List of Disney theatrical animated feature films
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.
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 and as of 2020 has produced a total of 58 feature films. Beginning with Toy Story in 1995, The Walt Disney Studios also released animated films by Pixar Animation Studios, which Disney acquired in 2006. On March 20, 2019, The Walt Disney Studios acquired Blue Sky Studios as part of its acquisition of 21st Century Fox, as well as 20th Century Fox Animation which operates as a label within 20th Century Fox.
Other studio units have also released films theatrically, namely Walt Disney Television Animation's Disney MovieToons/Video Premiere unit and the studio's distribution unit, which acquires film rights from outside animation studios to release films under the Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, 20th Century Studios or previously owned Miramax film labels. In 1996, The Walt Disney Studios signed a deal with Tokuma Shoten for distribution rights to the theatrical works of Studio Ghibli worldwide, including what then was the most recent film, Princess Mononoke. The deal later grew to include DVD rights and newer Ghibli movies, however Studio Ghibli remains wholly independent of Disney and maintains strict creative control over the handling of the foreign language localization Disney produces. All of the theatrical Ghibli back catalog originally included in the deal have since been released to DVD in North America and several other countries. The deal ended however with indie distributor GKIDS taking over home media distribution in 2017, with it already handling theatre distribution since 2010. Other studios globally have released films through Walt Disney Pictures which maintains distribution rights in certain territories.
Films
Released
Films distributed by Miramax
Film | Date of original release | Produced by | Notes |
' | Turner Entertainment WMG Film Roman | ||
The Thief and the Cobbler | Richard Williams Productions | ||
Princess Mononoke | Studio Ghibli | ||
Pokémon 4Ever | The Pokémon Company Shogakukan 4Kids Entertainment | ||
Pokémon Heroes | The Pokémon Company Shogakukan 4Kids Entertainment | ||
Paris 2054: Renaissance | Onyx Films Millimages LuxAnimation Timefirm Limited France 2 Cinéma |
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Highest-grossing films
Rank | Film | Worldwide gross | Studio | Year | Ref. |
1 | The Lion King | $1,656,943,394 | Walt Disney Pictures | 2019 | |
2 | Frozen II | $1,449,058,802 | Walt Disney Animation Studios | 2019 | |
3 | Frozen | $1,290,000,000 | Walt Disney Animation Studios | 2013 | |
4 | Incredibles 2 | $1,242,805,968 | Pixar | 2018 | |
5 | Toy Story 3 | $1,073,394,593 | Pixar | 2010 | |
6 | Toy Story 4 | $1,066,969,703 | Pixar | 2019 | |
7 | Finding Dory | $1,028,570,889 | Pixar | 2016 | |
8 | Zootopia | $1,023,784,195 | Walt Disney Animation Studios | 2016 | |
9 | The Lion King | $968,483,777 | Walt Disney Animation Studios | 1994 | |
10 | Finding Nemo | $940,335,536 | Pixar | 2003 |