Care Bears
Directed byVarious
StarringNelvana films:
Billie Mae Richards
Dan Hennessey
Hadley Kay
Cree Summer
Jim Henshaw
Susan Roman
Rob Tinkler
Julie Lemieux
Stevie Vallance
Andrew Sabiston
Scott McCord
Stephanie Beard
SD Entertainment films:
Ashleigh Ball
Tabitha St. Germain
Scott McNeil
Ian James Corlett
Tracey Moore
Anna Cummer
Production
companies
Nelvana (1985–1987, 2004, 2005)
SD Entertainment (2007, 2010)
Release date
1985–2010
CountriesUnited States
Canada
LanguageEnglish

The Care Bears are a group of characters created by the American Greetings company in 1981. Since 1985, they have appeared in nine animated feature films. The first three, made by the Canadian company Nelvana during the mid-1980s, were traditionally cel-animated; all subsequent entries (from 2004 onward) have been in CGI. Nelvana produced the first five films, while Los Angeles-based SD Entertainment has made another four (starting with Care Bears: Oopsy Does It! in 2007).

Films

Nelvana

Title Release date (North America) Distributor (North America) Release type Source
The Care Bears MovieMarch 24, 1985 (Washington, D.C.)
March 29, 1985		The Samuel Goldwyn Company (U.S.)
Astral Films, Criterion Pictures Corporation (Canada)		Theatrical[1][2][3][4]
Care Bears Movie II: A New GenerationMarch 7, 1986 (limited)
March 21, 1986		Columbia PicturesTheatrical[5][6]
The Care Bears Adventure in WonderlandAugust 6, 1987Cineplex Odeon FilmsTheatrical[7]
Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-lotOctober 5, 2004Lions Gate Home EntertainmentDirect-to-DVD[8]
The Care Bears' Big Wish MovieOctober 18, 2005Lions Gate Home EntertainmentDirect-to-DVD[9]

SD Entertainment

Title Release date (North America) Distributor (North America) Release type Source
Care Bears: Oopsy Does It!August 4, 2007 (limited)Kidtoon FilmsTheatrical[10][11]
Care Bears: To the RescueApril 3, 2010 (limited)Kidtoon FilmsTheatrical[12]
Care Bears: The Giving FestivalNovember 2, 2010Lions Gate Home EntertainmentDirect-to-DVD[13][14]
Care Bears: Share Bear ShinesNovember 6, 2010 (limited)Kidtoon FilmsTheatrical (U.S.)
Direct-to-DVD (Australia)		[15][16][nb 1]

Cast

Character
The Care Bears Movie Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-lot The Care Bears Big Wish Movie Care Bears: Oopsy Does It! Care Bears: To the Rescue Care Bears: The Giving Festival Care Bears: Share Bear Shines
The ten original Bears
Tenderheart Bear Billie Mae Richards Jim Henshaw Andrew Sabiston Matt Hill
Grumpy Bear Bob Dermer Robert Tinkler Scott McNeil
Wish Bear Janet-Laine Green   Stephanie Beard Chiara Zanni
Friend Bear Eva Almos Catherine Disher Shannon Chan-Kent
Good Luck Bear Marla Lukofsky Dan Hennessey Marla Lukofsky Susan Roman Samuel Vincent
Funshine Bear Patricia Black   Julie Lemieux Ian James Corlett
Love-a-lot Bear Georgia Engel   Angela Maiorano Terri Hawkes
Birthday Bear Melleny Brown  
Bedtime Bear Gloria Figura Scott McCord Richard Ian Cox
Cheer Bear Melleny Brown Sunday Muse Tabitha St. Germain

Notes

  1. ↑ Share Bear Shines premiered on DVD in Australia, eight months ahead of Kidtoons' U.S. release.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "Box office information for The Care Bears Movie". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
  2. ↑ Kearney, Mark; Ray, Randy (1998). "What is the highest-grossing Canadian movie ever?". The Great Canadian Trivia Book: A Collection of Compelling Curiosities from Alouette to Zed. Vol. 2. Dundurn Press. p. 80. ISBN 0-88882-197-2. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
  3. ↑ National Film Board of Canada; National Library of Canada; Moving Image and Sound Archives (Canada); Cinémathèque québécoise (1986). "Film/Vidéo Canadiana, 1985–1986". Film/Video Canadiana = Film/Vidéo Canadiana. National Film Board of Canada: 43. ISSN 0836-1002. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
  4. ↑ Staff (March 17, 1985). "Miscellaneous". The Washington Post. p. C2. The District of Columbia Special Olympics will have a benefit screening of The Care Bears Movie at noon, March 24, at the Circle Avalon theater.
  5. ↑ "Box office information for Care Bears Movie II". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
  6. ↑ "Box office information for Care Bears Movie II". The Numbers. Nash Information Services LLC. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
  7. ↑ "Box office information for The Care Bears Movie 3". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
  8. ↑ Magiera, Marcy (May 10, 2004). "Just Announced: Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-lot". Video Business. Vol. 24, no. 19. Reed Business Information. p. 11.
  9. ↑ "Kids' disc premieres deliver more wallop". Variety. Vol. 287, no. 51. Reed Business Information. June 13, 2005. p. S13.
  10. ↑ Strowbridge, C.S. (August 3, 2007). "Limited Releases Are Very Becoming". The Numbers. Nash Information Services LLC. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
  11. ↑ Staff (August 2, 2007). "Movies—Also Showing". The Providence Journal. A.H. Belo Corporation. p. E-11 (Lifebeat/Weekend). Kidtoons Film Series, Showcase Cinemas Warwick [...]. Care Bears in Oopsy Does It, Sat-Sun 10 [a.m.]
  12. ↑ "Care Bears to the Rescue (2010) overview". MSN Movies. Microsoft. Archived from the original on June 9, 2012. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
  13. ↑ Scott, Mike (August 20, 2010). "Arriving this week". New Orleans Times-Picayune. p. A 08 (Lagniappe).
  14. ↑ Staff (November 2, 2010). "Toy Story 3 more fun than you can imagine". The Providence Journal. A.H. Belo Corporation. p. 2 (Features; Lifebeat). For children: Delight them time and time again with: Care Bears: Giving Festival (Lionsgate, $14.98); LeapFrog Learning DVD + CD Set, Volume 2 (Lionsgate, $29.98).
  15. 1 2 "Product information for Care Bears: Share Bear Shines". JB Hi-Fi. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
  16. ↑ Staff (November 5, 2010). "Critics' Picks". Buffalo News. p. G2. [Swing Time isn't] the only film offering that's out of the Hollywood mainstream. At 11 a.m. on Saturdays and Sundays, Dipson Theatres is hosting the "Kidtoons" film series at the McKinley 6 Mall Cinema at the McKinley Mall, Hamburg. For November, the featured film is the animated adventure 'Share Bear Shines' from the Care Bears.
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