Disney Facts

Disney Facts

Argument against the idea that Disney films are always successful: not all Disney films are a success. 'John Carter' (2012) had a production budget of $275,000,00 but it only just covered its costs, grossing just under $283,000,000 worldwide. It is thought that this is due to not finding the right target audience, not emphasising that the film is based on a classic sci-fi series of novels, the wrong title and the trailer failing to emphasise the romance or strong female characters, so losing the female audience.

• Disney owns 80% of ESPN 

• Disney makes twice as much money from their theme parks as their films. 

• Walt and Roy Disney formed Disney brothers cartoon studio in 1923 & in 1926 the name was changed to Walt Disney 

• There are now over 100 Disney films on Netflix 

• Moana made a total gross of $242,195,342. 

• 1937- The first Disney film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs made a total gross of $184,295,485 

• 2013 Frozen had Disney's highest worldwide gross of $1,287,000,000 

• Walt Disney company is now worth $169.3 billion

• The company makes around $1100 per second 

• - Disney has produced over 653 movies

• - Disney's cable and tv business creates 43% of its revenue

• - DVD, Blu-Ray and Tv Distributions earn more money than movie debuts

• - In the US, Disney's advertising spending is $1.8 billion a year

• - The revenue of licensed merchandise and consumer products is $52.5 billion a year

• - DisneyLife became available in 2015 - "Unlimited Disney Magic" - Movies, TV, Books and Music for £4.99 a month, with the largest collection of Disney movies, available to download and view on all tablets and devices.