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Walt Disney Pictures

Walt Disney Pictures[3] is an American film production company and subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, which is owned by The Walt Disney Company. The studio is the flagship producer of live-action feature films within the Walt Disney Studios unit, and is based at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California. Animated films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios are also released under the studio banner. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures distributes and markets the films produced by Walt Disney Pictures.

Walt Disney Pictures
Logo since 2006; a variant with simply "Disney" has been in use since 2011.
FormerlyWalt Disney Studio
(1923–1929)
Walt Disney Productions
(1929–1983)
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryFilm
FoundedOctober 16, 1923; 99 years ago (1923-10-16) (as Walt Disney Productions)
April 1, 1983; 39 years ago (1983-04-01) (as Walt Disney Pictures)
Headquarters500 South Buena Vista Street, ,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
ProductsMotion pictures
ParentWalt Disney Studios
Websitemovies.disney.com
Footnotes / references
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Disney began producing live-action films in the 1950s. The live-action division became Walt Disney Pictures in 1983, when Disney reorganized its entire studio division; which included the separation from the feature animation division and the subsequent creation of Touchstone Pictures. At the end of that decade, combined with Touchstone's output, Walt Disney Pictures elevated Disney to one of Hollywood's major film studios.

Walt Disney Pictures is currently one of five live-action film studios within the Walt Disney Studios, the others being 20th Century Studios, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, and Searchlight Pictures. The 2019 remake of The Lion King is the studio's highest-grossing animated film worldwide with $1.6 billion,[4] and Pirates of the Caribbean is the studio's most successful film series, with five films earning a total of over $4.5 billion in worldwide box office gross.[2]

History

Predecessor unit

The studio's predecessor (and the modern-day The Walt Disney Company's as a whole) was founded as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, by filmmaker Walt Disney and his business partner and brother, Roy, in 1923.

The creation of Mickey Mouse and subsequent short films and merchandise generated revenue for the studio which was renamed as The Walt Disney Studio at the Hyperion Studio in 1926.[5] In 1929, it was renamed again to Walt Disney Productions. The studio's streak of success continued in the 1930s, culminating with the 1937 release of the first feature-length animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, which becomes a huge financial success.[6] With the profits from Snow White, Walt relocated to a third studio in Burbank, California.[7]

In the 1940s, Disney began experimenting with full-length live-action films, with the introduction of hybrid live action-animated films such as The Reluctant Dragon (1941) and Song of the South (1946).[8] That same decade, the studio began producing nature documentaries with the release of Seal Island (1948), the first of the True-Life Adventures series and a subsequent Academy Award winner for Best Live-Action Short Film.[9][10]

Walt Disney Productions had its first fully live-action film in 1950 with the release of Treasure Island, considered by Disney to be the official conception for what would eventually evolve into the modern-day Walt Disney Pictures.[11] By 1953, the company ended their agreements with such third-party distributors as RKO Radio Pictures and United Artists and formed their own distribution company, Buena Vista Distribution.[12] By the 1950s, the company had purchased the rights to his work of L. Frank Baum.[13]

1980s–2000s

The live-action division of Walt Disney Productions was incorporated as Walt Disney Pictures on April 1, 1983, to diversify film subjects and expand audiences for their film releases.[14] In April 1983, Richard Berger was hired by Disney CEO Ron W. Miller as film president. Touchstone Films was started by Miller in February 1984 as a label for the studio's PG-13 and R-rated films with an expected half of Disney's yearly 6-to-8-movie slate, which would be released under the label.[15] That same year, newly named Disney CEO Michael Eisner pushed out Berger, replacing him with Eisner's own film chief from Paramount Pictures, Jeffrey Katzenberg.[16] Touchstone and Hollywood Pictures were formed within that unit on February 15, 1984, and February 1, 1989, respectively.[17]

The Touchstone Films banner was used by then new Disney CEO Michael Eisner in the 1984–1985 television season with the short lived western, Wildside. In the next season, Touchstone produced a hit in The Golden Girls.[18]

David Hoberman was promoted to president of production at Walt Disney Pictures in April 1988.[19] In April 1994, Hoberman was promoted to president of motion picture production at Walt Disney Studios and David Vogel was appointed as Walt Disney Pictures president.[20] The following year, however Hoberman resigned from the company, and instead began a production deal with Disney and his newly formed production company, Mandeville Films.[20] In addition to Walt Disney Pictures, Vogel added the head position of Hollywood Pictures in 1997, while Donald De Line remained as head of Touchstone.[21] Vogel was then promoted in 1998 to the head of Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group, the newly formed division that oversaw all live-action production within the Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone, and Hollywood labels.[22][23] The move was orchestrated by Walt Disney Studios chairman Joe Roth, as an effort to scale back and consolidate the studio's film production.[23] As a result of the restructuring, De Line resigned.[24]

That same year, Nina Jacobson became executive vice-president of live-action production for Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group.[25] Jacobson remained under this title until May 1999, when Vogel resigned from the company, and Jacobson was appointed by Roth to the role of president of production.[26][23] During her tenure, Jacobson oversaw the production of films at Walt Disney Pictures, including Pirates of the Caribbean, The Chronicles of Narnia, Bridge to Terabithia, National Treasure, Remember the Titans, and The Princess Diaries, and was responsible for establishing a first-look deal with Jerry Bruckheimer Films.[27][28] In 2006, Jacobson was fired by studio chairman Dick Cook, and replaced with by Oren Aviv, the head of marketing.[27][29]

After two films based on Disney theme park attractions,[30][31][32] Walt Disney Pictures selected it as a source of a line of films starting with The Country Bears (2002) and The Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (both 2003).[33] The latter film—the first film produced by the studio to receive a PG-13 rating—began a film series that was followed by four sequels, with the franchise taking in more than $5.4 billion worldwide from 2003 to 2017.[30][34] On January 12, 2010, Aviv stepped down as the studio's president of live-action production.[35]

