This list of theatrical animated feature films consists of animated films produced or released by The Walt Disney Studios, the film division of The Walt Disney Company. [rls 1] [st 1]
The Walt Disney Studios releases films from Disney-owned and non-Disney-owned animation studios. Most films listed below are from Walt Disney Animation Studios, which began as the feature-animation department of Walt Disney Productions, producing its first feature-length animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937; as of November 2023 [update] , it has produced a total of 62 feature films. [st 2] Beginning with Toy Story in 1995, The Walt Disney Studios has also released animated films by Pixar Animation Studios, which Disney would eventually acquire in 2006. [1] [2] In 2019, as part of its acquisition of 21st Century Fox, The Walt Disney Studios acquired Blue Sky Studios (now closed down in 2021), as well as 20th Century Fox Animation (now simply 20th Century Animation) which operates as a label and the animation division of 20th Century Fox (now 20th Century Studios). [3]
Other studio units have also released films theatrically, namely, Walt Disney Television Animation's Disney MovieToons/Video Premiere unit (later renamed Disneytoon Studios) and the studio's distribution unit, which acquires film rights from outside animation studios to release films under the Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Miramax and 20th Century Studios film labels.
Walt Disney Productions (1937–85) Walt Disney Feature Animation (1986–2006) Walt Disney Animation Studios (2007–present) | |
Pixar Animation Studios (1995–present) | |
Disney MovieToons (1990–2002) Disneytoon Studios (2003–14) | |
Walt Disney Television Animation (1999–2004) | |
Other Disney studio | |
Third-party studio | |
Live-action/animation hybrid sold as animation | SA |
Live-action/animation hybrid sold as live-action | SL |
Live-action/animation hybrid sold as Documentary | SD |
Distribution only | D |
Title | Original U.S. theatrical release date [rls 2] | Site [st 2] | |
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | December 21, 1937 [4] [5] | Walt Disney Productions and RKO Radio Pictures [6] | |
Pinocchio | February 7, 1940 [7] | ||
Fantasia [SA] | November 13, 1940 [rls 3] [8] [9] | ||
The Reluctant Dragon [SA] | June 20, 1941 [10] | ||
Dumbo | October 23, 1941 [11] | ||
Bambi | August 13, 1942 [12] | ||
Saludos Amigos [SA] | August 24, 1942 [13] | ||
Victory Through Air Power [SD] | July 17, 1943 [14] | Walt Disney Productions and United Artists [6] | |
The Three Caballeros [SA] | December 21, 1944 [15] | Walt Disney Productions and RKO Radio Pictures [6] | |
Make Mine Music | April 20, 1946 [16] | ||
Song of the South [SL] | November 20, 1946 [17] | ||
Fun and Fancy Free [SA] | September 27, 1947 [18] | ||
Melody Time [SA] | May 27, 1948 [19] | ||
So Dear to My Heart [SL] | November 29, 1948 [20] [21] [22] | ||
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad | October 5, 1949 [23] | ||
Cinderella | February 15, 1950 [24] | ||
Alice in Wonderland | July 28, 1951 [25] | ||
Peter Pan | February 5, 1953 [26] | ||
Lady and the Tramp | June 22, 1955 [27] | Walt Disney Productions and Buena Vista Film Distribution [28] | |
Sleeping Beauty | January 29, 1959 [29] | ||
One Hundred and One Dalmatians | January 25, 1961 [30] | ||
The Sword in the Stone | December 25, 1963 [31] | ||
Mary Poppins [SL] | August 27, 1964 [32] [33] [34] [35] | ||
The Jungle Book | October 18, 1967 [36] | ||
The Aristocats | December 24, 1970 [37] | ||
Bedknobs and Broomsticks [SL] | October 7, 1971 [38] | ||
Robin Hood | November 8, 1973 [39] | ||
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh [SA] | March 11, 1977 [40] | ||
The Rescuers | June 22, 1977 [41] | ||
Pete's Dragon [SL] | November 3, 1977 [42] | ||
The Fox and the Hound | July 10, 1981 [43] [44] | ||
The Black Cauldron | July 24, 1985 [45] | Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Productions and Silver Screen Partners II | |
The Great Mouse Detective | July 2, 1986 [46] | Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation and Silver Screen Partners II | |
Who Framed Roger Rabbit [SA] | June 22, 1988 [47] | Touchstone Pictures [48] Amblin Entertainment and Silver Screen Partners III [49] | |
Oliver & Company | November 18, 1988 [50] | Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation and Silver Screen Partners III | |
The Little Mermaid | November 17, 1989 [51] [52] | Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation and Silver Screen Partners IV | |
DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp | August 3, 1990 [53] | Walt Disney Pictures, Disney MovieToons | |
The Rescuers Down Under | November 16, 1990 [54] | Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation and Silver Screen Partners IV | |
Beauty and the Beast | November 22, 1991 [55] | ||
Aladdin | November 25, 1992 [56] | Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation | |
The Nightmare Before Christmas | October 29, 1993 [57] | Touchstone Pictures, [48] Skellington Productions | |
The Lion King | June 24, 1994 [58] | Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation | |
A Goofy Movie | April 7, 1995 [59] | Walt Disney Pictures, Disney MovieToons | |
Pocahontas | June 23, 1995 [60] | Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation | |
Toy Story | November 22, 1995 [61] | Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios | |
James and the Giant Peach [SA] | April 12, 1996 [62] [63] | Walt Disney Pictures, Allied Filmmakers and Skellington Productions [st 3] | |
The Hunchback of Notre Dame | June 21, 1996 [64] | Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation | |
Hercules | June 27, 1997 [65] | ||
Mulan | June 19, 1998 [66] | Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida | |
A Bug's Life | November 25, 1998 [67] | Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios | |
Doug's 1st Movie | March 26, 1999 [68] | Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Television Animation and Jumbo Pictures [69] | |
Tarzan | June 18, 1999 [70] | Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation | |
Toy Story 2 | November 24, 1999 [71] | Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios | |
Fantasia 2000 [SA] | December 17, 1999 [72] | Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation | |
The Tigger Movie | February 11, 2000 [73] [74] [75] | Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Television Animation and Walt Disney Animation Japan | |
Dinosaur | May 19, 2000 [76] | Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation and The Secret Lab | |
The Emperor's New Groove | December 15, 2000 [77] [78] [79] | Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation | |
Recess: School's Out | February 16, 2001 [80] | Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Television Animation and Paul & Joe Productions | |
Atlantis: The Lost Empire | June 15, 2001 [81] [82] [83] | Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation | |
Monsters, Inc. | November 2, 2001 [84] | Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios | |
Return to Never Land | February 15, 2002 [85] | Walt Disney Pictures, Disney MovieToons | |
Lilo & Stitch | June 21, 2002 [86] | Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida | |
Treasure Planet | November 27, 2002 [87] | Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation | |
The Jungle Book 2 | February 14, 2003 [88] | Walt Disney Pictures, Disneytoon Studios | |
Piglet's Big Movie | March 21, 2003 [89] | ||
The Lizzie McGuire Movie [SL] | May 2, 2003 [90] | Walt Disney Pictures, Stan Rogow Productions | |
Finding Nemo | May 30, 2003 [91] | Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios | |
Brother Bear | November 1, 2003 [92] | Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida | |
Teacher's Pet | January 16, 2004 [93] | Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Television Animation | |
Home on the Range | April 2, 2004 [94] [95] [96] | Walt Disney Pictures, Feature Animation | |
The Incredibles | November 5, 2004 [97] | Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios | |
Pooh's Heffalump Movie | February 11, 2005 | Walt Disney Pictures, Disneytoon Studios | |
Valiant [D] | August 19, 2005 [rls 4] | Vanguard Animation [98] and Ealing Studios | |
Chicken Little | November 4, 2005 [99] | Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation | |
The Wild | April 14, 2006 [100] | Walt Disney Pictures, [101] C.O.R.E. Feature Animation, Nigel Productions, Hoytyboy Pictures, Sir Zip Productions and Contrafilm | |
Cars | June 9, 2006 [102] | Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios | |
Meet the Robinsons | March 30, 2007 [103] | Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios | |
Ratatouille | June 29, 2007 [104] | Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios | |
Enchanted [SL] | November 21, 2007 [105] | Walt Disney Pictures, Josephson Entertainment, Andalasia Productions and Right Coast Productions | |
WALL-E [SA] | June 27, 2008 [106] | Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios | |
