The Care Bears Movie was released on March 23, 1985 and grossed almost $24 million. The movie ran for approximately 1 hour and 16 minutes. Today the movie is once again available on VHS and now DVD. In this movie the Care Bear Cousins were introduced.

The biggest star in this film was Mickey Rooney who was the voice of Mr. Cherrywood, the narrator. John Sebastian wrote the songs for this movie and Adventures in Wonderland.

(Taken From the back of the 2002 DVD release of the movie)
The world is in trouble...and it's up to the Care Bears to save it! Starrying everyone's favorite animated characters and featuring the voices of Mickey Rooney and Georgia Engel, as well as songs performed by Carole King, The Care Bears Movie will dazzle and delight viewers of all ages. Way up high where the clouds and rainbows live, the Care Bears watch over the Earth and make sure everyone is kind and friendly to one another. So When they see an evil spirit trick a lonely boy into helping make people mean, the huggable heroes jump into action! They come to the rescue with the animals from the Forest of Feelings...but it's going to take an awful lot of love to defeat the spirit's powerful spell.