2010s–present

In January 2010, Sean Bailey was appointed the studio's president of live-action production, replacing Aviv.[36][2] Bailey had produced Tron: Legacy for the studio, which was released later that same year.[36] Under Bailey's leadership and with support from then Disney CEO Bob Iger—and later studio chairman Alan Horn—Walt Disney Pictures pursued a tentpole film strategy, which included an expanded slate of original and adaptive large-budget tentpole films. Beginning in 2011, the studio simplified the branding in its production logo and marquee credits to just "Disney".[37] Concurrently, Disney was struggling with PG-13 tentpole films outside of the Pirates of the Caribbean series, with films such as John Carter (2012) and The Lone Ranger (2013) becoming major box office bombs. However, the studio had found particular success with live-action fantasy adaptations of properties associated with their animated films, which began with the commercial success of Alice in Wonderland (2010), that became the second billion-dollar-grossing film in the studio's history.[38] With the continued success of Maleficent (2014) and Cinderella (2015), the studio saw the potential in these fantasy adaptations and officiated a trend of similar films, which followed with The Jungle Book (2016) and Beauty and the Beast (2017).[39][2] By July 2016, Disney had announced development of nearly eighteen of these films consisting of sequels to existing adaptations, origin stories and prequels.[39][40] Although Walt Disney Pictures produced several successful smaller-budgeted genre films throughout the 2010s, such as The Muppets (2011), Saving Mr. Banks (2013), and Into the Woods (2014), the studio shifted its production model entirely on tentpole films as they had found that a majority of the smaller genre films were becoming financially unsustainable in the theatrical market.[2][41][42]

In 2017, The Walt Disney Company announced it was creating its own streaming service platform.[43] The new service, known as Disney+, would feature original programming created by the company's vast array of film and television production studios, including Walt Disney Pictures.[44] As part of this new distribution platform, Bailey and Horn confirmed that Walt Disney Pictures would renew development on smaller-budgeted genre films that the studio had previously stopped producing for the theatrical exhibition market a few years prior.[45][46][42] In 2018, nine films were announced to be in production or development for the service.[47] These films would be budgeted between $20 million and $60 million.[45] The studio is expected to produce approximately 3-4 films per year exclusively for Disney+, alongside its theatrical tentpole slate.[46] Disney+ was launched on November 12, 2019, in the United States, Canada, and the Netherlands, with subsequent international expansions.[44] Within the first two months of the service's launch, Walt Disney Pictures had released three films (Lady and the Tramp, Noelle, and Togo) exclusively for Disney+.[42]

On March 12, 2020, Fox Family president Vanessa Morrison was named president of live-action development and production of streaming content for both Disney Live-Action and 20th Century Studios, reporting directly to Bailey. That same day, Philip Steuer and Randi Hiller were also appointed as president of the studio's physical, post-production and VFX, and executive vice president for casting, respectively–overseeing these functions for both Walt Disney Pictures and 20th Century Studios.[1]

Until 1985, instead of a traditional production logo, the opening credits of Disney films used to feature a title card that read "Walt Disney Presents", and later, "Walt Disney Productions Presents".[48] In Never Cry Wolf, and the pre-release versions of Splash, it showed a light blue rectangle with the name "Walt Disney Pictures" and featured a white outline rectangle framing on a black screen.

Beginning with the release of Return to Oz in 1985, Walt Disney Pictures introduced its fantasy castle logo. The version with its accompanying music premiered with The Black Cauldron.[48] The logo was created by Walt Disney Productions in traditional animation and featured a white silhouette of Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle against a blue background, with the studio's name in Walt Disney text and underscored by "When You Wish Upon a Star", in arrangement composed by John Debney.[49] A short rendition of the logo was used as a closing logo as well as in the movie Return to Oz, although the film was released months before The Black Cauldron was released. A computer-animated RenderMan variant appeared before every Pixar Animation Studios film from Toy Story until Ratatouille, featuring an original fanfare composed by Randy Newman, based on the opening score cue from Toy Story. Beginning with Dinosaur (2000), an alternative logo featuring an orange castle and logo against a black background, was occasionally presented with darker tone and live-action films, though a few animated films such as Brother Bear, the 2003 re-release of The Lion King and The Wild (the final film to use this logo) used this logo. The original incarnation of this logo resurfaced in 2021 for a merchandising line by ShopDisney, based on its original incarnation. With the purchase of 20th Centuary Fox branding changes are taking place at Fox as well said Gerard Bevan Group CEO of Fox APAC.

In 2006, the studio's vanity card logo was updated with the release of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest at the behest of then-Walt Disney Studios chairman Dick Cook and studio marketing president Oren Aviv.[49] Designed by Disney animation director Mike Gabriel and producer Baker Bloodworth, the modernized logo was created completely in computer animation by Wētā FX and yU+co and featured a 3D New Waltograph typography. The final rendering of the logo was done by Cameron Smith and Cyrese Parrish.[50] In addition, the revamped logo includes visual references to Pinocchio, Dumbo, Cinderella, Peter Pan and Mary Poppins, and its redesigned castle incorporates elements from both the Cinderella Castle and the Sleeping Beauty Castle, as well as fireworks and Walt Disney's family crest.[51] Mark Mancina wrote a new composition and arrangement of "When You Wish Upon a Star" to accompany the 2006 logo.[49] It was co-arranged and orchestrated by David Metzger. In 2011, starting with The Muppets, the sequence was modified to truncate the "Walt Disney Pictures" branding to "Disney", which has mainly been used originally in home media releases since 2007.[52] The new logo sequence has been consistently modified for high-profile releases including Tron: Legacy, Maleficent, Tomorrowland, The Jungle Book, and Beauty and the Beast.

