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'{{short description|American film distribution studio}} {{about|the film distribution unit|the related and similarly-named production studio|Walt Disney Pictures|the parent umbrella division|Walt Disney Studios (division)}} {{Use American English|date=May 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2023}} {{Infobox company | name = ABC Inc. | trade_name = Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | former_name = {{ubl|Buena Vista Film Distribution (1953–1959)|Buena Vista Distribution (1960–1986)|Buena Vista Pictures Distribution (1987–2006)}} | logo = WDMP logo.svg | logo_caption = Logo used since 2007 | image = Disney studios burbank entrance gate buena vista.jpg | image_caption = The [[Walt Disney Studios (Burbank)|Walt Disney Studios]]' [[Riverside Drive (Los Angeles)|Riverside Drive]] property in [[Burbank, California]] | type = [[Division (business)|Division]] | owner = | parent = [[Disney Entertainment]] | key_people = Tony Chambers ([[Executive vice president|EVP]])<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rubin |first=Rebecca |date=January 8, 2021 |title=Disney Names Tony Chambers as Head of Theatrical Distribution (Exclusive) |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/disney-tony-chambers-global-theatrical-distribution-1234881440/ |url-status=live |access-date=April 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428190227/https://variety.com/2021/film/news/disney-tony-chambers-global-theatrical-distribution-1234881440/ |archive-date=April 28, 2022}}</ref> | founded = {{start date and age|1953|6|23}} | founder = [[Walt Disney]] | hq_location = [[500 South Buena Vista Street]] | hq_location_city = [[Burbank, California]] | hq_location_country = [[U.S.]] | industry = [[Film]] | services = {{ubl|[[Film distribution]]|[[Film promotion]]}} | divisions = {{Plainlist| * Walt Disney Studios Marketing * Worldwide Special Events }} | subsid = {{ubl|[[El Capitan Theatre]]|[[Buena Vista International, Inc.]]|[[Star Distribution]]}} }} '''ABC Inc.''',<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 4, 2023 |title=Disney Launches 'Wish Together' Campaign To Celebrate ''Wish'' and Long-Standing Relationship with Make-A-Wish® |url=https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/disney-wish-together-campaign-make-a-wish/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006055727/https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/disney-wish-together-campaign-make-a-wish/ |archive-date=October 6, 2023 |access-date=April 24, 2024 |publisher=[[The Walt Disney Company]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=October 22, 2019 |title=''FIRST'' and ''Star Wars: Force for Change'' Launch 'Build My Droid' Contest |url=https://www.starwars.com/news/build-my-droid-contest-announce |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023041803/https://www.starwars.com/news/build-my-droid-contest-announce |archive-date=October 23, 2019 |access-date=April 24, 2024 |website=[[StarWars.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=AMC Rebellion Prize Pack Sweepstakes |url=https://www.amctheatres.com/giveaway/rebellion-prize-pack |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514141921/https://www.amctheatres.com/giveaway/rebellion-prize-pack |archive-date=May 14, 2023 |access-date=April 24, 2024 |publisher=[[AMC Theatres]]}}</ref> [[doing business as]] '''Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures''', previously known as '''Buena Vista Pictures Distribution Inc.''', is an American [[film distributor]] within the [[Disney Entertainment]] division of [[the Walt Disney Company]].<ref name="Bloomberg">{{Cite news |title=Company Overview of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Inc. |work=Bloomberg Businessweek |url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=27830118 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130407210942/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=27830118 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 7, 2013 |access-date=February 10, 2013}}</ref> It handles theatrical and occasional digital distribution, marketing and promotion for films produced and released by the [[Walt Disney Studios (division)|Walt Disney Studios]], including [[Walt Disney Pictures]], [[Walt Disney Animation Studios]], [[Pixar]], [[Marvel Studios]], [[Lucasfilm]], and [[20th Century Studios]]; the [[Searchlight Pictures]] label operates its own autonomous theatrical distribution and marketing unit.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=January 4, 2022 |title=Disney Claims $1.17B, While Sony Says $1B+: The Conundrum Of The 2021 Domestic Box Office Marketshare |work=Deadline |url=https://deadline.com/2022/01/domestic-box-office-2021-marketshare-disney-sony-1234904531/ |url-status=live |access-date=January 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104235512/https://deadline.com/2022/01/domestic-box-office-2021-marketshare-disney-sony-1234904531/ |archive-date=January 4, 2022}}</ref> The company was originally established by [[Walt Disney]] in 1953 as '''Buena Vista Film Distribution Company Inc''' (later renamed '''Buena Vista Distribution Inc''' and '''Buena Vista Pictures Distribution Inc'''). It took on its current name in late 2007.<ref name=bbg/><ref name=nysdos/><!--Do not put Off topic content or vandalism the page of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures --> ==History== Disney's productions were previously distributed by: * [[Screen Gems|M.J. Winkler Pictures]] (1924–1926), *[[Film Booking Offices of America]] (1926–1927), * [[Universal Pictures]] (1927–1928), *[[Celebrity Productions]] (1928–1930), * [[Columbia Pictures]] (1930–1932), * [[United Artists]] (1932–1937, and [[Victory Through Air Power (film)|1943]]), * [[RKO Pictures|RKO Radio Pictures]] (1937–1956).<ref name="vty0">{{Cite news |last=Collins |first=Keith |date=October 26, 2003 |title=Disney timeline |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2003/film/features/disney-timeline-1117894616/ |url-status=live |access-date=June 29, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824222413/http://variety.com/2003/film/features/disney-timeline-1117894616/ |archive-date=August 24, 2017}}</ref> ===Buena Vista=== {{See also|Buena Vista (brand)}} A dispute with [[RKO Pictures]] in 1953 over the distribution of ''[[The Living Desert]]'', Disney's first full-length film in the ''[[True-Life Adventures]]'' series,<ref name="vty0" /> led Walt and his older brother [[Roy O. Disney]] to form its wholly owned subsidiary, the Buena Vista Film Distribution Company, Inc. (BVDC), to handle North American distribution of their own products.<ref name="bbg">{{Cite news |last=Fixmer |first=Andy |date=April 25, 2007 |title=Disney to Drop Buena Vista Brand Name, People Say (Update1) |publisher=[[Bloomberg L.P.|bloomberg.com]] |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a0MG17nO.PG8 |access-date=November 28, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104210805/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a0MG17nO.PG8 |archive-date=January 4, 2014}}</ref> RKO refused to distribute the film.<ref name="vty0" /> The name "Buena Vista" came from the eponymus street in Burbank, California, where the [[Walt Disney Studios (Burbank)|Walt Disney Studios]] was located (and remains to this day). Buena Vista's first release was the [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]]-winning live-action feature ''The Living Desert'' on November 10, 1953, along with ''[[Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom]]'', Buena Vista's first animated release.<ref name="DSS">The Disney Studio Story, by Richard Holliss and Brian Sibley, 1988.</ref> Notable subsequent releases included the Austrian film ''[[Victoria in Dover (1954 film)|Victoria in Dover]]'', the Japanese [[Daiei Film|Daiei]] film ''[[Princess Yang Kwei Fei]]'' (''Most Noble Lady''), released in US theaters in September 1956,<ref>[http://kpolsson.com/disnehis/disn1956.htm Screen World 1957] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809195759/http://kpolsson.com/disnehis/disn1956.htm |date=August 9, 2017 }}, Volume 8, by Daniel Blum, 1957. Page 218.</ref><ref>International Motion Picture Almanac 1977, by Richard Gertner, 1977. Page 411.</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Crowther |first=Bosley |author-link=Bosley Crowther |date=September 11, 1956 |title=Screen: Chinese Legend; 'Yang Kwei Fei,' Movie From Japan, Opens |language=en |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9506E7D6163EE23BBC4952DFBF66838D649EDE |url-status=live |access-date=February 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228100727/http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9506E7D6163EE23BBC4952DFBF66838D649EDE |archive-date=February 28, 2018 |quote=YANG KWEI FEI... released by Buena Vista Films.}}</ref> ''[[The Missouri Traveler]]'' in March 1958,<ref name=DSS/> and ''[[The Big Fisherman]]'' in July 1959 (the first third-party production financed by Disney).<ref name=DSS/> By July 5, 1957, [[RKO Pictures|RKO Japan, Ltd.]] was sold to Disney Productions and British Commonwealth Film Corporation. In allocating the foreign film licenses to the company, Disney would use 5 and Commonwealth 8.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 6, 1957 |title=Disney, British Firm Co-Own RKO Japan, Ltd. |volume=86 |pages=1, 6 |work=Motion Picture Daily |issue=3 |url=https://archive.org/stream/motionpicturedai86unse#page/n40/mode/1up |url-status=live |access-date=April 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420162608/http://archive.org/stream/motionpicturedai86unse#page/n40/mode/1up |archive-date=April 20, 2018}}</ref> In April 1960, the company dropped "Film" from its name.<ref name="nysdos">{{Cite web |title=Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, INC. |url=http://appext20.dos.ny.gov/corp_public/CORPSEARCH.ENTITY_INFORMATION?p_nameid=105258&p_corpid=86298&p_entity_name=Buena%20Vista&p_name_type=%25&p_search_type=BEGINS&p_srch_results_page=1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811205451/http://appext20.dos.ny.gov/corp_public/CORPSEARCH.ENTITY_INFORMATION?p_nameid=105258&p_corpid=86298&p_entity_name=Buena%20Vista&p_name_type=%&p_search_type=BEGINS&p_srch_results_page=1 |archive-date=August 11, 2014 |access-date=April 16, 2013 |website=Entity Information |publisher=New York State Department of State}}</ref> In 1961, Disney incorporated Buena Vista International (BVI),<ref>[http://kpolsson.com/disnehis/disn1961.htm Disney A to Z – The Official Encyclopedia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127194432/http://kpolsson.com/disnehis/disn1961.htm |date=January 27, 2013 }}, by Dave Smith, 1996. Page 71.</ref> distributing its first PG-rated film, [[Take Down (1979 film)|''Take Down'']], in January 1979.