This weekend, Brave became Pixar’s 13th feature film, the latest addition to an impeccable body of work that started nearly twenty years ago with Toy Story.  Given the storied history of everyone’s favorite animation studio, I think this is the perfect opportunity to try out a new feature, By the Numbers.  Essentially, I will go one by one through each of the Pixar movies and provide a numbers-based snapshot of its place in the filmography by looking at the box office, critical reception, and miscellaneous facts.  Four thousand words later, I hope you’ll agree this is a comprehensive review of Pixar’s work over the last two decades.

Hit the jump for a detailed look at Toy Story, A Bug’s Life, Toy Story 2, Monster’s, Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars, Ratatouille, WALL-E, Up, Toy Story 3, Cars 2, and Brave.

Has Pixar done wrong? The closest is Cars, which is not much of a movie. One gets the sense that John Lasseter let the film get away with him on that one, or that they could not crack the structure. But other than that minor misfire, these guys are battling like superheroes.

That said, often A Bug’s Life is held as a misfire. It was released in 1998 between Toy Story and Toy Story 2, and though the film did okay, featured direct competition from Dreamworks CGI company with its Antz.  And yet A Bug’s life is a fine film, a touching movie that is only hampered by the developments of CGI.