Bolt | November 21, 2008 [107] | Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios | |
Up | May 29, 2009 [108] | Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios | |
A Christmas Carol [SA] | November 6, 2009 [109] | Walt Disney Pictures, ImageMovers Digital [110] [st 4] | |
The Princess and the Frog | December 11, 2009 [111] | Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios | |
Toy Story 3 | June 18, 2010 [108] | Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios | |
Tangled | November 24, 2010 [112] [113] | Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios | |
Gnomeo & Juliet [D] | February 11, 2011 [114] [115] | Touchstone Pictures, [116] Starz Animation and Rocket Pictures [117] | |
Mars Needs Moms [SA] | March 11, 2011 [118] | Walt Disney Pictures, ImageMovers Digital [110] [st 4] | |
Cars 2 | June 24, 2011 [119] | Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios | |
Winnie the Pooh [SA] | July 15, 2011 [120] | Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios | |
Brave | June 22, 2012 [121] | Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios | |
Frankenweenie | October 5, 2012 [122] | Walt Disney Pictures, Tim Burton Productions [st 3] | |
Wreck-It Ralph | November 2, 2012 [123] | Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios | |
Monsters University | June 21, 2013 [124] | Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios | |
Planes | August 9, 2013 [125] | Walt Disney Pictures, Disneytoon Studios | |
Frozen | November 27, 2013 [126] | Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios | |
Planes: Fire & Rescue | July 18, 2014 [127] | Walt Disney Pictures, Disneytoon Studios | |
Big Hero 6 | November 7, 2014 [128] | Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios | |
Strange Magic | January 23, 2015 [129] | Touchstone Pictures, [48] Lucasfilm Animation | |
Inside Out | June 19, 2015 [130] [131] | Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios | |
The Good Dinosaur | November 25, 2015 [132] [133] [134] | ||
Zootopia | March 4, 2016 [135] [136] [137] | Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios | |
Finding Dory | June 17, 2016 [138] [139] | Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios | |
Moana | November 23, 2016 [135] [136] [140] | Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios | |
Cars 3 | June 16, 2017 [141] [142] | Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios | |
Coco | November 22, 2017 [143] | ||
Incredibles 2 | June 15, 2018 [141] [144] | ||
Ralph Breaks the Internet | November 21, 2018 [145] [146] | Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios | |
Mary Poppins Returns [SL] | December 19, 2018 [147] | Walt Disney Pictures, Lucamar Productions and Marc Platt Productions | |
Toy Story 4 | June 21, 2019 [141] [148] | Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios | |
The Lion King [SL] | July 19, 2019 [149] | Walt Disney Pictures, Fairview Entertainment | |
Frozen II | November 22, 2019 [146] [150] | Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios | |
Onward | March 6, 2020 [141] [151] | Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios | |
Raya and the Last Dragon | March 5, 2021 [152] [153] [154] | Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios | |
Encanto | November 24, 2021 [155] | ||
Lightyear | June 17, 2022 [156] [157] [158] | Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios | |
Strange World | November 23, 2022 [159] [160] [161] [162] [156] [163] [164] [165] | Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios | |
Elemental | June 16, 2023 [166] [167] [168] [169] [170] [171] [165] [172] [173] [174] | Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios | |
Wish | November 22, 2023 [175] [176] [177] [171] [165] | Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios | |
Soul | January 12, 2024 [178] | Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios | |
Turning Red | February 9, 2024 [178] | ||
Luca | March 22, 2024 [178] |
Title | Scheduled U.S. theatrical release | Production company [st 2] | |
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Inside Out 2 [179] [180] | June 14, 2024 [181] [182] [183] [184] [165] | Pixar Animation Studios | |
Moana 2 [185] | November 27, 2024 [186] | Walt Disney Animation Studios | |
Mufasa: The Lion King [SL] [187] [188] | December 20, 2024 [189] [190] [165] [184] | Pastel Productions | |
Elio [191] [192] | June 13, 2025 [182] [165] [193] | Pixar Animation Studios | |
Zootopia 2 [194] | November 26, 2025 [186] | Walt Disney Animation Studios | |
Untitled Pixar film | March 6, 2026 [186] | Pixar Animation Studios | |