<ref name=DSS/> The low-budget movie was not produced by the Disney studios and was acquired from an independent studio, making ''[[The Black Hole (1979 film)|The Black Hole]]'' the first PG-rated Disney film.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 28, 1980 |title=Disney plans show for 'older' viewers |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1291&dat=19800728&id=3vROAAAAIBAJ&pg=3767,4089601&hl=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312054642/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1291&dat=19800728&id=3vROAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Wo0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3767,4089601&hl=en |archive-date=March 12, 2016 |access-date=February 21, 2016}}</ref> In July 1987, Buena Vista changed its name to Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc. (BVPD).<ref name=nysdos/> Late in the 1980s, Disney purchased a controlling stake in one of [[Pacific Theatres]]' chains<ref>{{Cite book |last=Aberdeen |first=J. A. |url=http://www.cobbles.com/simpp_archive/studio-theaters_today.htm |title=Hollywood Renegades: The Movie Theater Chains of the Media Giants |date=2005 |publisher=Cobblestone Entertainment. |access-date=September 4, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923210148/http://www.cobbles.com/simpp_archive/studio-theaters_today.htm |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> leading to Disney's Buena Vista Theaters and Pacific to renovate the [[El Capitan Theatre]] and the [[Majestic Crest Theatre|Crest]] by 1989.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ridenour |first=Al |date=May 2, 2002 |title=A Chamber of Secrets |work=Los Angelest Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-may-02-2-story.html |url-status=dead |access-date=September 4, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922112755/http://articles.latimes.com/2002/may/02/news/lv-masons2/2 |archive-date=September 22, 2015}}</ref> The Crest was finished first while El Capitan opened with the premiere of ''[[The Rocketeer (film)|The Rocketeer]]'' film on June 19, 1991.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fox |first=David J. |date=June 19, 1991 |title=At Age 65, the El Capitan Gets a Major Face Lift |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-06-19-ca-925-story.html |url-status=live |access-date=September 7, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151211051545/http://articles.latimes.com/1991-06-19/entertainment/ca-925_1_el-capitan-theatre |archive-date=December 11, 2015}}</ref> In 1992, Buena Vista made production loans totaling $5.6&nbsp;million to [[Cinergi Pictures]] for its film ''[[Medicine Man (film)|Medicine Man]]'' and its 1994 films ''[[Renaissance Man (film)|Renaissance Man]]'' and ''[[Color of Night]]'' and were distributing Cinergi's films. The corporation purchased a 12.8% share in Cinergi with its initial public offering in 1994.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bates |first=James |date=May 3, 1994 |title=Company Town : Cinergi Hopes To Raise $35 Million in Stock Offering |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-05-03-fi-53307-story.html |url-status=live |access-date=September 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913173801/http://articles.latimes.com/1994-05-03/business/fi-53307_1_million-in-stock-offering |archive-date=September 13, 2015}}</ref> Soon, BVPD signed a 25 picture distribution deal with Cinergi.<ref name="vty1">{{Cite news |last=Peers |first=Martin |last2=Busch |first2=Anita M. |last3=Fleming |first3=Michael |last4=Weiner |first4=Rex |date=March 20, 1997 |title=Mouse House will absorb Cinergi |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/1997/scene/vpage/mouse-house-will-absorb-cinergi-1117342378/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 10, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929203719/http://variety.com/1997/scene/vpage/mouse-house-will-absorb-cinergi-1117342378/ |archive-date=September 29, 2015}}</ref><ref name="lat">{{Cite news |date=September 5, 1997 |title=Beleaguered Cinergi Pictures OKs Management Buyout |work=Los Angeles Times |agency=AP |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-sep-05-fi-29007-story.html |url-status=live |access-date=September 10, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921144124/http://articles.latimes.com/1997/sep/05/business/fi-29007 |archive-date=September 21, 2015}}</ref> The [[Gaumont Film Company]] and Disney formed Gaumont Buena Vista International, a joint venture in French distribution, in 1993.<ref name="thr">{{Cite news |date=February 3, 2004 |title=Columbia TriStar forges Gaumont deal for France. |work=Hollywood Reporter |url= |url-status= |access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date= }}</ref> In August 1996, Disney and [[Tokuma Shoten]] Publishing agreed that Disney would distribute [[Studio Ghibli]] animated films and provide 10% of the production cost of the studio's current in-production film, ''[[Spirited Away]]''.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Pollack |first=Andrew |date=July 24, 1996 |title=Disney in Pact for Films of the Top Animator in Japan |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/24/business/disney-in-pact-for-films-of-the-top-animator-in-japan.html |url-status=live |access-date=May 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603190332/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/24/business/disney-in-pact-for-films-of-the-top-animator-in-japan.html |archive-date=June 3, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hill |first=Jim |date=April 14, 2020 |title=The Making of Hayao Miyazaki's "Spirited Away" – Part 1 |url=http://jimhillmedia.com/alumni1/b/michael_howe/archive/2003/04/15/1391.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330025215/http://jimhillmedia.com/alumni1/b/michael_howe/archive/2003/04/15/1391.aspx |archive-date=March 30, 2017 |access-date=October 11, 2020 |website=jimhillmedia.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=August 1996 |title=August Issue News Section:Disney Will Distribute Japanese Animation |work=Animation World Magazine |url=https://www.awn.com/mag/issue1.5/articles/newsmag1.5.html |url-status=live |access-date=July 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929163204/http://www.awn.com/mag/issue1.5/articles/newsmag1.5.html |archive-date=September 29, 2013}}</ref> Disney would go on to produce the English dubs and distribute 15 of Ghibli's films, through the [[Walt Disney Pictures]], [[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment|Buena Vista Home Video]], [[Miramax]] and [[Touchstone Pictures]] banners.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Spiegel |first=Josh |date=May 27, 2020 |title=The long, ugly history between Disney and Studio Ghibli |url=https://www.polygon.com/animation-cartoons/2020/5/27/21272224/disney-studio-ghibli-partnership-dubs-history |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603003621/https://www.polygon.com/animation-cartoons/2020/5/27/21272224/disney-studio-ghibli-partnership-dubs-history |archive-date=June 3, 2020 |access-date=May 28, 2020 |website=polygon.com}}</ref> In September 1996, following Disney's acquisition of [[Capital Cities Communications|Capital Cities/ABC]], Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc. was merged<ref name="nysdos" /> into ABC, Inc.,<ref>{{Cite web |title=ABC, INC. Burbank, CA Wysk Company Profile |url=http://www.wysk.com/index/california/burbank/e8pt7x3/abc-inc/profile |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201212916/http://www.wysk.com/index/california/burbank/e8pt7x3/abc-inc/profile |archive-date=February 1, 2014 |access-date=February 1, 2014}}</ref> the parent company of that group. For the November 1995 premiere of ''[[Toy Story]]'', Disney rented the [[Hollywood Masonic Temple]]—adjacent to the El Capitan Theatre—for ''Totally Toy Story'', a multimedia [[funhouse]] and a promotional event for the movie.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kronke |first=David |date=November 21, 1995 |title=After 'Toy Story' Credits Roll, the Fun Comes Alive |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-11-21-ca-5789-story.html |url-status=live |access-date=September 7, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006023202/http://articles.latimes.com/1995-11-21/entertainment/ca-5789_1_toy-story |archive-date=October 6, 2015}}</ref> On July 17, 1998, Buena Vista Pictures Distribution purchased the [[Hollywood Masonic Temple]] building to continue using it as a promotional venue.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fulmer |first=Melinda |date=July 17, 1998 |title=Disney Unit Buys Historic Masonic Temple |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-jul-17-fi-4422-story.html |url-status=live |access-date=September 7, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006064202/http://articles.latimes.com/1998/jul/17/business/fi-4422 |archive-date=October 6, 2015}}</ref> By 1997, BVPD's share in Cinergi dropped to 5%. After nine films were delivered under the agreement, Cinergi sold Disney on November 22, 1997; all of its 12-film library except for ''[[Die Hard with a Vengeance]]'' plus $20&nbsp;million in exchange for Disney's Cinergi share holdings, production advances of $35.4&nbsp;million and other loans.<ref name=vty/><ref name=lat/> In 2002, Disney signed a four animated film deal with [[Vanguard Animation]];<ref name="lat0">{{Cite news |last=Verrier |first=Richard |last2=Eller |first2=Claudia |date=September 29, 2003 |title=Disney Pushed Toward Digital |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-sep-29-2-story.html |url-status=dead |access-date=March 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023180040/http://articles.latimes.com/2003/sep/29/business/fi-bear29/2 |archive-date=October 23, 2013}}</ref> however, [[Valiant (film)|only one film]] was released under that negotiation.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Kay |first=Jeremy |date=July 23, 2003 |title=DPS buys into Vanguard Animation, forms co-production giant |url=https://www.screendaily.com/dps-buys-into-vanguard-animation-forms-co-production-giant/4014286.article |url-status=live |magazine=[[Screen International|Screen Daily]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213103814/http://www.screendaily.com/dps-buys-into-vanguard-animation-forms-co-production-giant/4014286.article |archive-date=December 13, 2013 |access-date=May 3, 2013}}</ref> In 2004, BVI and Gaumont dissolved their French distribution joint venture, Gaumont Buena Vista International.<ref name="thr" /> Buena Vista International agreed to a distribution deal with MegaStar Joint Venture Company Limited in April 2006 for the Vietnam market.