There are 53 animated feature films produced or released by Walt Disney Productions and its successor label, Walt Disney Pictures. Walt Disney Studios began work on animated short films in 1923. Then, in 1937, the studio released its first feature-length animated film with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and has continued to produce shorts, featurettes, and feature films to this day. Throughout the years, the studio has expanded its reach. Between collaborating with other studios to co-produce films to The Walt Disney Company distributing animated features produced by other companies, Walt Disney Studios no longer produces all their animated content under the Disney banner.
Animated films produced by Disney-owned studios[]
Walt Disney Animation Studios[]
- Main article: List of Walt Disney Animation Studios films
The following is a list of the animated films that were either entirely produced in-house by Walt Disney Productions prior to 1986, or were produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, formerly known as Walt Disney Feature Animation, after 1986.[1]
For advertising purposes, The Walt Disney Company began to affix numbers to each of the films in the late 1980s.(citation needed) Through this method, they could proclaim the film to be "Disney's nth full-length animated film". When the numbering system was introduced, the group of films included became collectively known as the "Disney Animation Canon."(citation needed) Many film historians and animation fans refer to them as Disney "classics" or Disney "features." The numbering system remains today, as recent press releases for such products as the 20th anniversary edition of Oliver & Company,[2] as well as the opening and closing logos and marketing materials for Tangled,[3] still refer to the film's number.[4]
# | Film | Date of original release | Notes | |
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1 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
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2 | Pinocchio |
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3 | Fantasia |
January 29, 1941 (RKO roadshow) January 8, 1942 || [note 1][note 2] | ||
4 | Dumbo |
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5 | Bambi |
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6 | Saludos Amigos |
February 6, 1943 || [note 1][note 2] | ||
7 | The Three Caballeros |
February 3, 1945 || [note 1][note 2] | ||
8 | Make Mine Music |
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9 | Fun and Fancy Free |
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10 | Melody Time |
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11 | The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad |
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12 | Cinderella |
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13 | Alice in Wonderland |
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14 | Peter Pan |
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15 | Lady and the Tramp |
June 2, 1955 || [note 3] | ||
16 | Sleeping Beauty |
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17 | One Hundred and One Dalmatians |
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18 | The Sword in the Stone |
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19 | The Jungle Book |
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20 | The Aristocats |
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21 | Robin Hood |
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22 | The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh |
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23 | The Rescuers |
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24 | The Fox and the Hound |
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25 | The Black Cauldron |
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26 | The Great Mouse Detective |
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27 | Oz the Great and Powerful | August 21, 1987 | ||
28 | Oliver & Company |
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29 | The Little Mermaid |
November 17, 1989 || | ||
30 | The Rescuers Down Under |
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31 | Beauty and the Beast |
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32 | Aladdin |
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33 | Iron Will |
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34 | The Lion King |
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35 | Pocahontas |
June 23, 1995 || | ||
36 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame |
October 18, 1996 || | ||
37 | Hercules |
June 27, 1997|| | ||
38 | Mulan |
June 19, 1998 ||WDFA Florida[5] | ||
39 | Tarzan |
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38 | Fantasia 2000 |
January 1, 2000 || [note 1][note 2][note 5] | ||
39 | Dinosaur |
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40 | The Emperor's New Groove |
December 15, 2000 || | ||
41 | Atlantis: The Lost Empire |
June 15, 2001 || | ||
42 | Lilo & Stitch |
June 21, 2002 || WDFA Florida[5] | ||
43 | Treasure Planet |
November 27, 2002 || [note 5] | ||
44 | Brother Bear |
October 24, 2003 ||WDFA Florida[5] | ||
45 | Home on the Range |
March 12, 2004 || | ||
46 | Chicken Little |
October 28, 2005 || [note 6][note 7] | ||
47 | Meet the Robinsons |
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48 | Bolt |
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49 | The Princess and the Frog |
December 11, 2009 || | ||
50 | Tangled |
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51 | Winnie the Pooh |
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52 | Wreck-It Ralph |
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53 | Frozen |
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54 | Big Hero 6 |
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Notes:
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 These are "package films", releases made up of two or more short films with bridging sequences. Though some consider the package films to be only the six consecutive package films of the 1940s (numbers 6–11 above), the definition used here also includes both Fantasia and Fantasia 2000. Inclusion of The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is unique since it contains three previously released featurettes.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 These films contain live-action scenes and/or sequences.