Toy Story 5 [195] | June 19, 2026 [186] [196] [197] [198] [199] | ||
Frozen III | November 25, 2026 [186] | Walt Disney Animation Studios | |
Untitled fourth Frozen film | TBA [200] |
The following is a list of films that were released by Miramax Films when the studio was a subsidiary of Disney at the time of release. Neither of these films is officially recognized as Disney films, as they were from pre-existing distribution deals before Disney's acquisition of Miramax, and Disney sold Miramax to Filmyard Holdings in 2010. [3]
Film | Date of original U.S. release | Produced by | Notes |
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Tom and Jerry: The Movie | July 30, 1993 [sg 1] | Turner Entertainment, WMG Film, Wang Film Productions and Film Roman | |
The Thief and the Cobbler (Arabian Knight) | August 25, 1995 [sg 2] | Richard Williams Productions, Fred Calvert Productions and Allied Filmmakers | |
The following films were only released direct-to-video within the US. While they were given a theatrical billboard internationally, these films are not recognized by Disney's D23 as theatrical films because of a lack of US theatrical releases. [3]
Title | Original theatrical release date | Animation studio [st 2] | |
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Bambi II | January 26, 2006(Argentina) | DisneyToon Studios | |
Tinker Bell | September 11, 2008(Argentina) | ||
Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure | September 3, 2009(Argentina) [rls 5] [rls 6] | ||
Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue | September 23, 2010(Argentina) | ||
Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension | August 31, 2011(Spain) | Disney Television Animation | |
Secret of the Wings | August 23, 2012(Argentina) [rls 6] | DisneyToon Studios | |
The Pirate Fairy | February 27, 2014(Argentina) | ||
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast | February 12, 2015(Argentina) | ||
Title | Original U.S. theatrical release date [rls 7] | Site [st 2] | |
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Spirited Away [D] | September 20, 2002 [sg 3] [201] | Studio Ghibli | |
Howl's Moving Castle [D] | June 10, 2005 [sg 4] | Studio Ghibli | |
Ponyo [D] | August 14, 2009 [sg 5] [202] [203] [204] [205] | Studio Ghibli | |
Tales from Earthsea [D] | August 13, 2010 [sg 6] [206] [207] | Studio Ghibli [st 5] | |
The Secret World of Arrietty [D] | February 17, 2012 [sg 7] [208] [209] [210] | Studio Ghibli | |
The Wind Rises [D] | February 21, 2014 [sg 8] [211] | Studio Ghibli [st 5] | |
The Secret of the Magic Gourd [SL] | June 29, 2007(China) | Centro Digital Pictures Limited | |
Roadside Romeo [D] | October 24, 2008(India) [rls 5] [rls 6] | Yash Raj Films [st 6] | |
Arjun: The Warrior Prince [D] | May 25, 2012(India) [rls 5] [rls 6] | UTV Motion Pictures [st 6] | |
The following is a list of films that were released by Miramax Films when the studio was a subsidiary of Disney at the time of release. None of these films are officially recognized as Disney films due to Disney's sale of Miramax to Filmyard Holdings in 2010. [3]
Film | Date of original U.S. release | Produced by | Notes |
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Princess Mononoke | October 29, 1999 [sg 9] | Studio Ghibli and Toho Co., Ltd. | [note 1] |
Pokémon 4Ever | October 11, 2002 [sg 10] | The Pokémon Company, Shogakukan, OLM, Inc. and Toho Co., Ltd. | [note 1] |
Pokémon Heroes | May 16, 2003 [sg 11] | [note 1] [note 2] | |
Paris 2054: Renaissance | September 22, 2006 [sg 12] | Onyx Films, Millimages, LuxAnimation, Timefirm Limited and France 2 Cinéma | [note 1] |
Rank | Film | Worldwide gross | Studio | Year | Ref. |
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1 | The Lion King | $1,663,943,394 | Fairview Entertainment | 2019 | [212] |
2 | Frozen II | $1,450,026,933 | Walt Disney Animation Studios | [213] [214] | |
3 | Frozen | $1,290,000,000 | 2013 | [215] [216] | |
4 | Incredibles 2 | $1,242,805,968 | Pixar | 2018 | [217] |
5 | Toy Story 4 | $1,073,394,593 | 2019 | [218] | |
6 | Toy Story 3 | $1,066,969,703 | 2010 | [219] | |
7 | Finding Dory | $1,028,570,889 | 2016 | [220] | |
8 | Zootopia | $1,023,784,195 | Walt Disney Animation Studios | [221] | |
9 | The Lion King | $968,483,777 | 1994 | [222] | |
10 | Finding Nemo | $940,335,536 | Pixar | 2003 | [223] |
11 | Inside Out | $857,675,046 | 2015 | [224] |
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Worldwide – $1,282,147,791 (total as of August 8, 2014; including Japanese gross up to August 3, Spain gross up to July 27 and omitting Nigerian gross)