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 1, 2007 |title=Disney's BVITV-AP brings 'Toon Disney' block to Vietnam |work=Indiantelevision.com |url=https://www.indiantelevision.com/television/broadcasting/tv-channels/kids/disneys-bvitv-ap-brings-toon-disney-block-to-vietnam |url-status=live |access-date=March 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413014415/http://www.indiantelevision.com/television/broadcasting/tv-channels/kids/disneys-bvitv-ap-brings-toon-disney-block-to-vietnam |archive-date=April 13, 2019}}</ref> ===Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures=== On April 25, 2007, Disney discontinued the usage of the [[Buena Vista (brand)|Buena Vista]] brand in its distribution branding.<ref name=bbg/> In early 2009, Disney entered a distribution agreement with a reorganized [[DreamWorks Pictures|DreamWorks]]; the deal called for an estimated 30 films over a five-year period from DreamWorks and they would be released through the Touchstone label.<ref name="auto">{{Cite news |last=Graser |first=Marc |date=February 9, 2009 |title=Disney signs deal with DreamWorks |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2009/film/news/disney-signs-deal-with-dreamworks-1117999836/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921072700/http://variety.com/2009/film/news/disney-signs-deal-with-dreamworks-1117999836/ |archive-date=September 21, 2013}}</ref> In 2011, [[GKIDS]] acquired the North American theatrical distribution rights of the Ghibli films, with [[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment]] retaining the home video rights until July 2017 when [[Shout! Studios|Shout! Factory]] took over the home video rights. However, Disney only handles home video distribution of the company's films in Japan and formerly Taiwan and China.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Marechal |first=AJ |date=September 7, 2011 |title=GKids to release Miyazaki toons in U.S. |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2011/film/news/gkids-to-release-miyazaki-toons-in-u-s-1118042372/ |url-status=live |access-date=May 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222115730/http://variety.com/2011/film/news/gkids-to-release-miyazaki-toons-in-u-s-1118042372/ |archive-date=December 22, 2015}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=D'Anastasio |first=Cecilia |date=August 10, 2017 |title=GKIDS Takes Over U.S. Studio Ghibli Distribution From Disney |url=https://kotaku.com/gkids-takes-over-u-s-studio-ghibli-distribution-from-d-1797730952 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807155235/https://kotaku.com/gkids-takes-over-u-s-studio-ghibli-distribution-from-d-1797730952 |archive-date=August 7, 2020 |access-date=May 28, 2020 |website=kotaku.com}}</ref> Disney's distribution deal with DreamWorks expired in August 2016, after the two studios decided to not renew their agreement on December 16, 2015, with [[Universal Pictures]] replacing Disney as DreamWorks' distributor.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lang |first=Brent |date=December 16, 2015 |title=Steven Spielberg, Jeff Skoll Bring Amblin Partners to Universal |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/steven-spiellberg-universal-1201662956/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222100325/http://variety.com/2015/film/news/steven-spiellberg-universal-1201662956/ |archive-date=December 22, 2015 |access-date=December 23, 2015 |website=Variety}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Busch |first=Anita |date=December 16, 2015 |title=It's Official: Spielberg, DreamWorks, Participant, eOne, Others Pact For Amblin Partners |url=https://deadline.com/2015/12/spielberg-dreamworks-participant-eone-others-pact-for-amblin-partners-1201668244/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223092013/http://deadline.com/2015/12/spielberg-dreamworks-participant-eone-others-pact-for-amblin-partners-1201668244/ |archive-date=December 23, 2015 |access-date=December 23, 2015 |website=Deadline}}</ref> By the end of the deal, Disney had distributed 14 of DreamWorks's original 30-picture agreement; thirteen through Touchstone and one through [[Walt Disney Pictures]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=McClintock |first=Pamela |last2=Kilday |first2=Gregg |date=December 16, 2015 |title=Steven Spielberg, Jeff Skoll Team to Form Amblin Partners, Strike Distribution Deal With Universal |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/steven-spielberg-jeff-skoll-team-849249 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223042439/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/steven-spielberg-jeff-skoll-team-849249 |archive-date=December 23, 2015 |access-date=December 22, 2015 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=December 16, 2015 |title=DreamWorks Studios, Participant Media, Reliance Entertainment and Entertainment One Form Amblin Partners, a New Film, Television and Digital Content Creation Company |work=Business Wire |location=Universal City, California |format=Press release |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20151216006049/en/DreamWorks-Studios-Participant-Media-Reliance-Entertainment-Entertainment |url-status=live |access-date=December 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223140533/http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20151216006049/en/DreamWorks-Studios-Participant-Media-Reliance-Entertainment-Entertainment |archive-date=December 23, 2015 |quote=Film projects in various stages of production include: 'The BFG', and 'The Light Between Oceans', scheduled for release by Disney in 2016.}}</ref> Disney took complete ownership rights of those 14 DreamWorks films from [[Amblin Partners]] in exchange for loans made to that company.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rainey |first=James |date=December 30, 2015 |title=Steven Spielberg Puts His Own Big Bucks Into the New Amblin Partners (Exclusive) |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/steven-spielberg-amblin-investment-1201669720/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101071239/http://variety.com/2015/film/news/steven-spielberg-amblin-investment-1201669720/ |archive-date=January 1, 2016 |access-date=January 1, 2016 |website=Variety}}</ref> ''[[The Light Between Oceans (film)|The Light Between Oceans]]'', the final film in that distribution deal, was also the last film released under the Touchstone banner. On December 14, 2017, the Walt Disney Company announced plans to [[Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney|purchase 21st Century Fox]], which included [[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]] and [[Searchlight Pictures|Fox Searchlight Pictures]]. On March 20, 2019, the acquisition of 21st Century Fox was completed.<ref name="Disney Film Structure">{{Cite web |last=Hipes |first=Patrick |date=March 21, 2019 |title=After Trying Day, Disney Sets Film Leadership Lineup |url=https://deadline.com/2019/03/disney-film-executives-post-merger-team-set-1202580586/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327101434/https://deadline.com/2019/03/disney-film-executives-post-merger-team-set-1202580586/ |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |access-date=March 27, 2019 |website=Deadline |quote=Fox Animation (including Blue Sky Studios) will continue to be led by Co-Presidents Andrea Miloro and Robert Baird.}}</ref> Following the reorganization and renaming of the acquired film units, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures began distributing [[20th Century Studios]] films in the United States while WDSMP's [[Buena Vista International]] is distributing the studio's films internationally (along with Searchlight), while Searchlight Pictures continued to operate their autonomous distribution unit.<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":4" /> In late 2020 and early 2021, Disney reorganized the studio, placing it under the [[Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution]] unit which also oversees distribution to [[Disney+]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hayes |first=Dade |date=October 12, 2020 |title=Disney Streamlines As COVID-19 Woes Continue, Creating Single Media and Entertainment Distribution Unit Led By Kareem Daniel |url=https://deadline.com/2020/10/disney-streamlines-covid-19-media-entertainment-distribution-kareem-daniel-1234596028/ |access-date=November 18, 2020 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> Under this structure, the Theatrical Distribution unit oversaw the domestic and international films produced by all the studios within the Walt Disney Studios umbrella.<ref name="ChambersPromo2">{{Cite web |last=D'Allessandro |first=Anthony |date=January 8, 2021 |title=Tony Chambers Now Leading Disney Theatrical Distribution, Taking Over For Cathleen Taff |url=https://deadline.com/2021/01/tony-chambers-now-leading-disney-theatrical-distribution-taking-over-for-cathleen-taff-1234667732/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108231350/https://deadline.com/2021/01/tony-chambers-now-leading-disney-theatrical-distribution-taking-over-for-cathleen-taff-1234667732/ |archive-date=January 8, 2021 |access-date=January 8, 2021 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> In February 2023, returning CEO Bob Iger reversed this decision and reorganized the studio again, returning it as a division under the purview of [[Walt Disney Studios (division)|The Walt Disney Studios]]. ==Distribution== {{main|Lists of Walt Disney Studios films}} Walt Disney Studios has produced or distributed 35 films that have received nominations for the [[Academy Award for Best Picture]]: fifteen from its former [[Miramax]] division,<ref name=":3" /> six from [[Touchstone Pictures]], five from [[Searchlight Pictures]], four from [[Walt Disney Pictures]], three from [[20th Century Studios]], two from [[Hollywood Pictures]], and one from [[Marvel Studios]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |last=Mendelson |first=Scott |date=January 22, 2019 |title='Black Panther' Best Picture Nod Has Given Disney A Huge Oscar Season Win |work=Forbes |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2019/01/22/black-panther-best-picture-nod-gives-disney-big-oscar-season-win/#547f18a8155f |url-status=live |access-date=February 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222151940/https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2019/01/22/black-panther-best-picture-nod-gives-disney-big-oscar-season-win/#547f18a8155f |archive-date=February 22, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Chmielewski |first=Dawn |date=February 7, 2020 |title=Disney's Top 2020 Oscar Prospects Come Through Its $71 Billion Fox Acquisition. Investors Prefer Its Box Office Dominance. |work=Forbes |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/dawnchmielewski/2020/02/07/disneys-top-2020-oscar-prospects-come-through-its-71-billion-fox-acquisition-investors-prefer-its-box-office-dominance/?sh=563b1c4142f2 |url-status=live |access-date=April 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427181209/https://www.forbes.com/sites/dawnchmielewski/2020/02/07/disneys-top-2020-oscar-prospects-come-through-its-71-billion-fox-acquisition-investors-prefer-its-box-office-dominance/?sh=563b1c4142f2 |archive-date=April 27, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Faughnder |first=Ryan |date=January 13, 2020 |title=Netflix leads 2020 Oscar nominations with 'The Irishman' and 'Marriage Story' |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2020-01-13/oscar-nominations-2020-studio-scorecard |url-status=live |access-date=January 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113155144/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2020-01-13/oscar-nominations-2020-studio-scorecard |archive-date=January 13, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hammond |first=Pete |date=July 1, 2015 |title=Oscars Halftime Report: Can Animated 'Inside Out' Turn Best Picture Race Upside Down? |url=https://deadline.com/2015/07/oscar-inside-out-best-picture-1201467081/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150729054621/http://deadline.com/2015/07/oscar-inside-out-best-picture-1201467081/ |archive-date=July 29, 2015 |access-date=July 19, 2015 |website=Deadline}}</ref> Of those nominated films, five films—Miramax's ''[[The English Patient (film)|The English Patient]]'', ''[[Shakespeare in Love]]'', ''[[Chicago (2002 film)|Chicago]]'', ''[[No Country for Old Men (film)|No Country for Old Men]]'', and Searchlight's ''[[Nomadland (film)|Nomadland]]''—have won Best Picture.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Palmeri |first=Christopher |last2=Gilblom |first2=Kelly |date=March 16, 2021 |title='Nomadland' Is Disney's First Best-Picture Front-Runner in Years |work=Bloomberg.com |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-16/-nomadland-is-disney-s-first-best-picture-front-runner-in-years |url-status=live |access-date=April 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427181209/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-16/-nomadland-is-disney-s-first-best-picture-front-runner-in-years |archive-date=April 27, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Davis |first=Clayton |date=January 6, 2022 |title=Will Disney Ever Win Best Picture? ‘West Side Story’ Is Another Loophole Chance |url=https://variety.com/2022/awards/awards/disney-oscars-best-picture-encanto-spider-man-avatar-1235147493/ |access-date=April 11, 2024 |work=Variety}}</ref> Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures currently distributes films from across all units of [[Walt Disney Studios (division)|Walt Disney Studios]] with the exception of [[Searchlight Pictures]], which maintains its own autonomous distribution and marketing operations.<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=January 30, 2020 |title=Emma Watts Leaves Disney's 20th Century Studios |url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/emma-watts-leaves-disneys-20th-century-studios-1202846855/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131122208/https://deadline.com/2020/01/emma-watts-leaves-disneys-20th-century-studios-1202846855/ |archive-date=January 31, 2020 |access-date=February 3, 2020 |website=Deadline |quote=Post-merger, Fox Searchlight, now re-branded Searchlight Pictures, enjoys a lot of autonomy in the Disney empire, greenlighting pics they know and operating their own distribution, publicity and marketing teams. 20th Century Studios (which recently dropped the Fox) was melded into the bigger Disney fold, fusing all its operations.}}</ref><ref name=":4" /> Other Disney film units and some third-party studios including: {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! style="text-align:center; width:33%;"| Walt Disney Studios<ref>{{Cite web |title=About The Walt Disney Studios |url=https://www.waltdisneystudios.com/corp/about |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109052726/http://waltdisneystudios.com/corp/about |archive-date=January 9, 2014 |access-date=February 17, 2014 |website=The Walt Disney Company |publisher=The Walt Disney Studios}}</ref> ! style="text-align:center; width:33%;"| Active distribution deals ! style="text-align:center; width:33%;"| Former distribution deals |- || {{Plainlist| * [[Walt Disney Pictures]] * [[Disneynature]] * [[Walt Disney Animation Studios]] * [[Pixar]] * [[Marvel Studios]] * [[Lucasfilm]] * [[20th Century Studios]] * [[20th Century Family]] * [[Searchlight Pictures]]{{refn|name=InternationalOnly|group=N|International distribution only.}} * [[20th Century Animation]] ----'''Other Disney units''' ---- {{Plainlist| * [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC Films]] * [[Disney+]]/[[Star (Disney+)|Star]] Originals * Disney Original Documentary * Onyx Collective * [[Patagonik Film Group]] * [[Buena Vista International]]{{refn|name=InternationalOnly|group=N}} * Star Distribution{{efn|Latin America distribution only}} * [[ESPN Films]] (80%) * [[National Geographic Films]] (73%) * [[Star Studios]] * [[A&E IndieFilms]] (50%) }} ----'''Former Disney units''' ---- * [[Touchstone Pictures]] (1984–2016; inactive) * [[Hollywood Pictures]] (1990–2001, 2006–2007; closed) * [[Caravan Pictures]] (1993–1999; closed) * [[Disneytoon Studios]] (1990–2018; closed) * [[20th Digital Studio]] (2019-2023; dissolved) * [[Blue Sky Studios]] (2019–2021; closed) * [[Fox 2000 Pictures]] (2019–2020; dissolved) * [[Miramax]] Films (1993–2010; sold) * [[Dimension Films]] (1993–2005; sold) * [[DIC Entertainment]] (1996–2000; sold) * [[ImageMovers]] Digital (2009–2011; closed) * [[UTV Motion Pictures]] (2012–2017; closed) }} || {{Plainlist| * [[New Regency]] (2019{{refn|name=NewRegency|group=N|[[New Regency]] began a [[first-look deal]] with [[20th Century Fox]] in 1997. This deal was absorbed by Disney, when it acquired Fox in 2019 and was subsequently renewed by Disney and New Regency in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vlessing |first=Etan |date=December 13, 2021 |title=New Regency Extends Film Distribution Deal With Disney |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/new-regency-disney-1235061705/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105034139/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/new-regency-disney-1235061705/ |archive-date=January 5, 2022 |access-date=January 5, 2022 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref>}}–present) * [[Scott Free Productions]] (1995–2001, 2020–present) * [[Gloria Sanchez Productions]] (2021{{refn|name=GloriaSanchez|group=N|[[Gloria Sanchez Productions]] began a [[first-look deal]] with 20th Century Studios in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=June 16, 2021 |title=Will Ferrell & Jessica Elbaum's Gloria Sanchez Productions Inks First-Look Feature Deal With 20th Century Studios |url=https://deadline.com/2021/06/will-ferrell-gloria-sanchez-20th-century-studios-production-deal-1234776383/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017063247/https://deadline.com/2021/06/will-ferrell-gloria-sanchez-20th-century-studios-production-deal-1234776383/ |archive-date=October 17, 2022 |access-date=June 17, 2021 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>}}–present) * [[Lightstorm Entertainment]] (2019{{refn|name=Lightstorm|group=N|[[Lightstorm Entertainment]] began a [[first-look deal]] with [[20th Century Fox]] in 1995. This deal was absorbed by Disney, when it acquired Fox in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |last=<!--Not stated--> |date=December 18, 1995 |title=Cameron's Lightstorm Docks At Fox |url=https://variety.com/1995/more/news/cameron-s-lightstorm-docks-at-fox-99123505/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220722195525/https://variety.com/1995/more/news/cameron-s-lightstorm-docks-at-fox-99123505/ |archive-date=July 22, 2022 |access-date=July 25, 2021 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>}}–present) * [[TSG Entertainment]] (2019–present) * [[Original Film]] (2019–present) * [[Mandeville Films]] (1996–present)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=August 16, 2012 |title='The Muppets' Producer Mandeville Re-Ups With Disney (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mandeville-disney-muppets-sequel-363369 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921072440/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mandeville-disney-muppets-sequel-363369 |archive-date=September 21, 2013 |access-date=September 20, 2013 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> * [[Mark Ciardi|Mayhem Pictures]] (2002–present)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Graser |first=Marc |date=November 6, 2011 |title=Disney reups Mayhem Pictures deal |url=https://variety.com/2011/film/news/disney-reups-mayhem-pictures-deal-1118045689/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055431/http://variety.com/2011/film/news/disney-reups-mayhem-pictures-deal-1118045689/ |archive-date=September 21, 2013 |access-date=September 20, 2013 |website=Variety}}</ref> * Panay Films<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fernandez |first=Jay A. |last2=Kit |first2=Boris |last3=McClintock |first3=Pamela |date=October 27, 2011 |title=The State of the Studio Deals: Who's Doing What Where |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/studio-deals-disney-dreamworks-fox-paramount-254269 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109212620/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/studio-deals-disney-dreamworks-fox-paramount-254269 |archive-date=November 9, 2012 |access-date=July 16, 2012 |website=Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> }} ||<!--Former long term third-party distribution deals only--> {{Plainlist| * [[DreamWorks Pictures]] (2011–2016)<ref name="auto" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Masters |first=Kim |date=September 2, 2015 |title=Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks to Split From Disney, in Talks With Universal (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/steven-spielbergs-dreamworks-split-disney-819594 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150903233902/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/steven-spielbergs-dreamworks-split-disney-819594 |archive-date=September 3, 2015 |access-date=September 3, 2015 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> * [[Jerry Bruckheimer Films]] (1993–2014)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Miller |first=Daniel |date=September 19, 2013 |title=Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer to end longtime partnership |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-disney-and-jerry-bruckheimer-to-end-longtime-partnership-20130919,0,3982595.story |url-status=live |access-date=September 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130920102207/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-disney-and-jerry-bruckheimer-to-end-longtime-partnership-20130919,0,3982595.story |archive-date=September 20, 2013}}</ref> * [[Chernin Entertainment]] (2019{{refn|name=Chernin|group=N|[[Chernin Entertainment]] began a [[first-look deal]] with [[20th Century Fox]] in 2009. This deal was absorbed by Disney, when it acquired Fox in 2019 and was subsequently ended the following year.