In 2022, a new production logo was introduced for the studio's 100th anniversary in 2023, which premiered at the 2022 D23 Expo. The new castle logo features an updated opening sequence in computer animation at sunrise created by Disney Studios Content and Industrial Light & Magic and an arrangement of "When You Wish Upon a Star" by Christophe Beck. The magical arc that usually flies from right to left above the castle now flies from left to right, a subtle reference to several arc appearances since 2005, including the 2005 Hong Kong Disneyland logo, the 2006 Walt Disney Pictures print logo and most recently, the animated Disney+ logo.[53] A byline appears below the Disney100 logo during the studio's 100th anniversary in 2023, reading "100 Years of Wonder". While containing the same visual references as the previous logo, new references added to it include Pocahontas, Up, Hercules, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, The Little Mermaid, Tangled, Brave and Beauty and the Beast, with the addition of the Matterhorn from Third Man on the Mountain and its Disneyland attraction and Pride Rock from The Lion King in the background beyond the castle. Its first film appearance was with the release of Strange World.[54]

Film library

The studio's first live-action film was Treasure Island (1950). Animated films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar are also released by Walt Disney Pictures. The studio has released four films that have received an Academy Award for Best Picture nomination: Mary Poppins (1964), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Up (2009), and Toy Story 3 (2010).[55]

Highest-grossing films

Walt Disney Pictures has produced five live-action films that have grossed over $1 billion at the worldwide box office: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006), Alice in Wonderland (2010), Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011), Beauty and the Beast (2017) and Aladdin (2019);[2][56] and has released eight animated films that have reached that milestone: Toy Story 3 (2010), Frozen (2013), Zootopia, Finding Dory (both 2016), Incredibles 2 (2018), The Lion King, Toy Story 4, and Frozen II (three in 2019).

Highest-grossing films in North America[57]
Rank Title Year Box office gross
1 Incredibles 2 2018 $608,581,744
2 The Lion King 2019 $543,638,043
3 Beauty and the Beast 2017 $504,014,165
4 Finding Dory 2016 $486,131,416
5 Frozen II 2019 $477,373,578
6 Toy Story 3 2010 $434,038,008
7 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 2006 $423,315,812
8 The Lion King 1994 $422,783,777
9 Toy Story 4 2019 $415,004,880
10 Frozen 2013 $400,738,009
11 Finding Nemo 2003 $380,843,261
12 The Jungle Book 2016 $364,001,123
13 Aladdin 2019 $356,258,912
14 Inside Out 2015 $356,002,827
15 Zootopia 2016 $342,268,248
16 Alice in Wonderland 2010 $334,191,110
17 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 2007 $309,420,425
18 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 2003 $305,413,918
19 Up 2009 $293,004,164
20 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 2005 $291,710,957
21 Monsters, Inc. 2001 $289,916,256
22 Toy Story 2 1999 $276,554,625
23 Monsters University 2013 $268,492,764
24 The Incredibles 2004 $261,441,092
25 Moana 2016 $248,757,044
Highest-grossing films worldwide
Rank Title Year Box office gross
1 The Lion King 2019 $1,657,598,092
2 Frozen II $1,450,026,933
3 Frozen 2013 $1,280,802,282
4 Beauty and the Beast 2017 $1,264,521,126
5 Incredibles 2 2018 $1,243,805,359
6 Toy Story 4 2019 $1,073,394,593
7 Toy Story 3 2010 $1,067,171,911
8 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 2006 $1,066,179,725
9 Aladdin 2019 $1,051,693,953
10 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 2011 $1,045,713,802
11 Finding Dory 2016 $1,029,473,532
12 Alice in Wonderland 2010 $1,025,467,110
13 Zootopia 2016 $1,024,641,447
14 The Lion King 1994 $968,554,386
15 The Jungle Book 2016 $966,550,600
16 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 2007 $963,420,425
17 Finding Nemo 2003 $940,335,536
18 Inside Out 2015 $857,675,046
19 Coco 2017 $807,139,032
20 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales $794,826,541
21 Maleficent 2014 $758,410,378
22 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 2005 $745,013,115
23 Monsters University 2013 $744,229,437
24 Up 2009 $735,099,082
25 Big Hero 6 2014 $657,827,828

—Includes theatrical reissue(s).

PG-13-rated films

Although Walt Disney Pictures maintains a family-friendly image, generally releasing G and PG-rated films, it does occasionally release films rated PG-13, something Touchstone Pictures was capable of doing until its closure in 2016. The first PG-13 rated film released by Walt Disney Pictures was Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Additionally, Tales from Earthsea, a Studio Ghibli film, is the first and so far only animated film released by Walt Disney Pictures to receive the rating.[58] Hamilton is notable for being the first Walt Disney Pictures film to use the expletive "fuck", although two instances of it were censored to avoid an R rating.[59] The 2020 live-action remake of Mulan was the first live-action Disney remake to receive a PG-13 rating, with Cruella later following suit.

Films released by Walt Disney Pictures with a PG-13 rating include:

