In the first of their animated movies, from 1985, a boy unwittingly unleashes an evil spirit. The Care Bears and their cousins spring into action, using their Rainbow Rescue Beams. ^ "Daytime TV Highlights". Newsday. August 27, 2002. p. B21. ProQuest 279554775. Archived from the original on January 3, 2014.

The Care Bears Movie: Directed by Arna Selznick, Jay Miller, Dick Schneider. With Mickey Rooney, Jackie Burroughs, Georgia Engel, Sunny Besen Thrasher. The Care Bears team up with a troubled brother and sister who just moved to a new town to help a neglected young magician's apprentice whose evil spell book causes sinister things to happen.

The Care Bears Movie, released March 23rd, 1985, has a runtime of approximately 1 hour 16 minutes. It received a user score of 59 (out of 100) on TMDb based on reviews from 123 knowledgeable users. The movie has a runtime of 1 hour 16 minutes. Curious to know what the movie's about?

By 1989, The Care Bears Movie made over US$34 million worldwide, according to Maclean's magazine; [nb 13][nb 14] this made it the highest-grossing animated feature film to come from Canada, and the highest grossing animated film of 1985.