<ref name="vty">{{Cite web |last=Vary |first=Adam B. |date=January 17, 2020 |title=Disney and Chernin Entertainment Parting Ways |url=https://variety.com/2020/biz/news/disney-chernin-entertainment-deal-ending-1203470944/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200118181633/https://variety.com/2020/biz/news/disney-chernin-entertainment-deal-ending-1203470944/ |archive-date=January 18, 2020 |access-date=January 21, 2020 |website=Variety |language=en}}</ref> }}–2020)<ref name=vty/> * [[Cinergi Pictures]] (1993–1998; closed)<ref name=lat/><ref name=vty/> * [[Beacon Pictures]] (2002–2007)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kay |first=Jeremy |date=December 13, 2002 |title=Beacon's back: Bernstein signs five-year deal at Disney &#124; News &#124; Screen |url=https://www.screendaily.com/beacons-back-bernstein-signs-five-year-deal-at-disney/4011571.article |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202091153/http://m.screendaily.com/4011571.article |archive-date=February 2, 2017 |access-date=June 29, 2018 |publisher=M.screendaily.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Carl DiOrio,Cathy Dunkley |date=October 29, 2003 |title=$250 million will light Beacon's prod'n slate – Variety |url=https://variety.com/2003/film/markets-festivals/250-million-will-light-beacon-s-prod-n-slate-1117894836/ |url-status=live |magazine=Variety |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629155637/https://variety.com/2003/film/markets-festivals/250-million-will-light-beacon-s-prod-n-slate-1117894836/ |archive-date=June 29, 2018 |access-date=June 29, 2018}}</ref> * [[Studio Ghibli]] (North America; 1998–2014){{efn|The North American theatrical rights to Studio Ghibli's film library were sold by Disney to [[GKIDS]] in 2011. Disney continued to distribute the existing films they owned on home media (as well as ''[[The Wind Rises]]'') until 2017, when GKIDS purchased home media rights to Ghibli's library, excluding ''The Wind Rises''. The rights to that movie reverted from Disney to GKIDS in 2020. Disney continues to distribute Studio Ghibli's film library in Taiwan (through Deltamac), China (through Excel Video) and Japanese Home Media.}} * [[Vanguard Animation]] (2005)<ref name=lat0/> * [[POW! Entertainment]] (2007–2014)<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 6, 2007 |title=Disney, Stan Lee sign production deal |work=Hollywood Reporter |agency=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/industry-lee-dc-idUSN0642280520070607 |url-status=live |access-date=June 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413130158/http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/06/07/industry-lee-dc-idUSN0642280520070607 |archive-date=April 13, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=January 3, 2010 |title=Disney Expands Ties With Stan Lee |publisher=ICV2.com |url=https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/16585/disney-expands-ties-with-stan-lee |url-status=live |access-date=April 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222022300/http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/16585.html |archive-date=February 22, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=August 14, 2014 |title=Form 10-Q Quarterly Report 6/30/2014 |url=http://www.otcmarkets.com/edgar/GetFilingPdf?FilingID=10152179 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924062413/http://www.otcmarkets.com/edgar/GetFilingPdf?FilingID=10152179 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |access-date=August 19, 2015 |website=OTC Markets |publisher=POW! ENTERTAINMENT, INC.}}</ref> * [[Spyglass Media Group|Spyglass Entertainment]] (1998–2008)<ref>Eller, Clauida (August 21, 1998). [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-aug-21-fi-15109-story.html Spyglass Offers Disney Lower-Risk Deals] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170416222613/http://articles.latimes.com/1998/aug/21/business/fi-15109 |date=April 16, 2017 }}. Los Angeles Times. Accessed on March 18, 2015.</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Eller |first=Claudia |date=May 23, 2000 |title=Spyglass Hopes for More Good 'Sense' in Future Projects |page=C1 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-may-23-fi-32930-story.html |url-status=live |access-date=May 12, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110914141008/http://articles.latimes.com/2000/may/23/business/fi-32930 |archive-date=September 14, 2011}} ([https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/54077198.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT Alternate link] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102050712/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/54077198.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT |date=November 2, 2012 }}.)</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Eller |first=Claudia |date=December 10, 2002 |title=Spyglass Signs Deal With DreamWorks |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-dec-10-fi-rup10.7-story.html |url-status=live |access-date=October 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204100123/http://articles.latimes.com/2002/dec/10/business/fi-rup10.7 |archive-date=February 4, 2016}}</ref> * [[Blinding Edge Pictures]] (1998–2005)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=<!--Not stated--> |date=December 14, 1999 |title=Deal makes 'Sense' – Variety |url=https://variety.com/1999/film/news/deal-makes-sense-1117760020/ |url-status=live |magazine=Variety |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021082242/http://variety.com/1999/film/news/deal-makes-sense-1117760020/ |archive-date=October 21, 2014 |access-date=June 29, 2018}}</ref> * [[Universum Film]] (2005–2019, Germany only)<ref name="mediabiz.de">{{Cite web |title=Blickpunkt:Film &#124; News &#124; Vertriebskooperation mit Buena Vista: Universum Film wechselt Pferde |url=https://www.mediabiz.de/film/news/vertriebskooperation-mit-buena-vista-universum-film-wechselt-pferde/162230 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210914150322/https://www.mediabiz.de/film/news/vertriebskooperation-mit-buena-vista-universum-film-wechselt-pferde/162230 |archive-date=September 14, 2021 |access-date=September 14, 2021}}</ref> * [[Pathé]] (2020–2021, UK only)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Yossman |first=K. J. |date=June 7, 2021 |title=Warner Bros, Pathé Strike U.K. Distribution Deal |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/warner-bros-entertainment-u-k-pathe-distribution-1234989963/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621150522/https://variety.com/2021/film/news/warner-bros-entertainment-u-k-pathe-distribution-1234989963/ |archive-date=June 21, 2021 |access-date=July 25, 2021}}</ref> * [[Locksmith Animation]] (2019–2021)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Clarke |first=Stewart |date=October 31, 2019 |title=Warner Signs Multi-Picture Deal With Elisabeth Murdoch's Locksmith Animation |url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/warner-bros-pact-elisabeth-murdoch-locksmith-animation-1203389453/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125061131/https://variety.com/2019/film/news/warner-bros-pact-elisabeth-murdoch-locksmith-animation-1203389453/ |archive-date=November 25, 2020 |access-date=August 25, 2021 |website=Variety |language=en}}</ref> }} |} ===International distribution=== {{main|Lists of Walt Disney Studios films}} {{Infobox company | name = Buena Vista International, Inc. | logo = Buena Vista International (1993) logo.svg | logo_caption = Logo used 1993–present in the international territories and 1993–2022 in Latin America and Brazil. | type = [[Division (business)|Division]] | trade_name = Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International (for Disney branded films only)<br>Buena Vista International (non-US and non-Disney and non-[[Star Studios]] theatrical movies in countries outside the United States only) | predecessor = | successor = Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International (original)<br>[[Star Distribution]] (Latin American and Brazilian branch) | former_name = | key_people = | industry = [[Film industry|Film]] | owner = | parent = Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | divisions = | subsid = | founded = {{start date and age|1961}} | founder = [[Walt Disney]] | defunct = {{end date and age|2022|02|11}} (Latin American branch)<br>{{end date and age|2022|11|3}} (Brazilian branch) | fate = | hq_location = | hq_location_city = | hq_location_country = {{Plainlist| * United States * Spain * Latin America{{efn|Starting on February 11, 2022, Buena Vista International Latin America has been rebranded to Star Distribution along with Buena Vista International Brazil which has also been rebranded to Star Distribution on November 3, 2022.}} * Brazil{{efn|On November 3, 2022, Buena Vista International Brazil was renamed Star Distribution as Disney Latin America retired the Buena Vista brand on February 11, 2022.<ref name="Star Distribution Brasil">{{Cite web |title=Star Distribution Brasil |url=https://m.facebook.com/StarDistributionBrasil/photos/a.100701967979988/906037334113110/?type=3&source=48&__tn__=EH-R |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203201950/https://m.facebook.com/StarDistributionBrasil/photos/a.100701967979988/906037334113110/?type=3&source=48&__tn__=EH-R |archive-date=December 3, 2022 |access-date=December 3, 2022 |website=[[Facebook]]}}</ref>}} * Mexico }} | area_served = Worldwide | website = }} {{Infobox company | name = Star Distribution, Inc. | logo = Star logo.svg | logo_size = 150px | logo_caption = Logo used since 2022. | type = [[Division (business)|Division]] | trade_name = Star Distribution | predecessor = {{Plainlist| * [[Fox International Productions|Fox International Productions Latin America/Brazil]] }} | successor = | former_name = {{Plainlist| * Buena Vista International Latin America (1961–2022) * Buena Vista International Brazil (1961–2022) }} | key_people = | industry = [[Film industry|Film]] | owner = | parent = {{Plainlist| * [[The Walt Disney Company Latin America]] * Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures }} | divisions = [[Patagonik Film Group]] (33.3%) | subsid = | founded = {{start date and age|1961}} | founder = [[Walt Disney]] | defunct = | fate = | hq_location = Malaver 550 Vicente López | hq_location_city = Buenos Aires | hq_location_country = Argentina<ref name="Disney L.A.">[http://disneylatino.com/nuestrasoficinas Oficinas centrales de The Walt Disney Company Latin America] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110205052558/http://disneylatino.com/nuestrasoficinas |date=February 5, 2011 }} {{in lang|es}}</ref> | area_served = Latin America | website = }} '''Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International''' was formed in 1961 as '''Buena Vista International'''.