cars 2

As expected, Pixar’s ‘Cars 2′ easily took first place at the weekend box office, netting a healthy $68 million. That’s about $8 million higher than the original ‘Cars,’ which opened to $60.1 million in 2006.

It's Friday, and that means JOYfm and Fandango's Melinda Petrow joins us in the 6 and 8am hours with her movie picks for this weekend.

The first "Cars' movie was a huge success for Pixar Studios and judging by this extended trailer for 'Cars 2' A new character has been added to the mix in Finn McMissile (Michael Caine), a British secret agent/1960s sports car who recruits Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson) and Mater (Larry the Cable Guy) into a life of danger and espionage...