Walt Disney Pictures

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Not to be confused with The Walt Disney Company.

Walt Disney Pictures is a movie studio from the United States that makes family-friendly movies with a G or PG rating from the Motion Picture Association, like The Great Mouse Detective and Dinosaur. A few Disney movies were rated PG-13: Pirates of the Caribbean and its sequels and John Carter.

Walt Disney Pictures

The Walt Disney Studios' Riverside Drive property in Burbank, California
Formerly	Walt Disney Studio (1923–1929) Walt Disney Productions (1929–1983)
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Film
Founded	October 16, 1923; 101 years ago (1923-10-16) (as Walt Disney Productions) April 1, 1983; 42 years ago (1983-04-01) (as Walt Disney Pictures)
Defunct	February 6, 1986 (as Walt Disney Productions)
Fate	Split from the animation division (as Walt Disney Productions)
Headquarters	500 South Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California , U.S.
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Sean Bailey (president, production).[1] Vanessa Morrison (president, streaming)[1]
Products	Motion pictures
Owner	Disney Entertainment
Parent	Walt Disney Studios
Website	movies.disney.com
Footnotes / references [2]

Walt Disney Pictures started as a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Studios in 1985. Before that, Disney movies were released under the Walt Disney Productions name.

Part of film distributor Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, the studio also has Walt Disney Animation Studios and DisneyToon Studios.

Walt Disney Pictures also distributes films produced by other Disney labels including Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, 20th Century Studios, and internationally Searchlight Pictures; with Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures currently handling distribution for the respective labels.

Related pages

• List of Disney movies
• List of Disney animated movies