<ref name=DSS/> On May 4, 1987, despite being industry rivals, Disney signed a theatrical distribution agreement with [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros. International]] for the release of Disney and Touchstone films in many overseas markets except in [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]], where distribution went through [[Roadshow Entertainment|Roadshow Distributors]] instead (with Roadshow also theatrically distributing Warner films as well during this period), with Disney retaining full control of all distribution and marketing decisions on their product (one notable practice in this policy is obscuring Warner references in posters and it is credited only in very small text with the exception of some UK posters where sometimes the full logo is shown).<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 4, 1987 |title=Warner Bros. and Disney have a distribution pact. |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-05-04-fi-4825-story.html |url-status=live |access-date=January 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129120124/http://articles.latimes.com/1987-05-04/business/fi-4825_1_warner-bros |archive-date=January 29, 2018}}</ref> Warner previously had an overseas distribution partnership with [[Columbia Pictures]], but it was dissolved in 1988. In 1992, Disney opted to end their joint venture with Warner Bros. to start autonomously distributing their films in these aforementioned overseas markets beginning with ''[[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' and at the same period, Warner Bros. established the [[Warner Bros. Family Entertainment|Family Entertainment]] label to self-distribute family-friendly films under the Warner umbrella. In those territories from 1993 to 2007, Disney reactivated the Buena Vista International name, and also sent distribution under it in countries that did not have any current arrangements with other companies.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}} Disney would then continue its overseas film distribution relationship with Warner Bros. through a home video distribution deal in Europe and Australia in which [[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment|Warner Home Video]] distributed select Disney material on DVD from 1999 to 2002, when Disney opted to self-distribute DVDs in these aforementioned territories. Italia Film, a [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] film distribution and production company, is Disney's exclusive theatrical film distribution partner for various Middle East and North Africa ([[MENA]]) markets since 1993, after making a deal directly with Buena Vista International at the time. Prior to this, Warner Bros. originally handled said MENA markets except in [[Israel]] where Buena Vista handled theatrical distribution by themselves.<ref name="BW cites Italia Film">{{Cite web |date=September 17, 2012 |title=DreamWorks Studios Announces Initial Strategic Partnerships with Entertainment One, Constantin Film, Nordisk Film and Italia Film |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120917006576/en/DreamWorks-Studios-Announces-Initial-Strategic-Partnerships-Entertainment |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407225411/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120917006576/en/DreamWorks-Studios-Announces-Initial-Strategic-Partnerships-Entertainment |archive-date=April 7, 2020 |access-date=March 30, 2020 |website=[[Business Wire]]}}</ref> In [[Taiwan]], MGM first handled Disney's distribution, with [[20th Century Fox]] and Warner Bros. later taking over. A local distributor called [[Era Television|Era Communications]] took over distribution from 1992 to 1995. At that time, Buena Vista began its Taiwanese operations. Columbia ended its joint distribution unit with Fox and switched to Buena Vista in 1999.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wang |first=Shujen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nWzxt2UsQFEC&q=Disney+Warner+Bros+International+distribution+1992&pg=PA112 |title=Framing Piracy: Globalization and Film Distribution in Greater China |date=2003 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=9780742519800 |page=112,115 |language=en |access-date=January 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114080417/https://books.google.com/books?id=nWzxt2UsQFEC&q=Disney+Warner+Bros+International+distribution+1992&pg=PA112 |archive-date=January 14, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> Rights to Disney's films in [[West Germany]] were originally released by [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]] (under [[Cinema International Corporation|CIC]] in the early 1970s) and later to [[20th Century Fox]], and then to [[United International Pictures]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 23, 1986 |title=UIP To Distribute Disney In Germany |page=5 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> before the Warner Bros. joint venture. In September 2004, Buena Vista International announced they would begin to start theatrically distributing certain films from [[Universum Film]] in Germany and Austria beginning in February 2005, replacing a previous deal with [[United International Pictures]].<ref name="mediabiz.de" /> The deal ended in late 2019 after Universum was sold by the [[RTL Group]] to [[Leonine Holding|Tele München Group]], who began to self-distribute releases afterwards under the [[Leonine Holding|Leonine Distribution]] name. In [[Spain]], Filmayer S.A. originally released Disney's movies, with Warner Española S.A. later taking over. In the [[United Kingdom]], Disney's movies were released through a collaboration of Disney and 20th Century Fox known as ''UK Film Distributors Ltd.'' before the Warner Bros. joint venture. In [[Italy]] and [[Brazil]], Disney's movies were distributed by [[Cinema International Corporation]] and [[United International Pictures]] before the Warner Bros. joint venture. In [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]], Disney's movies were distributed initially by [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]], before distribution switched to British Empire Films (later [[Event Cinemas|Greater Union Film Distributors]]) following the merger of the Australian MGM cinema chains until the latter merged with [[Village Roadshow]] in 1987 and [[Roadshow Films]] took over distribution.<ref name=":02">{{Cite book |last=Groves |first=Don |title=AHL: 100 Years of Entertainment |publisher=Amalgamated Holdings Ltd. |year=2010 |isbn=9780958946612}}</ref> The company begin distributing films in Australia and New Zealand in 1999 after its own distribution deal with Roadshow expired in 1998.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Groves |first=Don |date=1998-02-17 |title=BVI ponders Finney for Aussie post |url=https://variety.com/1998/film/news/bvi-ponders-finney-for-aussie-post-1117467781/ |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> In some other countries in Europe, such as [[Poland]], [[Hungary]] and the [[Czech Republic]], Disney's movies were instead released through local distributors, such as [[:pl:Filmoteka Narodowa – Instytut Audiowizualny|Filmoteka Narodowa]] in Poland, [[:hu:InterCom Zrt.|InterCom Zrt.]] in Hungary and [[Guild Film Distribution]] in the Czech Republic respectively. Disney and [[Sony Pictures]] formed in 1997 a film distribution joint venture in Southeast Asia.<ref name="vy2">{{Cite web |last=Frater |first=Patrick |date=August 14, 2017 |title=Sony Launches Its Own Theatrical Distributors in Southeast Asia |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/asia/sony-launches-own-theatrical-distributors-in-se-asia-exclusive-1202526543/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614194856/https://variety.com/2017/film/asia/sony-launches-own-theatrical-distributors-in-se-asia-exclusive-1202526543/ |archive-date=June 14, 2018 |access-date=June 13, 2018 |website=Variety}}</ref> By December 2006, 14 joint distribution ventures with Sony Pictures Releasing International were formed and exist in countries including [[Brazil]], [[Mexico]], [[Singapore]], [[Thailand]] and the [[Philippines]]. In January 2007, their fifteenth such partnership began operations in [[Russia]] and [[Commonwealth of Independent States|CIS]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Holdsworth |first=Nick |date=December 27, 2006 |title=Disney, Sony team up for Russian content |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-sony-team-up-russian-147608 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614195355/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-sony-team-up-russian-147608 |archive-date=June 14, 2018 |access-date=July 27, 2018 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en |agency=AP}}</ref> In February 2017, Sony starting leaving the Southeast Asia venture with the Philippines. On August 14, 2017, Sony terminated the joint venture agreement for their own operations.<ref name=vy2/> On January 31, 2019, in anticipation of the [[Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney|then-pending acquisition]] of the most [[21st Century Fox]] assets (which includes 20th Century Fox), Disney agreed to sell its stake in the Mexican joint venture named Walt Disney Studios Sony Pictures Releasing de México to [[Sony Pictures Releasing]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 6, 2019 |title=Clarification on Disney/Fox transaction |url=https://www.cofece.mx/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/COFECE-009-2019-English.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209123805/https://www.cofece.mx/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/COFECE-009-2019-English.pdf |archive-date=February 9, 2019 |access-date=February 8, 2019 |website=Cofece}}</ref> In [[Greece]] and [[Cyprus]], Disney's movies are distributed through local distributor Feelgood Entertainment, which also distributes Sony Pictures films in those territories. In Japan, to adapt Japan's theatrical and home media distribution model, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Japan and Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment Japan were merged as Walt Disney Studios Japan on March 1, 2010, the distribution unit was renamed Walt Disney Japan on November 22, 2016.