Film series and franchises

Titles Release dates Notes
Mickey Mouse & Friends 1928–present Co-production with Walt Disney Animation Studios, Disneytoon Studios, and Disney Television Animation
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937–present Co-production with Walt Disney Animation Studios
Fantasia 1940–present Co-production with Walt Disney Animation Studios, Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Saturn Films, Broken Road Productions, and The Mark Gordon Company
Dumbo 1941–2019 Co-production with Walt Disney Animation Studios, Tim Burton Productions, Infinite Detective Productions, and Secret Machine Entertainment
Bambi 1942–present Co-production with Walt Disney Animation Studios and Disneytoon Studios
Saludos Amigos 1943–2018 Co-production with Walt Disney Animation Studios
Make Mine Music 1946–1954
True-Life Adventures 1948–1960
Cinderella 1950–2015 Co-production with Walt Disney Animation Studios, Disney Television Animation, Disneytoon Studios, Kinberg Genre, Allison Shearmur Productions, and Beagle Pug Films
Alice in Wonderland 1951–present Co-production with Walt Disney Animation Studios, Roth Films, Team Todd, The Zanuck Company, and Tim Burton Productions
Peter Pan 1953–present Co-production with Walt Disney Animation Studios, Disneytoon Studios, and A. Film Production
Davy Crockett 1955–1956
Lady and the Tramp 1955–2019 Co-production with Walt Disney Animation Studios, Disneytoon Studios, and Taylor Made
Old Yeller 1957–1963
Sleeping Beauty 1959–present Co-production with Walt Disney Animation Studios
The Shaggy Dog 1959–2006 Co-production with Mandeville Films, Tollin/Robbins Productions, Boxing Cat Films, Robert Simonds Productions, and Shaggy Dog Productions
101 Dalmatians 1961–present Co-production with Walt Disney Animation Studios, Great Oaks Entertainment, Disneytoon Studios, Gunn Films, and Marc Platt Productions
The Absent-Minded Professor 1961–1997 Co-production with Great Oaks Entertainment
The Parent Trap 1961–present
The Incredible Journey 1963–1996
Mary Poppins 1964–2018 Co-production with Lucamar Productions and Marc Platt Productions
Winnie the Pooh 1966–present Co-production with Walt Disney Animation Studios, Disneytoon Studios, and 2DUX²
The Jungle Book 1967–present Co-production with Walt Disney Animation Studios, Baloo Productions, Jungle Book Films, Disneytoon Studios, and Fairview Entertainment
Herbie 1969–2005 Co-production with Robert Simonds Productions
Dexter Riley 1969-1975
Witch Mountain 1975–2009 Co-production with Gunn Films
The Apple Dumpling Gang 1975–1982
Freaky Friday 1976–2018 Co-production with Gunn Films
The Rescuers 1977–1990 Co-production with Walt Disney Animation Studios and Silver Screen Partners
The Fox and the Hound 1981–2006 Co-production with Walt Disney Animation Studios and Disneytoon Studios
Tron 1982–present Co-production with Lisberger/Kushner Productions and Sean Bailey Productions
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids 1989–present Co-production with Silver Screen Partners and Touchwood Pacific Partners
The Little Mermaid Co-production with Walt Disney Animation Studios, Disney Television Animation and Disneytoon Studios
White Fang 1991-1994 Co-production with Silver Screen Partners and Hybrid Productions, Inc.
Beauty and the Beast 1991–present Co-production with Walt Disney Animation Studios, Silver Screen Partners, Disney Television Animation, and Mandeville Films
The Mighty Ducks 1992–present Co-production with Avnet-Kerner Productions and Touchwood Pacific Partners
Aladdin Co-production with Walt Disney Animation Studios, Disney Television Animation, and Rideback
The Muppets Co-production with The Jim Henson Company, Mandeville Films and The Muppets Studio
Hocus Pocus 1993–2022 Co-production with David Kirschner Productions
The Lion King 1994–present Co-production with Walt Disney Animation Studios, Disney Television Animation, Disneytoon Studios, and Fairview Entertainment
The Santa Clause 1994–2022 Co-production with Hollywood Pictures, Outlaw Productions, and Boxing Cat films (sequels)
Pocahontas 1995-1998 Co-production with Walt Disney Animation Studios and Disney Television Animation
Toy Story 1995–present Co-production with Pixar Animation Studios
The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1996–present Co-production with Walt Disney Animation Studios and Disney Television Animation
Hercules 1997–present Co-production with Walt Disney Animation Studios
Mulan 1998–present Co-production with Walt Disney Animation Studios, Disneytoon Studios, Jason T. Reed Productions, and Good Fear Productions
Tarzan 1999–2005 Co-production with Walt Disney Animation Studios, Disney Television Animation, and Disneytoon Studios
Inspector Gadget 1999–present Co-production with Caravan Pictures, DIC Entertainment, Avnet-Kerner Productions, Roger Birnbaum Productions, and The Kerner Entertainment Company
The Emperor's New Groove 2000–2008 Co-production with Walt Disney Animation Studios and Disneytoon Studios
Atlantis 2001–present Co-production with Walt Disney Animation Studios, Disneytoon Studios, and Disney Television Animation
The Princess Diaries 2001–2004 Co-production with BrownHouse Productions, Shondaland, and Martin Chase Productions
Monsters, Inc. 2001–present Co-production with Pixar Animation Studios
Lilo & Stitch 2002–present Co-production with Walt Disney Animation Studios, Disney Television Animation, and Disneytoon Studios
Finding Nemo 2003–present Co-production with Pixar Animation Studios
Pirates of the Caribbean 2003–present Co-production with Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Haunted Mansion Co-production with Rideback
Brother Bear 2003–2006 Co-production with Walt Disney Animation Studios and Disneytoon Studios
The Incredibles 2004–present Co-production with Pixar Animation Studios
National Treasure 2004–present Co-production with Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Junction Entertainment and Saturn Films
The Chronicles of Narnia 2005–2008 Co-production with Walden Media; third film produced by 20th Century Studios
Cars 2006–present Co-production with Pixar Animation Studios
Enchanted 2007–2022 Co-production with Right Coast Productions, Josephson Entertainment and Andalasia Productions
Tinker Bell 2008–2015 Co-production with Disneytoon Studios
Bolt 2008–2009 Co-production with Walt Disney Animation Studios
Up 2009–2021 Co-production with Pixar Animation Studios
The Princess and the Frog 2009–present Co-production with Walt Disney Animation Studios
Tangled 2010–2020
Wreck-It Ralph 2012–present
Planes 2013–2014 Co-production with Disneytoon Studios
Frozen 2013–present Co-production with Walt Disney Animation Studios
Maleficent 2014–present Co-production with Roth/Kirschenbaum Films
Big Hero 6 2014-present Co-production with Walt Disney Animation Studios
Inside Out 2015–present Co-production with Pixar Animation Studios
Zootopia 2016–present Co-production with Walt Disney Animation Studios
Moana 2016–present
The Last Warrior 2017–present Co-production with Yellow, Black & White
Stargirl 2020–present Co-production with Gotham Group and Hahnscape Entertainment
Cruella 2021–present Co-production with Gunn Films and Marc Platt Productions
Jungle Cruise Co-production with Davis Entertainment, Seven Bucks Productions and Flynn Picture Company
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Co-production with 20th Century Animation and Bardel Entertainment; original live-action films produced by 20th Century Studios
Ice Age 2022 Co-production with 20th Century Animation; original films produced by 20th Century Studios and Blue Sky Studios
Cheaper by the Dozen Co-production with Khalabo Ink Society; original films produced by 20th Century Studios
Night at the Museum Co-production with 21 Laps Entertainment, Alibaba Pictures and Atomic Cartoons

