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Disney Animated Movies in Order of Release Date

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This list of theatrical animated feature films consists of animated films produced or released by The Walt Disney Studios, the film division of The Walt Disney Company.[st 1]

The Walt Disney Studios releases films from Disney-owned and non-Disney owned animation studios. Most films listed below are from Walt Disney Animation Studios, which began as the feature-animation department of Walt Disney Productions, producing its first feature-length animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937; as of March 2021[update], it has produced a total of 59 feature films.[st 2] Beginning with Toy Story in 1995, The Walt Disney Studios has also released animated films by Pixar Animation Studios, which Disney would eventually acquire in 2006.[1] [2] In 2019, as part of its acquisition of 21st Century Fox, The Walt Disney Studios acquired Blue Sky Studios (now closed down in 2021), as well as 20th Century Fox Animation (now simply 20th Century Animation) which operates as a label within 20th Century Fox (now 20th Century Studios).

Other studio units have also released films theatrically, namely, Walt Disney Television Animation's Disney MovieToons/Video Premiere unit (now DisneyToon Studios) and the studio's distribution unit, which acquires film rights from outside animation studios to release films under the Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Miramax and 20th Century Studios film labels.[ citation needed ]

Films [edit]

Released [edit]

Color legend
Walt Disney Animation Studios (1937–present)
Pixar Animation Studios (1995–present)
20th Century Fox Animation (2019–2020)
20th Century Animation (2020–present)
Disneytoon Studios (1990–2015)
Walt Disney Television Animation (1999–2004)
Studio Ghibli (1999–2014)
Other Disney studio
Third-party studio
Live-action/animation hybrid S
Not produced by Disney, but released under its label. R
Films distributed by Miramax

The following is a list of films that were released by Miramax Films when the studio was a subsidiary of Disney at the time of release.

Film Date of original U.S. release Produced by Notes
Tom and Jerry: The Movie July 30, 1993 [sg 7] Turner Entertainment
WMG Film
Wang Film Productions
Film Roman
The Thief and the Cobbler (Arabian Knight) August 25, 1995 [sg 8] Richard Williams Productions
Fred Calvert Productions
Allied Filmmakers
Princess Mononoke October 29, 1999 [sg 9] Studio Ghibli
Toho Co., Ltd.		 [note 1]
Pokémon 4Ever October 11, 2002 [sg 10] The Pokémon Company
Shogakukan
OLM, Inc.
4Kids Entertainment
Toho Co., Ltd.		 [note 1]
Pokémon Heroes May 16, 2003 [sg 11] The Pokémon Company
Shogakukan
OLM, Inc.
4Kids Entertainment
Toho Co., Ltd.		 [note 1] [note 2]
Pokémon: Jirachi Wish Maker June 1, 2004 [sg 12] The Pokémon Company
Shogakukan
4Kids Entertainment
OLM, Inc.
Toho Co., Ltd.		 [note 1] [note 2]
Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys January 22, 2005 [sg 13] The Pokémon Company
Shogakukan
4Kids Entertainment
OLM, Inc.
Toho Co., Ltd.		 [note 1] [note 2]
Paris 2054: Renaissance March 15, 2006 Onyx Films
Millimages
LuxAnimation
Timefirm Limited
France 2 Cinéma		 [note 1] [note 2]

Notes

Upcoming [edit]

Highest-grossing films [edit]

Rank Film Worldwide gross Studio Year Ref.
1 The Lion King $1,656,943,394 Walt Disney Pictures 2019 [37]
2 Frozen II $1,450,026,933 Walt Disney Animation Studios [38] [39]
3 Frozen $1,290,000,000 2013 [40]
4 Incredibles 2 $1,242,805,968 Pixar 2018 [41]
5 Toy Story 4 $1,073,394,593 2019 [42]
6 Toy Story 3 $1,066,969,703 2010 [43]
7 Finding Dory $1,028,570,889 2016 [44]
8 Zootopia $1,023,784,195 Walt Disney Animation Studios [45]
9 The Lion King $968,483,777 1994 [46]
10 Finding Nemo $940,335,536 Pixar 2003 [47]

See also [edit]

  • List of Walt Disney Pictures films
  • List of Disney live-action remakes of animated films
  • List of Walt Disney Animation Studios short films
  • List of Walt Disney Animation Studios features films
  • List of Disney animated universe characters
  • List of Pixar films
  • List of Pixar shorts
  • List of 20th Century Studios theatrical animated feature films
  • List of Blue Sky Studios films

Distribution brands

  • List of Disney feature-length home entertainment releases
  • Disney Vault
  • Walt Disney Classics

Notes [edit]

General notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f Released by Disney in North America
  2. ^ a b c d Released by Disney in Australia and United Kingdom

Release notes

  1. ^ Listed are the original theatrical release dates in the United States (or other non-U.S. territories) when the film was contributed by the Walt Disney Company. Different distributors are attributed and credited for distributing each film throughout the history of the Walt Disney Company. Films released before 1954 were released by RKO Radio Pictures (with the exception of Victory Through Air Power, refused by RKO and then released by United Artists); films released after 1955 were released by Disney-owned Buena Vista Distribution and through its current name Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (since 2007); and films released after 1985 are co-credited with Walt Disney Pictures.
  2. ^ Originally distributed by Walt Disney Productions. Original RKO date of release was January 29, 1941
  3. ^ Released by Walt Disney Pictures in North America
  4. ^ a b c d e f Not released theatrically in the United States
  5. ^ a b Released by Disney outside North America
  6. ^ a b c Limited release in the United States.
  7. ^ The film was initially scheduled to be released in theaters on July 17, 2020, but was briefly pulled from the schedule due to an error in listings. In announcing revised released dates of various films due to the global health crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic, Disney announced that the film's release was pushed back to April 9, 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As of January 22, 2021, the film has been removed from the release calendar.