<ref>{{cite web |title=ディズニー、映画配給とホームビデオ配給部門を統合 － 新組織ウォルト・ディズニー・スタジオ・ジャパン設立 |url=https://www.phileweb.com/news/d-av/201003/03/25439.html |date=March 3, 2010 |access-date=March 12, 2023 |publisher=PhileWeb}}</ref> In [[China]], due to its regulated policies on international film distribution, all of Disney's films in China are distributed by [[China Film Group Corporation|China Film Co., Ltd.]] and/or [[Huaxia Film Distribution]], but Disney still hold all promotional rights of their films unless it's sold to third-party companies. Disney distributed the 2008 Indian Tamil film ''[[Dasavathaaram]]'' in Canada under the Buena Vista International banner.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moviebuzz |date=June 8, 2008 |title=4 days for D- Day- CM watches the film |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/4-days-for-d-day-cm-watches-the-film-news-tamil-kkftykdaegg.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506090610/http://www.sify.com/movies/4-days-for-d-day-cm-watches-the-film-news-tamil-kkftykdaegg.html |archive-date=May 6, 2012 |access-date=April 19, 2012 |website=Sify}}</ref> The Australian-produced film ''[[Subdivision (film)|Subdivision]]'' was released in the Australian and New Zealand theaters on August 20, 2009, by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures under the Buena Vista International label in Australia with Lightning Entertainment handling the international distribution. On October 3, 2017, it was announced that Disney would be handling international distribution of [[M. Night Shyamalan]]'s ''[[Glass (2019 film)|Glass]]'', released in early 2019, through the Buena Vista International banner. The film is a sequel to his earlier films ''[[Unbreakable (film)|Unbreakable]]'' (distributed by Disney through Touchstone) and ''[[Split (2016 American film)|Split]]'' (distributed by [[Universal Pictures]]). Through an arrangement made with Disney, Universal retained domestic rights to the film, while Disney distributed in international territories under the label.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mendelson |first=Scott |date=October 3, 2017 |title=M. Night Shyamalan's 'Glass' Is 'Split 2' For Universal And 'Unbreakable 2' For Disney |work=Forbes |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2017/10/03/m-night-shyamalans-glass-is-split-2-for-universal-and-unbreakable-2-for-disney/#4e7531dc7158 |url-status=live |access-date=December 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206141033/https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2017/10/03/m-night-shyamalans-glass-is-split-2-for-universal-and-unbreakable-2-for-disney/#4e7531dc7158 |archive-date=December 6, 2017}}</ref> The UK-produced film ''[[Patrick (2018 film)|Patrick]]'' was also released in 2018 by Disney under the Buena Vista International label in the UK.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tartaglione |first=Nancy |date=February 10, 2017 |title=The Exchange, Disney UK Sit Up For Mandie Fletcher Family Pic 'Patrick' – Berlin |url=https://deadline.com/2017/02/patrick-movie-mandie-fletcher-jennifer-saunders-the-exchange-sales-berlin-1201907794/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727212142/https://deadline.com/2017/02/patrick-movie-mandie-fletcher-jennifer-saunders-the-exchange-sales-berlin-1201907794/ |archive-date=July 27, 2018 |access-date=July 27, 2018 |website=Deadline |publisher=Penske Business Media}}</ref> ''[[Missing Link (2019 film)|Missing Link]]'' was also released by Disney under Buena Vista International in Latin America, Russia and some countries in Asia.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 20, 2019 |title='Missing Link': Sets The Pieces and Nearly Completed It |url=https://thelittlebinger.com/missing-link-review/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303112437/https://thelittlebinger.com/missing-link-review/ |archive-date=March 3, 2021 |access-date=December 10, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=E.D |first=Publicado por |title=SR LINK, la nueva película del estudio LAIKA llega a los cines argentinos |url=http://www.zonadeanimacion.com.ar/2019/07/sr-link-la-nueva-pelicula-del-estudio.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128231154/http://www.zonadeanimacion.com.ar/2019/07/sr-link-la-nueva-pelicula-del-estudio.html |archive-date=November 28, 2020 |access-date=December 10, 2020}}</ref> Since 2020, and in the UK from 2020 to 2023, Buena Vista International is the international distributor of 20th Century Studios and Searchlight Pictures films outside the United States as in North America the 20th Century films are distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and Searchlight films are distributed by Searchlight Pictures itself. Starting with ''[[The Boogeyman (2023 film)|The Boogeyman]]'' and ''[[Theater Camp]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Boogeyman|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/the-boogeyman-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0xmdexmdcx|website=[[British Board of Film Classification]]|access-date=16 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Theater Camp|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/theater-camp-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0xmdezmzu0|website=British Board of Film Classification|access-date=16 April 2024}}</ref> 20th Century and Searchlight films are now distributed in the UK through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures UK, replacing Buena Vista International. However, BVI continues to distribute 20th Century and Searchlight films elsewhere (particularly in Europe). On February 11, 2022, the Latin American branch of Buena Vista International was renamed '''Star Distribution''', as the [[Star (Disney+)|Star]] branding replaced the [[Buena Vista (brand)|Buena Vista]] brand company-wide in the Latin American region by [[The Walt Disney Company Latin America|Disney Latin America]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Star Distribution Latinoamérica |url=https://m.facebook.com/StardistributionLA/photos/a.453362258758748/1156213491806951/?type=3&source=54 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203202514/https://m.facebook.com/StardistributionLA/photos/a.453362258758748/1156213491806951/?type=3&source=54 |archive-date=December 3, 2022 |access-date=December 3, 2022 |website=[[Facebook]]}}</ref> On November 3, 2022, the Brazilian branch of Buena Vista International was also renamed Star Distribution following the dropping of the [[Buena Vista (brand)|Buena Vista]] brand in the Latin American region on February 11, 2022. However, the Buena Vista International name is still used on Latin American and Brazilian prints of 20th Century/Searchlight titles.<ref name="Star Distribution Brasil">{{Cite web |title=Star Distribution Brasil |url=https://m.facebook.com/StarDistributionBrasil/photos/a.100701967979988/906037334113110/?type=3&source=48&__tn__=EH-R |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203201950/https://m.facebook.com/StarDistributionBrasil/photos/a.100701967979988/906037334113110/?type=3&source=48&__tn__=EH-R |archive-date=December 3, 2022 |access-date=December 3, 2022 |website=[[Facebook]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=February 7, 2023 |title=Buena Vista International |url=https://avid.miraheze.org/wiki/Buena_Vista_International}}</ref> ==Film library== {{Main|Lists of Walt Disney Studios films}} ===Highest-grossing films=== Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures has released the most films that have crossed the $1&nbsp;billion mark (twenty-six, in worldwide grosses among [[Major film studios|major Hollywood studios]]), with thirteen of the twenty [[List of highest-grossing films#Highest-grossing films|highest-grossing films of all time]] being distributed by Disney; including the highest-grossing film [[List of highest-grossing films in the United States and Canada|in North America]] (''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]'')<ref name="BoxOfficeAllTime">{{Cite web |date=July 21, 2019 |title=All Time Box Office Records |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/charts/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720223104/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/ |archive-date=July 20, 2019 |access-date=July 21, 2019 |website=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref> Of those thirteen films, four of them have crossed the $2&nbsp;billion mark in worldwide grosses, the most for any studio. Disney has directly distributed three of the top five highest-grossing films in history (''[[Avengers: Endgame]]'', ''[[Avatar: The Way of Water]]'', and ''Star Wars: The Force Awakens'') and has owned the rights to the other two films (''[[Avatar (2009 film)|Avatar]]'' and ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'') since their release.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 30, 2023 |title=‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ Is the 4th Highest-Grossing Film of All-Time |url=https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/avatar-the-way-of-water-is-the-4th-highest-grossing-film-of-all-time/#:~:text=The%20Walt%20Disney%20Studios%20has,%3A%20The%20Force%20Awakens%20(No. |access-date=March 3, 2023 |website=waltdisneystudios.com}}</ref> In addition, Disney is the first of only three studios that have released at least two billion-dollar films in the same year (the others being [[Warner Bros.]] and [[Universal Pictures]]).<ref name="BoxOfficeWorldwide">{{Cite web |date=July 21, 2019 |title=All Time Worldwide Box Office Grosses |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/chart/top_lifetime_gross/?area=XWW |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722063554/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world |archive-date=July 22, 2019 |access-date=July 21, 2019 |website=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref> Furthermore, Disney is the only studio that has achieved this seven times, in 2010, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019. 2016 included four $1&nbsp;billion releases, and 2019 included seven $1&nbsp;billion releases, both records for any studio. Eight of the top ten [[List of highest-grossing animated films#Highest-grossing animated films|highest-grossing animated films]] have been released by Disney, as well as sixteen of the twenty highest-grossing [[Motion Picture Association of America film rating system|G-rated]] films.