of course, over 200 cars seen in the film...probably a lot more!
• There are exactly 96 days left until the North American theatrical release of Cars 2!!!

Of course, those are only a few of Pixar-related facts, because well, with numbers, Pixar always goes.........

To Infinity, and Beyond!

The New "Day & Night" Picture Book

Recently, a picture book based on Teddy Newton's spectacular short film, Day & Night, was released by Chronicle Books. This hardcover book contains the story of the short film in 40 pages filled with fun little illustrations in every page, along with a sentence or two for each page. This book tells the story of Day & Night in a very special and unique way. This book is aimed at children but that doesn't have to stop you from enjoying Day & Night in this fun way! I suggest you do buy it whenever you see it at your local book store! Also, check out this video here about the all-new picture book. Teddy Newton has done an incredible job both creating this book, and the fantastic short film of the same name.

Toy Story 3 & Day & Night Finally in Theaters!!!

Two days ago, on June 18th 2010, I had the time of my life at the movie theater watching the highly anticipated movie, Pixar's Toy Story 3, and their new short, Day and Night! They were both AMAZING in 3D! I'll start by talking about Day & Night.


Day & Night was a spectacular 5 minute film, with astonishing 3D effects. At first Day and Night did not get along, but after getting to know each other some more, they became good friends.


Toy Story 3 was INCREDIBLE! It had all the elements of the first two films. Action, heart, humor. It ended off the Toy Story saga quite nicely, in a fun, exciting way. I am very emotional person, so I was crying the last 15 minutes of the film. It was a beautiful movie. I won't give away anything for those who haven't seen TS3, but all I'm going to say is that it's a lot better than Shrek Forever After.

Well, Pixar has done it again. They've created another classic that captures everyone's heart. Day & Night was just as exciting. Toy Story 3 made 41 million dollars on Friday, and so far it has made 109 million on its opening weekend. If you haven't seen TS3 you have got to get yourself over to that theater.

Pixar's New Short, "Day & Night"

You've probably heard of Pixar's new short film, Day & Night. It's an all new experience brought to you by Pixar, featuring 2D characters with 3D shapes inside them. To show you what that might look like, I attached the picture below to this post.

I think this is going to be one of Pixar's best short films--if not the best! I've also heard it looks spectacular in 3D! I am really exited for this!

A summary of the short film can be seen on Wikipedia.

Day & Night premieres June 18, 2010 alongside Toy Story 3!