See also

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This article is about the film production studio For the related and similarly named distribution unit see Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures For the parent umbrella division see Walt Disney Studios division Walt Disney Pictures 3 is an American film production company and subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios which is owned by The Walt Disney Company The studio is the flagship producer of live action feature films within the Walt Disney Studios unit and is based at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank California Animated films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios are also released under the studio banner Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures distributes and markets the films produced by Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney PicturesLogo since 2006 a variant with simply Disney has been in use since 2011 FormerlyWalt Disney Studio 1923 1929 Walt Disney Productions 1929 1983 TypeSubsidiaryIndustryFilmFoundedOctober 16 1923 99 years ago 1923 10 16 as Walt Disney Productions April 1 1983 39 years ago 1983 04 01 as Walt Disney Pictures Headquarters500 South Buena Vista Street Burbank California United StatesArea servedWorldwideKey peopleSean Bailey president production 1 Vanessa Morrison president streaming 1 ProductsMotion picturesParentWalt Disney StudiosWebsitemovies wbr disney wbr comFootnotes references 2 Disney began producing live action films in the 1950s The live action division became Walt Disney Pictures in 1983 when Disney reorganized its entire studio division which included the separation from the feature animation division and the subsequent creation of Touchstone Pictures At the end of that decade combined with Touchstone s output Walt Disney Pictures elevated Disney to one of Hollywood s major film studios Walt Disney Pictures is currently one of five live action film studios within the Walt Disney Studios the others being 20th Century Studios Marvel Studios Lucasfilm and Searchlight Pictures The 2019 remake of The Lion King is the studio s highest grossing animated film worldwide with 1 6 billion 4 and Pirates of the Caribbean is the studio s most successful film series with five films earning a total of over 4 5 billion in worldwide box office gross 2 Contents 1 History 1 1 Predecessor unit 1 2 1980s 2000s 1 3 2010s present 2 Logo 3 Film library 3 1 Highest grossing films 3 2 PG 13 rated films 3 3 Film series and franchises 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory EditPredecessor unit Edit See also The Walt Disney Company History The studio s predecessor and the modern day The Walt Disney Company s as a whole was founded as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio by filmmaker Walt Disney and his business partner and brother Roy in 1923 The creation of Mickey Mouse and subsequent short films and merchandise generated revenue for the studio which was renamed as The Walt Disney Studio at the Hyperion Studio in 1926 5 In 1929 it was renamed again to Walt Disney Productions The studio s streak of success continued in the 1930s culminating with the 1937 release of the first feature length animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs which becomes a huge financial success 6 With the profits from Snow White Walt relocated to a third studio in Burbank California 7 In the 1940s Disney began experimenting with full length live action films with the introduction of hybrid live action animated films such as The Reluctant Dragon 1941 and Song of the South 1946 8 That same decade the studio began producing nature documentaries with the release of Seal Island 1948 the first of the True Life Adventures series and a subsequent Academy Award winner for Best Live Action Short Film 9 10 Walt Disney Productions had its first fully live action film in 1950 with the release of Treasure Island considered by Disney to be the official conception for what would eventually evolve into the modern day Walt Disney Pictures 11 By 1953 the company ended their agreements with such third party distributors as RKO Radio Pictures and United Artists and formed their own distribution company Buena Vista Distribution 12 By the 1950s the company had purchased the rights to his work of L Frank Baum 13 1980s 2000s Edit The live action division of Walt Disney Productions was incorporated as Walt Disney Pictures on April 1 1983 to diversify film subjects and expand audiences for their film releases 14 In April 1983 Richard Berger was hired by Disney CEO Ron W Miller as film president Touchstone Films was started by Miller in February 1984 as a label for the studio s PG 13 and R rated films with an expected half of Disney s yearly 6 to 8 movie slate which would be released under the label 15 That same year newly named Disney CEO Michael Eisner pushed out Berger replacing him with Eisner s own film chief from Paramount Pictures Jeffrey Katzenberg 16 Touchstone and Hollywood Pictures were formed within that unit on February 15 1984 and February 1 1989 respectively 17 The Touchstone Films banner was used by then new Disney CEO Michael Eisner in the 1984 1985 television season with the short lived western Wildside In the next season Touchstone produced a hit in The Golden Girls 18 David Hoberman was promoted to president of production at Walt Disney Pictures in April 1988 19 In April 1994 Hoberman was promoted to president of motion picture production at Walt Disney Studios and David Vogel was appointed as Walt Disney Pictures president 20 The following year however Hoberman resigned from the company and instead began a production deal with Disney and his newly formed production company Mandeville Films 20 In addition to Walt Disney Pictures Vogel added the head position of Hollywood Pictures in 1997 while Donald De Line remained as head of Touchstone 21 Vogel was then promoted in 1998 to the head of Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group the newly formed division that oversaw all live action production within the Walt Disney Pictures Touchstone and Hollywood labels 22 23 The move was orchestrated by Walt Disney Studios chairman Joe Roth as an effort to scale back and consolidate the studio s film production 23 As a result of the restructuring De Line resigned 24 That same year Nina Jacobson became executive vice president of live action production for Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group 25 Jacobson remained under this title until May 1999 when Vogel resigned from the company and Jacobson was appointed by Roth to the role of president of production 26 23 During her tenure Jacobson oversaw the production of films at Walt Disney Pictures including Pirates of the Caribbean The Chronicles of Narnia Bridge to Terabithia National Treasure Remember the Titans and The Princess Diaries and was responsible for establishing a first look deal with Jerry Bruckheimer Films 27 28 In 2006 Jacobson was fired by studio chairman Dick Cook and replaced with by Oren Aviv the