<ref>{{Cite web |title=DOMESTIC GROSSES BY MPAA RATING |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/chart/mpaa_title_lifetime_gross/?by_mpaa=G |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102062043/http://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/domestic/mpaa.htm?page=G&p=.htm |archive-date=January 2, 2010 |access-date=November 11, 2009}}</ref> In addition, four of the top five [[List of highest-grossing openings for films|opening weekends]] were Disney releases.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mendelson |first=Scott |date=December 21, 2015 |title='Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Box Office: $248M Opening Weekend, $529M Worldwide |work=Forbes |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2015/12/21/star-wars-the-force-awakens-box-office-247m-opening-weekend-528m-worldwide/ |url-status=live |access-date=December 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222090720/http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2015/12/21/star-wars-the-force-awakens-box-office-247m-opening-weekend-528m-worldwide/ |archive-date=December 22, 2015}}</ref> In 2015, Disney achieved its largest yearly box-office gross worldwide and in North America.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lang |first=Brent |date=December 21, 2015 |title='Star Wars,' 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' Push Disney Past $5 Billion Mark for First Time |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/star-wars-box-office-disney-5-billion-1201666226/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151225172144/http://variety.com/2015/film/news/star-wars-box-office-disney-5-billion-1201666226/ |archive-date=December 25, 2015 |access-date=December 26, 2015 |website=Variety}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=McNary |first=Dave |date=December 26, 2015 |title='Star Wars' Lifts Disney to $2 Billion at 2015 U.S. Box Office |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/star-wars-the-force-awakens-box-office-disney-1201667918/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151227020439/http://variety.com/2015/film/news/star-wars-the-force-awakens-box-office-disney-1201667918/ |archive-date=December 27, 2015 |access-date=December 26, 2015 |website=Variety}}</ref> In 2016, Disney surpassed $7&nbsp;billion in worldwide yearly box-office gross—the first of any major studio—surpassing the previous 2015 record.<ref>{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=January 3, 2017 |title=Disney Crosses $3 Billion At Domestic B.O., First Time Ever For Major Studio; Global Now At Industry Record Of $7.6B |url=https://deadline.com/2017/01/disney-propelled-by-rogue-one-crosses-7-billion-at-global-b-o-setting-new-industry-record-1201873507/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116070739/http://deadline.com/2017/01/disney-propelled-by-rogue-one-crosses-7-billion-at-global-b-o-setting-new-industry-record-1201873507/ |archive-date=January 16, 2017 |access-date=January 22, 2017 |website=Deadline}}</ref> In 2019, Disney became the first studio ever to have seven releases cross $1&nbsp;billion each in a single year. In the same year, Disney broke the previous records by making an unprecedented $13.2&nbsp;billion at the global box office.<ref name="DisneyBO2019">{{Cite web |last=Tartaglione |first=Nancy |date=January 2, 2020 |title=Disney's Global Box Office Year: Mouse Roars To $13.2B; A Record Not Likely To Be Seen Again Soon |url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/disney-global-box-office-year-record-2019-13-billion-1202819721/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103002150/https://deadline.com/2020/01/disney-global-box-office-year-record-2019-13-billion-1202819721/ |archive-date=January 3, 2020 |access-date=January 2, 2020 |publisher=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> : ''{{legend|#b6fcb6|Indicates films playing in theaters in the week commencing {{days before now|{{#switch: {{CURRENTDAYNAME}} |Saturday=1 |Sunday=2 |Monday=3 |Tuesday=4 |Wednesday=5 |Thursday=6 |Friday=0}}}}.|text={{†|alt=film currently playing}}}}'' {{Columns-start|num=2}} {| class="wikitable sortable" |+Highest-grossing films in North America |- ! scope="col" | Rank ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Studio label ! scope="col" | Box office gross<br />(millions) |- ! scope="row" | 1 | ''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]'' | 2015 | [[Lucasfilm]] | $936.7 |- ! scope="row" | 2 | ''[[Avengers: Endgame]]'' | 2019 | rowspan="2" | [[Marvel Studios|Marvel]] | $858.4 |- ! scope="row" | 3 | ''[[Black Panther (film)|Black Panther]]'' | 2018 | $700.1 |- ! scope="row" | 4 | ''[[Avatar: The Way of Water]]'' | 2022 | [[20th Century Studios|20th Century]] | $684.0 |- ! scope="row" | 5 | ''[[Avengers: Infinity War]]'' | 2018 | rowspan="2" | Marvel | $678.8 |- ! scope="row" | 6 | ''[[The Avengers (2012 film)|The Avengers]]'' | 2012 | $623.4 |- ! scope="row" | 7 | ''[[Star Wars: The Last Jedi]]'' | 2017 | Lucasfilm | $620.2 |- ! scope="row" | 8 | ''[[Incredibles 2]]'' | 2018 | [[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]]/[[Pixar]] | $605.6 |- ! scope="row" | 9 | ''[[The Lion King (2019 film)|The Lion King]]'' | 2019 | Disney | $543.3 |- ! scope="row" | 10 | ''[[Rogue One|Rogue One: A Star Wars Story]]'' | 2016 | rowspan="2"|Lucasfilm | $532.2 |- ! scope="row" | 11 | ''[[Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker]]'' | 2019 | $515.2 |- ! scope="row" | 12 | ''[[Beauty and the Beast (2017 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' | 2017 | Disney | $504.0 |- ! scope="row" | 13 | ''[[Finding Dory]]'' | 2016 | Disney/Pixar | $486.3 |- ! scope="row" | 14 | ''[[Frozen II]]'' | 2019 | Disney | $477.4 |- ! scope="row" | 15 | ''[[Avengers: Age of Ultron]]'' | 2015 | rowspan="2"|Marvel | $459.0 |- ! scope="row" | 16 | ''[[Black Panther: Wakanda Forever]]'' | 2022 | $453.8 |- ! scope="row" | 17 | ''[[Toy Story 4]]'' | 2019 | Disney/Pixar | $434.0 |- ! scope="row" | 18 | ''[[Captain Marvel (film)|Captain Marvel]]'' | 2019 | Marvel | $426.8 |- ! scope="row" | 18 | ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest]]'' | 2006 | rowspan="2" | Disney | $423.3 |- ! scope="row" | 19 | ''[[The Lion King]]'' ^‡ | 1994 | $422.8 |- ! scope="row" | 20 | ''[[Toy Story 3]]'' | 2010 | Disney/Pixar | $415.0 |- ! scope="row" | 21 | ''[[Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness]]'' | 2022 | rowspan="3" | Marvel | $411.3 |- ! scope="row" | 22 | ''[[Iron Man 3]]'' | 2013 | $409.0 |- ! scope="row" | 23 | ''[[Captain America: Civil War]]'' | 2016 | $408.1 |- ! scope="row" | 24 | ''[[Frozen (2013 film)|Frozen]]'' | 2013 | Disney | $400.7 |} {{column}} {| class="wikitable sortable" |+Highest-grossing films worldwide<ref>{{Cite web |title=All Time Worldwide Box Office for Walt Disney Movies |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/box-office-records/worldwide/all-movies/theatrical-distributors/walt-disney |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527021923/https://www.the-numbers.com/box-office-records/worldwide/all-movies/theatrical-distributors/walt-disney |archive-date=May 27, 2022 |access-date=May 26, 2022 |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=All Time Worldwide Box Office for 20th Century Studios Movies |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/box-office-records/worldwide/all-movies/theatrical-distributors/20th-century-studios |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105203500/https://www.the-numbers.com/box-office-records/worldwide/all-movies/theatrical-distributors/20th-century-studios |archive-date=January 5, 2023 |access-date=January 5, 2023 |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="col" | Rank ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Studio label ! scope="col" | Box office gross<br />(millions) |- ! scope="row" | 1 | ''[[Avengers: Endgame]]'' | 2019 | [[Marvel Studios|Marvel]] | $2,799.4 |- ! scope="row" | 2 | ''[[Avatar: The Way of Water]]'' | 2022 | [[20th Century Studios|20th Century]] | $2,320.2 |- ! scope="row" | 3 | ''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]'' | 2015 | [[Lucasfilm]] | $2,071.3 |- ! scope="row" | 4 | ''[[Avengers: Infinity War]]'' | 2018 | Marvel | $2,052.4 |- ! scope="row" | 5 | ''[[The Lion King (2019 film)|The Lion King]]'' | 2019 | [[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]] | $1,663.0 |- ! scope="row" | 6 | ''[[The Avengers (2012 film)|The Avengers]]'' | 2012 | Marvel | $1,520.5 |- ! scope="row" | 7 | ''[[Frozen II]]'' | 2019 | Disney | $1,453.6 |- ! scope="row" | 8 | ''[[Avengers: Age of Ultron]]'' | 2015 | rowspan="2"| Marvel | $1,405.4 |- ! scope="row" | 9 | ''[[Black Panther (film)|Black Panther]]'' | 2018 | $1,349.9 |- ! scope="row" | 10 | ''[[Star Wars: The Last Jedi]]'' | 2017 | Lucasfilm | $1,334.4 |- ! scope="row" | 11 | ''[[Frozen (2013 film)|Frozen]]'' | 2013 | rowspan="2" | Disney | $1,284.5 |- ! scope="row" | 12 | ''[[Beauty and the Beast (2017 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' | 2017 | $1,266.1 |- ! scope="row" | 13 | ''[[Incredibles 2]]'' | 2018 | Disney/[[Pixar]] | $1,243.0 |- ! scope="row" | 14 | ''[[Iron Man 3]]'' | 2013 | rowspan="3" | Marvel | $1,215.8 |- ! scope="row" | 15 | ''[[Captain America: Civil War]]'' | 2016 | $1,155.0 |- ! scope="row" | 16 | ''[[Captain Marvel (film)|Captain Marvel]]'' | rowspan="3"|2019 | $1,131.4 |- ! scope="row" | 17 | ''[[Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker]]'' | Lucasfilm | $1,077.0 |- ! scope="row" | 18 | ''[[Toy Story 4]]'' | rowspan="2" | Disney/Pixar | $1,073.3 |- ! scope="row" | 19 | ''[[Toy Story 3]]'' | 2010 | $1,067.0 |- ! scope="row" | 20 | ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest]]'' | 2006 | Disney | $1,066.2 |- ! scope="row" | 21 | ''[[Rogue One|Rogue One: A Star Wars Story]]'' | 2016 | Lucasfilm | $1,058.6 |- ! scope="row" | 22 | ''[[Aladdin (2019 film)|Aladdin]]'' | 2019 | rowspan="2" | Disney | $1,054.3 |- ! scope="row" | 23 | ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides]]'' | 2011 | $1,046.7 |- ! scope="row" | 24 | ''[[Finding Dory]]'' | 2016 | Disney/Pixar | $1,028.6 |- ! scope="row" | 25 | ''[[Alice in Wonderland (2010 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'' | 2010 | Disney | $1,025.5 |} {{Columns-end}} ^‡—Includes theatrical reissue(s) ==Notes== {{reflist|group=N}} {{notelist}} ==References== {{Reflist|30em}} ==External links== * [https://movies.disney.com Walt Disney Pictures] {{Walt Disney Studios}} {{Disney}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Walt Disney Studios (division)]] [[Category:Film distributors of the United States]] [[Category:Film production companies of the United States]] [[Category:Entertainment companies based in California]] [[Category:Companies based in Burbank, California]] [[Category:American companies established in 1953]] [[Category:Entertainment companies established in 1953]] [[Category:Mass media companies established in 1953]] [[Category:1953 establishments in California]]'