- ↑ Lady and the Tramp was photographed simultaneously in both the regular Academy format and in CinemaScope. Both versions were released at the same time.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 These two films were shot in the 70 mm Super Technirama process. Reduced 35 mm CinemaScope-compatible prints were released at the same time as the 70 mm versions.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 These films were released or re-released in IMAX format in addition to their regular theatrical releases.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 These films were also released or re-released in a Disney Digital 3-D limited cinema version.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 These films are computer-animated films.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Film is not yet released. Release date subject to change.
DisneyToon Studios[]
- Main article: DisneyToon Studios
The following DisneyToon Studios films have had, or are planned to have, a theatrical release.
# | Film | Date of original release | Notes | ||
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1 | DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp |
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2 | A Goofy Movie |
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3 | Doug's 1st Movie |
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4 | The Tigger Movie |
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5 | Recess: School's Out |
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6 | Return to Never Land |
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7 | The Jungle Book 2 |
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8 | Piglet's Big Movie |
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9 | Teacher's Pet |
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10 | Pooh's Heffalump Movie |
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11 | Bambi II |
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12 | Tinker Bell |
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13 | Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure |
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14 | Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue |
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15 | Secret of the Wings |
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16 | Planes |
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17 | Planes Fire and Rescue |
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Pixar Animation Studios[]
- Main article: List of Pixar films
Pixar Animation Studios, a subsidiary of Disney, has released or will release the following films:
# | Film | Date of original release | Notes | |
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1 | Toy Story |
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2 | A Bug's Life |
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3 | Toy Story 2 |
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4 | Monsters, Inc. |
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5 | Finding Nemo |
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6 | The Incredibles |
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7 | Cars |
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8 | Ratatouille |
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9 | WALL-E |
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10 | Up |
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11 | Toy Story 3 |
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12 | Cars 2 |
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13 | Brave |
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14 | Monsters University |
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15 | Inside Out [8][12][13] | June 19, 2015 | [note 4] | |
16 | The Good Dinosaur [14] | November 25, 2015 [13] | [note 4] | |
17 | "Finding Dory" [15][16] | June 17, 2016 | [note 4] | |
18 | "Cars 3" [13] | June 16, 2017 | [note 4][17] | |
19 | Coco [18] | November 22, 2017 | [note 4] | |
20 | "Incredibles 2" [13] | June 15, 2018 | [note 4] | |
21 | "Toy Story 4" [13] | June 21, 2019 | [note 4] | |
22 | "Onward" [13] | March 6, 2020 | [note 4] | |
23 | "Soul" [13] | December 25, 2020 | [note 4] | |
24 | "Luca" [13] | June 18, 2021 | [note 4] | |
25 | "Turning Red" [13] | March 11, 2022 | [note 4] | |
26 | "Lightyear" [13] | June 17, 2022 | [note 4] | |
27 | "Elemental" [13] | June 16, 2023 | [note 4] | |
28 | "Inside Out 2" [13] | June 14, 2024 | [note 4] | |
29 | "Elio" [13] | June 13, 2025 | [note 4] |
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Stop-motion films[]
The stop-motion makers Henry Selick and Tim Burton have worked on the following stop-motion films that have been released or distributed by Disney.