head of marketing 27 29 After two films based on Disney theme park attractions 30 31 32 Walt Disney Pictures selected it as a source of a line of films starting with The Country Bears 2002 and The Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean The Curse of the Black Pearl both 2003 33 The latter film the first film produced by the studio to receive a PG 13 rating began a film series that was followed by four sequels with the franchise taking in more than 5 4 billion worldwide from 2003 to 2017 30 34 On January 12 2010 Aviv stepped down as the studio s president of live action production 35 2010s present Edit In January 2010 Sean Bailey was appointed the studio s president of live action production replacing Aviv 36 2 Bailey had produced Tron Legacy for the studio which was released later that same year 36 Under Bailey s leadership and with support from then Disney CEO Bob Iger and later studio chairman Alan Horn Walt Disney Pictures pursued a tentpole film strategy which included an expanded slate of original and adaptive large budget tentpole films Beginning in 2011 the studio simplified the branding in its production logo and marquee credits to just Disney 37 Concurrently Disney was struggling with PG 13 tentpole films outside of the Pirates of the Caribbean series with films such as John Carter 2012 and The Lone Ranger 2013 becoming major box office bombs However the studio had found particular success with live action fantasy adaptations of properties associated with their animated films which began with the commercial success of Alice in Wonderland 2010 that became the second billion dollar grossing film in the studio s history 38 With the continued success of Maleficent 2014 and Cinderella 2015 the studio saw the potential in these fantasy adaptations and officiated a trend of similar films which followed with The Jungle Book 2016 and Beauty and the Beast 2017 39 2 By July 2016 Disney had announced development of nearly eighteen of these films consisting of sequels to existing adaptations origin stories and prequels 39 40 Although Walt Disney Pictures produced several successful smaller budgeted genre films throughout the 2010s such as The Muppets 2011 Saving Mr Banks 2013 and Into the Woods 2014 the studio shifted its production model entirely on tentpole films as they had found that a majority of the smaller genre films were becoming financially unsustainable in the theatrical market 2 41 42 In 2017 The Walt Disney Company announced it was creating its own streaming service platform 43 The new service known as Disney would feature original programming created by the company s vast array of film and television production studios including Walt Disney Pictures 44 As part of this new distribution platform Bailey and Horn confirmed that Walt Disney Pictures would renew development on smaller budgeted genre films that the studio had previously stopped producing for the theatrical exhibition market a few years prior 45 46 42 In 2018 nine films were announced to be in production or development for the service 47 These films would be budgeted between 20 million and 60 million 45 The studio is expected to produce approximately 3 4 films per year exclusively for Disney alongside its theatrical tentpole slate 46 Disney was launched on November 12 2019 in the United States Canada and the Netherlands with subsequent international expansions 44 Within the first two months of the service s launch Walt Disney Pictures had released three films Lady and the Tramp Noelle and Togo exclusively for Disney 42 On March 12 2020 Fox Family president Vanessa Morrison was named president of live action development and production of streaming content for both Disney Live Action and 20th Century Studios reporting directly to Bailey That same day Philip Steuer and Randi Hiller were also appointed as president of the studio s physical post production and VFX and executive vice president for casting respectively overseeing these functions for both Walt Disney Pictures and 20th Century Studios 1 Logo EditSee also Disney logo Walt Disney Pictures Until 1985 instead of a traditional production logo the opening credits of Disney films used to feature a title card that read Walt Disney Presents and later Walt Disney Productions Presents 48 In Never Cry Wolf and the pre release versions of Splash it showed a light blue rectangle with the name Walt Disney Pictures and featured a white outline rectangle framing on a black screen Beginning with the release of Return to Oz in 1985 Walt Disney Pictures introduced its fantasy castle logo The version with its accompanying music premiered with The Black Cauldron 48 The logo was created by Walt Disney Productions in traditional animation and featured a white silhouette of Disneyland s Sleeping Beauty Castle against a blue background with the studio s name in Walt Disney text and underscored by When You Wish Upon a Star in arrangement composed by John Debney 49 A short rendition of the logo was used as a closing logo as well as in the movie Return to Oz although the film was released months before The Black Cauldron was released A computer animated RenderMan variant appeared before every Pixar Animation Studios film from Toy Story until Ratatouille featuring an original fanfare composed by Randy Newman based on the opening score cue from Toy Story Beginning with Dinosaur 2000 an alternative logo featuring an orange castle and logo against a black background was occasionally presented with darker tone and live action films though a few animated films such as Brother Bear the 2003 re release of The Lion King and The Wild the final film to use this logo used this logo The original incarnation of this logo resurfaced in 2021 for a merchandising line by ShopDisney based on its original incarnation With the purchase of 20th Centuary Fox branding changes are taking place at Fox as well said Gerard Bevan Group CEO of Fox APAC In 2006 the studio s vanity card logo was updated with the release of Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man s Chest at the behest of then Walt Disney Studios chairman Dick Cook and studio marketing president Oren Aviv 49 Designed by Disney animation director Mike Gabriel and producer Baker Bloodworth the modernized logo was created completely in computer animation by Weta FX and yU co and featured a 3D New Waltograph typography The final rendering of the logo was done by Cameron Smith and Cyrese Parrish 50 In addition the revamped logo includes visual references to Pinocchio Dumbo Cinderella Peter Pan and Mary Poppins and its redesigned castle incorporates elements from both the Cinderella Castle and the Sleeping Beauty Castle as well as fireworks and Walt Disney s family crest 51 Mark Mancina wrote a new composition and arrangement of When You Wish Upon a Star to accompany the 2006 logo 49 It was co arranged and orchestrated by David Metzger In 2011 starting with The Muppets the sequence was modified to truncate the Walt Disney Pictures branding to Disney which has mainly been used originally in home media releases since 2007 52 The