American film production company by The Walt Disney Company & 20th Century Fox

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Walt Disney Pictures

<p><b>Walt Disney Pictures</b><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-WaltDisneyPicturesLegal_3-0"><a href="#cite_note-WaltDisneyPicturesLegal-3" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[3]</span></a></span> is an American <a href="/en/Film_studio" title="Film studio" class="wl">film production company</a> and subsidiary of <a href="/en/Walt_Disney_Studios_(division)" title="Walt Disney Studios (division)" class="wl">Walt Disney Studios</a>, a division of <a href="/en/Disney_Entertainment" title="Disney Entertainment" class="wl">Disney Entertainment</a>, which is owned by <a href="/en/The_Walt_Disney_Company" title="The Walt Disney Company" class="wl">The Walt Disney Company</a>. The studio is the flagship producer of <a href="/en/Live-action_feature_films" title="Live-action feature films" class="mw-redirect wl">live-action feature films</a> within the Walt Disney Studios unit, and is based at the <a href="/en/Walt_Disney_Studios_(Burbank)" title="Walt Disney Studios (Burbank)" class="wl">Walt Disney Studios</a> in <a href="/en/Burbank,_California" title="Burbank, California" class="wl">Burbank, California</a>. Animated films produced by <a href="/en/Walt_Disney_Animation_Studios" title="Walt Disney Animation Studios" class="wl">Walt Disney Animation Studios</a> and <a href="/en/Pixar" title="Pixar" class="wl">Pixar Animation Studios</a> are also released under the studio banner. <a href="/en/Walt_Disney_Studios_Motion_Pictures" title="Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures" class="wl">Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures</a> distributes and markets the films produced by Walt Disney Pictures.</p>

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<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles mw:Transclusion">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><div class='mobile-collapse'><header class="mobile-collapse-header mobile-collapse-btn"><b>Quick facts: Formerly, Type, Industry, Founded, Headquarte...</b> <span class='arrow'>▼</span></header> <table class="infobox vcard mobile-collapse-element"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Walt Disney Pictures</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image logo"><span><a href="/en/File:Walt_Disney_Pictures_2011_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Walt_Disney_Pictures_2011_logo.svg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/57/Walt_Disney_Pictures_2011_logo.svg/125px-Walt_Disney_Pictures_2011_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="271" data-file-height="369" data-file-type="drawing" height="170" width="125" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/57/Walt_Disney_Pictures_2011_logo.svg/188px-Walt_Disney_Pictures_2011_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/57/Walt_Disney_Pictures_2011_logo.svg/250px-Walt_Disney_Pictures_2011_logo.svg.png 2x" alt="Walt_Disney_Pictures_2011_logo.svg"></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Logo since 2006; a variant with simply "Disney" has been in use since 2011.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 0.5em;">Formerly</th><td class="infobox-data nickname" style="line-height: 1.35em;">Walt Disney Studio<br>(1923–1929)<br>Walt Disney Productions<br>(1929–1983)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 0.5em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height: 1.35em;"><a href="/en/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary" class="wl">Subsidiary</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 0.5em;">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height: 1.35em;"><a href="/en/Film_industry" title="Film industry" class="wl">Film</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 0.5em;">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.35em;">October<span>&nbsp;</span>16, 1923<span class="noprint"><span>;</span><span> </span>99 years ago</span><span style="display:none"><span>&nbsp;</span>(<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1923-10-16</span>)</span> (as Walt Disney Productions)<br>April<span>&nbsp;</span>1, 1983<span class="noprint"><span>;</span><span> </span>39 years ago</span><span style="display:none"><span>&nbsp;</span>(<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1983-04-01</span>)</span> (as Walt Disney Pictures)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 0.5em;">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label" style="line-height: 1.35em;"><a href="/en/Walt_Disney_Studios_(Burbank)" title="Walt Disney Studios (Burbank)" class="wl">500 South Buena Vista Street</a>, <div style="display: inline;" class="locality"><a href="/en/Burbank,_California" title="Burbank, California" class="wl">Burbank, California</a></div>, <div style="display: inline;" class="country-name">United States</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 0.5em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Area served</div></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.35em;">Worldwide</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 0.5em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="line-height: 1.35em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist ">
<ul><li><a href="/en/Sean_Bailey" title="Sean Bailey" class="wl">Sean Bailey</a> (president, production)<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-AsbellPresident_1-0"><a href="#cite_note-AsbellPresident-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span></li>
<li>Vanessa Morrison (president, streaming)<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-AsbellPresident_1-1"><a href="#cite_note-AsbellPresident-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 0.5em;">Products</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.35em;"><a href="/en/Film" title="Film" class="wl">Motion pictures</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 0.5em;"><a href="/en/Parent_company" title="Parent company" class="mw-redirect wl">Parent</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.35em;"><a href="/en/Walt_Disney_Studios_(division)" title="Walt Disney Studios (division)" class="wl">Walt Disney Studios</a><br>(<a href="/en/Disney_Entertainment" title="Disney Entertainment" class="wl">Disney Entertainment</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 0.5em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.35em;"><span class="url"><a rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow" href="https://movies.disney.com" class="external text" target="_blank">movies<wbr>.disney<wbr>.com</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="line-height: 1.35em;"><b>Footnotes<span>&nbsp;</span>/<span> </span>references</b><br><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-dl_2-0"><a href="#cite_note-dl-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'><b>Close</b> <span class='arrow'>▲</span></footer></div>