# | Film | Date of original release | Notes | |
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1 | The Nightmare Before Christmas |
October 29, 1993 || [note 1][note 2][note 3] | ||
2 | James and the Giant Peach |
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3 | Frankenweenie |
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Notes:
- ↑ Originally released by Disney through their Touchstone Pictures label
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Includes animation by Skellington Productions
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Released or re-released in a Disney Digital 3-D limited cinema version
- ↑ Contains live-action shots
ImageMovers Digital[]
- Main article: ImageMovers
The following films were produced by ImageMovers Digital, a film studio run by Robert Zemeckis' ImageMovers and Disney. Both of the films below are computer animated, and were also released in Disney Digital 3-D versions. Following the poor box office performance of Mars Needs Moms, Disney closed ImageMovers Digital.
# | Film | Date of original release | Notes | |
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1 | A Christmas Carol |
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2 | Mars Needs Moms |
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Animated features produced by non-Disney studios[]
Unlike the films above that were made by Disney, the films below were only distributed by Disney.
Studio Ghibli[]
- Main article: Studio Ghibli
In 1996, Disney signed a deal with Tokuma Shoten for distribution rights to the theatrical works of Studio Ghibli world-wide (excluding Asia except for Japan and Taiwan and excluding Grave of the Fireflies which was not published by Tokuma), including what then was the most recent film, Princess Mononoke. The deal later grew to include DVD rights and newer Ghibli movies - the English language release of Spirited Away won the 2001, 2002 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Studio Ghibli remains wholly independent of Disney and maintains strict creative control over the handling of the foreign language localization Disney produces.[20] All of the theatrical Ghibli back catalog originally included in the deal have since been released to DVD in North America (except Only Yesterday) and several other countries. The following films were given theatrical releases outside Japan by Disney and subsidiaries:
# | Film | Date of original release | Date of Disney re-release | Notes | ||
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1 | Kiki's Delivery Service |
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2 | Princess Mononoke |
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3 | Spirited Away |
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4 | The Cat Returns |
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5 | Howl's Moving Castle |
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6 | Ponyo |
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7 | Tales from Earthsea |
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8 | The Secret World of Arrietty |
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9 | From Up on Poppy Hill |
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Limited premiere and limited distribution
- ↑ Released by Disney through Miramax Films
- ↑ Film is not yet released. Release date subject to change.
Animated features produced by outside/third-party studios[]
# | Film | Date of original release | Produced by | Notes |
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1 | The Brave Little Toaster |
The Kushner-Locke Company || [note 1] | ||
2 | The Thief and the Cobbler (Arabian Knight) |
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3 | The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars |
The Kushner-Locke Company || [note 1] | ||
4 | Manuelita |
Megatrix S.A.U. || [note 1][note 4] | ||
5 | The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue |
The Kushner-Locke Company || [note 1] | ||
6 | Pokémon 4Ever |
Shogakukan 4Kids Entertainment || [note 1][note 2][note 5] | ||
7 | Pokémon Heroes |
Shogakukan 4Kids Entertainment || [note 1][note 2][note 5] | ||
8 | Valiant |
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9 | The Wild |
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10 | Uma Aventura no Tempo |
The Walt Disney Company Latin-America Pvt. Ltd. || [note 6][note 7] | ||
11 | Roadside Romeo |
The Walt Disney Company India Pvt. Ltd. || [note 6][note 7] | ||
12 | Gnomeo & Juliet |
Starz Animation|| [note 1][note 6][note 8] | ||
13 | Arjun: The Warrior Prince |
ShowMaker Pictures|| [note 6][note 7] |
Notes:
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Released by Disney in North America
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Released by Miramax Films which was a subsidiary of Disney at the time of release
- ↑ Released by Disney in Japan
- ↑ Released by Disney in Argentina
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Released by Disney in Australia and United Kingdom
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Computer animated
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Released by Disney worldwide
- ↑ Released through Disney's Touchstone Pictures label
Partially animated live-action films[]
All of the following are live-action films and documentaries that contain animated scenes or sequences.