new logo sequence has been consistently modified for high profile releases including Tron Legacy Maleficent Tomorrowland The Jungle Book and Beauty and the Beast In 2022 a new production logo was introduced for the studio s 100th anniversary in 2023 which premiered at the 2022 D23 Expo The new castle logo features an updated opening sequence in computer animation at sunrise created by Disney Studios Content and Industrial Light amp Magic and an arrangement of When You Wish Upon a Star by Christophe Beck The magical arc that usually flies from right to left above the castle now flies from left to right a subtle reference to several arc appearances since 2005 including the 2005 Hong Kong Disneyland logo the 2006 Walt Disney Pictures print logo and most recently the animated Disney logo 53 A byline appears below the Disney100 logo during the studio s 100th anniversary in 2023 reading 100 Years of Wonder While containing the same visual references as the previous logo new references added to it include Pocahontas Up Hercules The Hunchback of Notre Dame Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs The Little Mermaid Tangled Brave and Beauty and the Beast with the addition of the Matterhorn from Third Man on the Mountain and its Disneyland attraction and Pride Rock from The Lion King in the background beyond the castle Its first film appearance was with the release of Strange World 54 Film library EditMain article List of Walt Disney Pictures films The studio s first live action film was Treasure Island 1950 Animated films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar are also released by Walt Disney Pictures The studio has released four films that have received an Academy Award for Best Picture nomination Mary Poppins 1964 Beauty and the Beast 1991 Up 2009 and Toy Story 3 2010 55 Highest grossing films Edit Walt Disney Pictures has produced five live action films that have grossed over 1 billion at the worldwide box office Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man s Chest 2006 Alice in Wonderland 2010 Pirates of the Caribbean On Stranger Tides 2011 Beauty and the Beast 2017 and Aladdin 2019 2 56 and has released eight animated films that have reached that milestone Toy Story 3 2010 Frozen 2013 Zootopia Finding Dory both 2016 Incredibles 2 2018 The Lion King Toy Story 4 and Frozen II three in 2019 Highest grossing films in North America 57 Rank Title Year Box office gross1 Incredibles 2 2018 608 581 7442 The Lion King 2019 543 638 0433 Beauty and the Beast 2017 504 014 1654 Finding Dory 2016 486 131 4165 Frozen II 2019 477 373 5786 Toy Story 3 2010 434 038 0087 Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man s Chest 2006 423 315 8128 The Lion King 1994 422 783 7779 Toy Story 4 2019 415 004 88010 Frozen 2013 400 738 00911 Finding Nemo 2003 380 843 26112 The Jungle Book 2016 364 001 12313 Aladdin 2019 356 258 91214 Inside Out 2015 356 002 82715 Zootopia 2016 342 268 24816 Alice in Wonderland 2010 334 191 11017 Pirates of the Caribbean At World s End 2007 309 420 42518 Pirates of the Caribbean The Curse of the Black Pearl 2003 305 413 91819 Up 2009 293 004 16420 The Chronicles of Narnia The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe 2005 291 710 95721 Monsters Inc 2001 289 916 25622 Toy Story 2 1999 276 554 62523 Monsters University 2013 268 492 76424 The Incredibles 2004 261 441 09225 Moana 2016 248 757 044Highest grossing films worldwide Rank Title Year Box office gross1 The Lion King 2019 1 657 598 0922 Frozen II 1 450 026 9333 Frozen 2013 1 280 802 2824 Beauty and the Beast 2017 1 264 521 1265 Incredibles 2 2018 1 243 805 3596 Toy Story 4 2019 1 073 394 5937 Toy Story 3 2010 1 067 171 9118 Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man s Chest 2006 1 066 179 7259 Aladdin 2019 1 051 693 95310 Pirates of the Caribbean On Stranger Tides 2011 1 045 713 80211 Finding Dory 2016 1 029 473 53212 Alice in Wonderland 2010 1 025 467 11013 Zootopia 2016 1 024 641 44714 The Lion King 1994 968 554 38615 The Jungle Book 2016 966 550 60016 Pirates of the Caribbean At World s End 2007 963 420 42517 Finding Nemo 2003 940 335 53618 Inside Out 2015 857 675 04619 Coco 2017 807 139 03220 Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Men Tell No Tales 794 826 54121 Maleficent 2014 758 410 37822 The Chronicles of Narnia The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe 2005 745 013 11523 Monsters University 2013 744 229 43724 Up 2009 735 099 08225 Big Hero 6 2014 657 827 828 Includes theatrical reissue s PG 13 rated films Edit This section contains information of unclear or questionable importance or relevance to the article s subject matter Please help improve this section by clarifying or removing indiscriminate details If importance cannot be established the section is likely to be moved to another article pseudo redirected or removed Find sources Walt Disney Pictures news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Although Walt Disney Pictures maintains a family friendly image generally releasing G and PG rated films it does occasionally release films rated PG 13 something Touchstone Pictures was capable of doing until its closure in 2016 The first PG 13 rated film released by Walt Disney Pictures was Pirates of the Caribbean The Curse of the Black Pearl Additionally Tales from Earthsea a Studio Ghibli film is the first and so far only animated film released by Walt Disney Pictures to receive the rating 58 Hamilton is notable for being the first Walt Disney Pictures film to use the expletive fuck although two instances of it were censored to avoid an R rating 59 The 2020 live action remake of Mulan was the first live action Disney remake to receive a PG 13 rating with Cruella later following suit Films released by Walt Disney Pictures with a PG 13 rating include Pirates of the Caribbean The Curse of the Black Pearl 2003 Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man s Chest 2006 Pirates of the Caribbean At World s End 2007 Prince of Persia The Sands of Time 2010 Tales from Earthsea 2010 Pirates of the Caribbean On Stranger Tides 2011 John Carter 2012 The Lone Ranger 2013 Saving Mr Banks 2013 The Finest Hours 2016 Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Men Tell No Tales 2017 Mulan 2020 Hamilton 2020 Cruella 2021 Jungle Cruise 2021 The Beatles Get Back The Rooftop Concert 2022 Film series and franchises Edit Titles Release dates NotesMickey Mouse amp Friends 1928 present Co production with Walt Disney Animation Studios Disneytoon Studios and Disney Television AnimationSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937 present Co production with Walt Disney Animation StudiosFantasia 1940 present Co production with Walt Disney Animation Studios Jerry Bruckheimer Films Saturn Films Broken Road Productions and The Mark Gordon CompanyDumbo 1941 2019 Co production with Walt Disney Animation Studios Tim Burton Productions Infinite Detective Productions and Secret Machine EntertainmentBambi 1942 present Co production with Walt Disney Animation Studios and Disneytoon StudiosSaludos Amigos 1943 2018 Co