<p>Disney began producing live-action films in the 1950s. The live-action division became Walt Disney Pictures in 1983, when Disney reorganized its entire studio division; which included the separation from the feature animation division and the subsequent creation of <a href="/en/Touchstone_Pictures" title="Touchstone Pictures" class="wl">Touchstone Pictures</a>. At the end of that decade, combined with Touchstone's output, Walt Disney Pictures elevated Disney to one of <a href="/en/Cinema_of_the_United_States" title="Cinema of the United States" class="wl">Hollywood</a>'s <a href="/en/Major_film_studios" title="Major film studios" class="wl">major film studios</a>.</p>

<p>Walt Disney Pictures is currently one of five live-action film studios within the Walt Disney Studios, the others being <a href="/en/20th_Century_Studios" title="20th Century Studios" class="wl">20th Century Studios</a>, <a href="/en/Marvel_Studios" title="Marvel Studios" class="wl">Marvel Studios</a>, <a href="/en/Lucasfilm" title="Lucasfilm" class="wl">Lucasfilm</a>, and <a href="/en/Searchlight_Pictures" title="Searchlight Pictures" class="wl">Searchlight Pictures</a>. The <a href="/en/The_Lion_King_(2019_film)" title="The Lion King (2019 film)" class="wl">2019 remake</a> of <i><a href="/en/The_Lion_King" title="The Lion King" class="wl">The Lion King</a></i> is the studio's highest-grossing film worldwide with $1.6 billion,<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="#cite_note-4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[4]</span></a></span> and <i><a href="/en/Pirates_of_the_Caribbean_(film_series)" title="Pirates of the Caribbean (film series)" class="wl">Pirates of the Caribbean</a></i> is the studio's most successful <a href="/en/Film_series" title="Film series" class="wl">film series</a>, with five films earning a total of over $4.5 billion in worldwide box office gross.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-dl_2-1"><a href="#cite_note-dl-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span></p>



Walt Disney Pictures is an American film production company and subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, a division of Disney Entertainment, which is owned by The Walt Disney Company. The studio is the flagship producer of live-action feature films within the Walt Disney Studios unit, and is based at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California. Animated films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios are also released under the studio banner. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures distributes and markets the films produced by Walt Disney Pictures. Disney began producing live-action films in the 1950s. The live-action division became Walt Disney Pictures in 1983, when Disney reorganized its entire studio division; which included the separation from the feature animation division and the subsequent creation of Touchstone Pictures. At the end of that decade, combined with Touchstone's output, Walt Disney Pictures elevated Disney to one of Hollywood's major film studios. Walt Disney Pictures is currently one of five live-action film studios within the Walt Disney Studios, the others being 20th Century Studios, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, and Searchlight Pictures. The 2019 remake of The Lion King is the studio's highest-grossing film worldwide with $1.6 billion, 