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Also see: general Walt Disney Pictures or Buena Vista (Walt Disney Company).
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Company typeSubsidiary of Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group
IndustryFilm
Founded1953 (as Buena Vista Film Distribution Company, Inc.)
Headquarters
Burbank, California
,
U.S.
ProductsMotion picture distribution
OwnerThe Walt Disney Company
Websitewaltdisneystudios.com

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures is a motion picture and television feature distribution company owned by Disney Enterprises, Inc. Buena Vista International was the international distribution arm, Buena Vista Home Entertainment was the firm's video and DVD distribution arm, and Buena Vista Television was renamed as Disney-ABC Domestic Television.

In April 2007, Disney decided to retire the Buena Vista brand,[1] although today the Buena Vista name is used only for video and DVD distribution through certain divisions of Disney's home entertainment.

History

Prior to 1953, Walt Disney's productions were distributed by Columbia Pictures (1929–1932), United Artists (1932–1937) and RKO Radio Pictures (1937–1954). However, a dispute over the value of Disney's True-Life Adventures series of live-action documentary featurettes in 1953 led to Walt and his older brother Roy Oliver Disney to form its wholly owned subsidiary the Buena Vista Film Distribution Company, Inc. to handle the U.S. distribution of their own product. Buena Vista's first release was the Academy Award winning live-action feature The Living Desert (1953). Buena Vista International was formed in 1992 after Disney opted to end a joint venture with Warner Bros. to distribute their films in overseas markets. Distribution rights in West Germany were given to MGM and later 20th Century Fox before the Warner Bros. joint venture.

The "Buena Vista" company name comes from Buena Vista Street, the road on which the current Walt Disney Studios and company headquarters are situated in Burbank, California. Lake Buena Vista is also Walt Disney World's mailing address in Florida.

16 of the 20 highest grossing G rated movies were now distributed by Disney.[2]

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

The company distributes all features produced by the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group including:

Current

Former

Franchises

Title Years
Fantasia 1940-1999
Bambi 1942-2006
Cinderella 1950-2007
Peter Pan 1953-present
Lady and the Tramp 1955-2000
The Shaggy Dog 1959-2006
101 Dalmatians 1961-2003
The Absent-Minded Professor 1961-1997
The Parent Trap 1961-1998
The Incredible Journey 1963-1996
Winnie the Pooh 1966-present
The Jungle Book 1967-2003
Herbie 1968-2005
Witch Mountain 1975-2009
The Apple Dumpling Gang 1975-1982
The Rescuers 1977-1990
The Fox and the Hound 1981-2006
Tron 1982-2010
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids 1989-1997
The Little Mermaid 1989-2008
White Fang 1991-1994
Beauty and the Beast 1991-1999
The Mighty Ducks 1992-1996
Aladdin 1992-1996
The Lion King 1994-2004
Angels in the Outfield 1994-2000
The Santa Clause 1994-2006
Pocahontas 1995-1998
Toy Story 1995-2010
The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1996-2002
Hercules 1997-present
George of the Jungle 1997-2003
Air Bud 1997-present
Mulan 1998-2005
Tarzan 1999-present
Inspector Gadget 1999-2003
The Princess Diaries 2001-2004
Lilo & Stitch 2002-2006
Pirates of the Caribbean 2003-2011
Brother Bear 2003-2006
National Treasure 2004-2007
The Chronicles of Narnia 2005-2008
Cars 2006-2011
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2008-2012
Tangled 2010-present

References

  1. ^ Fixmer, Andy (25 April 2007). "Disney to Drop Buena Vista Brand Name, People Say". Retrieved 2007-08-08.
  2. ^ "DOMESTIC GROSSES BY MPAA RATING". Retrieved 2009-11-11.
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