Studio/production notes

  1. ^ Before arriving at its current name, The Walt Disney Company has operated under such titles as 'Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio', 'The Walt Disney Studio' (not to be confused with the division), and 'Walt Disney Productions'.
  2. ^ a b c Animated films that are listed as produced by Walt Disney were either entirely produced prior to 1986 as part of the animation department of Walt Disney Productions or by the restructured studio unit Walt Disney Feature Animation, known after 2006 as Walt Disney Animation Studios. Some films may have been animated at various satellite animation studios as well. "Walt Disney Animated Films - History". Walt Disney Animation Studios. Archived from the original on 2013-01-21.
  3. ^ a b c d e Released under the Touchstone Pictures label.
  4. ^ a b Released by Walt Disney Pictures.
  5. ^ a b Co-production with The Walt Disney Company India Pvt. Ltd.
  6. ^ a b The film studio ImageMovers Digital, run by Robert Zemeckis, was owned by Disney from 2007 to 2010. These films were performance captured animated films.
  7. ^ a b c d Released by 20th Century Fox/20th Century Studios

Studio Ghibli films original release dates

  1. ^ Original date of release was July 20, 2001
  2. ^ Original date of release was November 20, 2004
  3. ^ Original date of release was July 19, 2008
  4. ^ Original date of release was July 29, 2006
  5. ^ Original date of release was July 17, 2010
  6. ^ Original date of release was July 20, 2013
  7. ^ Original date of release was October 1, 1992
  8. ^ Original date of release was May 15, 1992
  9. ^ Original date of release was July 12, 1997
  10. ^ Original date of release was July 7, 2001
  11. ^ Original date of release was July 13, 2002
  12. ^ Original date of release was July 19, 2003
  13. ^ Original date of release was July 17, 2004

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  40. ^ Frozen
    • "Frozen (2013) – International Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on August 9, 2014. Worldwide – $1,282,147,791 (total as of August 8, 2014; including Japanese gross up to August 3, Spain gross up to July 27 and omitting Nigerian gross)
    • "Frozen (2013) – International Box Office Results: Japan". Box Office Mojo . Retrieved September 3, 2014.
    Total as of August 3, 2014: $247,650,477
    Total as of August 31, 2014: $249,036,646
    • "Frozen (2013) – International Box Office Results: Spain". Box Office Mojo . Retrieved November 6, 2014.
    Total as of July 27, 2014: $21,668,593
    Total as of November 2, 2014: $22,492,845
    • "Frozen (2013) – International Box Office Results: Nigeria". Box Office Mojo . Retrieved September 3, 2014.
    Total as of August 17, 2014: $167,333
    • "Frozen (2013) – International Box Office Results: United Kingdom". Box Office Mojo . Retrieved January 24, 2015.
    Total as of June 8, 2014: £39,090,985
    Total as of November 30, 2014: £40,960,083 ($1 = £0.63866)
    Total as of December 7, 2014: £41,087,765 ($1 = £0.64136)
    Total as of December 14, 2014: £41,170,608 ($1 = £0.636)
    Total as of November 26, 2017: £42,840,559 ($1 = £0.7497)
    Total as of December 3, 2017: £42,976,318 ($1 = £0.742)
    • "Frozen (2013) – International Box Office Results: Germany". Box Office Mojo . Retrieved March 30, 2016.
    Total as of March 30, 2014: €35,098,170
    Total as of October 18, 2015: €42,526,744
    nb. the exact euro to dollar conversion rate is unknown for earnings since April 2014, but the euro never fell below parity with the dollar during 2014 and 2015 (as can be verified by comparing the exchange rate on the individual date entries at the provided reference) so an approximate conversion rate of €1:$1 is used here to give a lower-bound.
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  42. ^ "Toy Story 4 - Box Office Mojo".
  43. ^ "Toy Story 3 (2010) - Box Office Mojo".
  44. ^ "Finding Dory (2019) - Box Office Mojo".
  45. ^ "Zootopia (2016) - Box Office Mojo".
  46. ^ "The Lion King (1994) - Box Office Mojo".
  47. ^ "Finding Nemo (2003) - Box Office Mojo".

External links [edit]

  • Walt Disney Animation Studios History
  • Walt Disney Studios: Feature Films at the Big Cartoon DataBase

Disney Animated Movies in Order of Release Date

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Disney_theatrical_animated_feature_films