production with Walt Disney Animation StudiosMake Mine Music 1946 1954True Life Adventures 1948 1960Cinderella 1950 2015 Co production with Walt Disney Animation Studios Disney Television Animation Disneytoon Studios Kinberg Genre Allison Shearmur Productions and Beagle Pug FilmsAlice in Wonderland 1951 present Co production with Walt Disney Animation Studios Roth Films Team Todd The Zanuck Company and Tim Burton ProductionsPeter Pan 1953 present Co production with Walt Disney Animation Studios Disneytoon Studios and A Film ProductionDavy Crockett 1955 1956Lady and the Tramp 1955 2019 Co production with Walt Disney Animation Studios Disneytoon Studios and Taylor MadeOld Yeller 1957 1963Sleeping Beauty 1959 present Co production with Walt Disney Animation StudiosThe Shaggy Dog 1959 2006 Co production with Mandeville Films Tollin Robbins Productions Boxing Cat Films Robert Simonds Productions and Shaggy Dog Productions101 Dalmatians 1961 present Co production with Walt Disney Animation Studios Great Oaks Entertainment Disneytoon Studios Gunn Films and Marc Platt ProductionsThe Absent Minded Professor 1961 1997 Co production with Great Oaks EntertainmentThe Parent Trap 1961 presentThe Incredible Journey 1963 1996Mary Poppins 1964 2018 Co production with Lucamar Productions and Marc Platt ProductionsWinnie the Pooh 1966 present Co production with Walt Disney Animation Studios Disneytoon Studios and 2DUX The Jungle Book 1967 present Co production with Walt Disney Animation Studios Baloo Productions Jungle Book Films Disneytoon Studios and Fairview EntertainmentHerbie 1969 2005 Co production with Robert Simonds ProductionsDexter Riley 1969 1975Witch Mountain 1975 2009 Co production with Gunn FilmsThe Apple Dumpling Gang 1975 1982Freaky Friday 1976 2018 Co production with Gunn FilmsThe Rescuers 1977 1990 Co production with Walt Disney Animation Studios and Silver Screen PartnersThe Fox and the Hound 1981 2006 Co production with Walt Disney Animation Studios and Disneytoon StudiosTron 1982 present Co production with Lisberger Kushner Productions and Sean Bailey ProductionsHoney I Shrunk the Kids 1989 present Co production with Silver Screen Partners and Touchwood Pacific PartnersThe Little Mermaid Co production with Walt Disney Animation Studios Disney Television Animation and Disneytoon StudiosWhite Fang 1991 1994 Co production with Silver Screen Partners and Hybrid Productions Inc Beauty and the Beast 1991 present Co production with Walt Disney Animation Studios Silver Screen Partners Disney Television Animation and Mandeville FilmsThe Mighty Ducks 1992 present Co production with Avnet Kerner Productions and Touchwood Pacific PartnersAladdin Co production with Walt Disney Animation Studios Disney Television Animation and RidebackThe Muppets Co production with The Jim Henson Company Mandeville Films and The Muppets StudioHocus Pocus 1993 2022 Co production with David Kirschner ProductionsThe Lion King 1994 present Co production with Walt Disney Animation Studios Disney Television Animation Disneytoon Studios and Fairview EntertainmentThe Santa Clause 1994 2022 Co production with Hollywood Pictures Outlaw Productions and Boxing Cat films sequels Pocahontas 1995 1998 Co production with Walt Disney Animation Studios and Disney Television AnimationToy Story 1995 present Co production with Pixar Animation StudiosThe Hunchback of Notre Dame 1996 present Co production with Walt Disney Animation Studios and Disney Television AnimationHercules 1997 present Co production with Walt Disney Animation StudiosMulan 1998 present Co production with Walt Disney Animation Studios Disneytoon Studios Jason T Reed Productions and Good Fear ProductionsTarzan 1999 2005 Co production with Walt Disney Animation Studios Disney Television Animation and Disneytoon StudiosInspector Gadget 1999 present Co production with Caravan Pictures DIC Entertainment Avnet Kerner Productions Roger Birnbaum Productions and The Kerner Entertainment CompanyThe Emperor s New Groove 2000 2008 Co production with Walt Disney Animation Studios and Disneytoon StudiosAtlantis 2001 present Co production with Walt Disney Animation Studios Disneytoon Studios and Disney Television AnimationThe Princess Diaries 2001 2004 Co production with BrownHouse Productions Shondaland and Martin Chase ProductionsMonsters Inc 2001 present Co production with Pixar Animation StudiosLilo amp Stitch 2002 present Co production with Walt Disney Animation Studios Disney Television Animation and Disneytoon StudiosFinding Nemo 2003 present Co production with Pixar Animation StudiosPirates of the Caribbean 2003 present Co production with Jerry Bruckheimer FilmsHaunted Mansion Co production with RidebackBrother Bear 2003 2006 Co production with Walt Disney Animation Studios and Disneytoon StudiosThe Incredibles 2004 present Co production with Pixar Animation StudiosNational Treasure 2004 present Co production with Jerry Bruckheimer Films Junction Entertainment and Saturn FilmsThe Chronicles of Narnia 2005 2008 Co production with Walden Media third film produced by 20th Century StudiosCars 2006 present Co production with Pixar Animation StudiosEnchanted 2007 2022 Co production with Right Coast Productions Josephson Entertainment and Andalasia ProductionsTinker Bell 2008 2015 Co production with Disneytoon StudiosBolt 2008 2009 Co production with Walt Disney Animation StudiosUp 2009 2021 Co production with Pixar Animation StudiosThe Princess and the Frog 2009 present Co production with Walt Disney Animation StudiosTangled 2010 2020Wreck It Ralph 2012 presentPlanes 2013 2014 Co production with Disneytoon StudiosFrozen 2013 present Co production with Walt Disney Animation StudiosMaleficent 2014 present Co production with Roth Kirschenbaum FilmsBig Hero 6 2014 present Co production with Walt Disney Animation StudiosInside Out 2015 present Co production with Pixar Animation StudiosZootopia 2016 present Co production with Walt Disney Animation StudiosMoana 2016 presentThe Last Warrior 2017 present Co production with Yellow Black amp WhiteStargirl 2020 present Co production with Gotham Group and Hahnscape EntertainmentCruella 2021 present Co production with Gunn Films and Marc Platt ProductionsJungle Cruise Co production with Davis Entertainment Seven Bucks Productions and Flynn Picture CompanyDiary of a Wimpy Kid Co production with 20th Century Animation and Bardel Entertainment original live action films produced by 20th Century StudiosIce Age 2022 Co production with 20th Century Animation original films produced by 20th Century Studios and Blue Sky StudiosCheaper by the Dozen Co production with Khalabo Ink Society original films produced by 20th Century StudiosNight at the Museum Co production with 21 Laps Entertainment Alibaba Pictures and Atomic CartoonsSee also EditWalt Disney Studios division Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Walt Disney Television production company Portals Companies United States Los Angeles California Film Animation Cartoon 1920s DisneyReferences Edit a b c D Alessandro Anthony March 12 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