Disney productions[]
# | Film | Date of original release | Notes | |
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1 | The Reluctant Dragon |
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2 | Victory Through Air Power |
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3 | Song of the South |
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4 | So Dear to My Heart |
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5 | Mary Poppins |
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6 | Bedknobs and Broomsticks |
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7 | Pete's Dragon |
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8 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit |
June 22, 1988 || [note 3] | ||
9 | Enchanted |
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10 | Mary Poppins Returns |
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Notes:
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Documentary film
- ↑ Majority of the film animated, but not for purpose of entertainment
- ↑ Released through Disney's Touchstone Pictures label
Other live-action films containing Disney animation[]
The following are live-action films produced by other studios, that contain animation scenes or sequences produced by Walt Disney.
# | Film | Date of original release | Produced by | Notes |
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1 | Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks |
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2 | Hollywood Party |
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3 | Servants' Entrance |
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4 | Cri Cri el grillito cantor |
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External links[]
- UltimateDisney.com - List of All Animated Classics, their DVD availability, and links to Reviews and Pictures
- Big Cartoon DataBase: Disney animated features
- Complete List of Disney's Animated Features (incorporating all Disney subsidiaries)
- ↑ Walt Disney Animated Films - History. Walt Disney Animation Studios.
- ↑ Stub
- ↑ Template:Youtube (official posting by Walt Disney Animation Studios; contains images from films 1-50 by number, ends with special "50th Animated Motion Picture" closing logo used for Tangled)
- ↑ Disney A to Z: The Official Encyclopedia, Third Edition, by Dave Smith, page 33
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Drees, Rich. Disney Closes Florida Animation Studio. filmbuffonline.com. Retrieved on 6 December 2012.
- ↑ Stub
- ↑ Kit, Borys. "Disney's 'Frozen' to Thaw in November 2013", June 11, 2012. Retrieved on June 13, 2012.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Disney Animation Schedules Frozen For November 2013", December 22, 2011. Retrieved on December 22, 2011.
- ↑ Ellwood, Gregory. "Disney sets new 'Saving Mr. Banks,' 'Phineas and Ferb' and Pixar movie release dates", October 15, 2012. Retrieved on October 16, 2012.
- ↑ "BBC News", April 23, 2010. Retrieved on April 23, 2012.
- ↑ Monsters University Pushed to 2013. movieweb.com (April 4, 2011). Retrieved on April 4, 2011.
- ↑ Sciretta, Peter. "Pixar Announces Dinosaur Movie for Holiday 2013 (D23 Expo)", August 20, 2011. Retrieved on August 21, 2011.
- ↑ 13.00 13.01 13.02 13.03 13.04 13.05 13.06 13.07 13.08 13.09 13.10 13.11 13.12 Dickey, Josh. "Pixar announces Latin-themed feature", April 24, 2012. Retrieved on April 24, 2012.
- ↑ Sciretta, Peter. "Pete Docter To Direct Pixar Movie Set Inside The Mind (D23 Expo)", August 20, 2011. Retrieved on August 21, 2011.
- ↑ The Deadline Team. "Disney's Marvel Movie Moves: Iron Man 3, Thor 2 Going 3D, Ant-Man Dated For 2015", October 15, 2012. Retrieved on October 16, 2012.
- ↑ Pixar Animation Untitled. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved on February 3, 2013.
- ↑ "New Art From Pixar's Upcoming Films!", December 31, 2012. Retrieved on January 1, 2013.
- ↑ "Finding Nemo: Director signs up for sequel - BBC News". Retrieved on July 18, 2012.
- ↑ Fischer, Russ (August 9, 2010). Disney Sets 2012 Release Dates For John Carter of Mars and Frankenweenie. Retrieved on August 4, 2011.
- ↑ http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/disney/
- ↑ Hot Choc'lit Soldiers. disneyshorts.org. Retrieved on August 4, 2011.
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