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This is a timeline of The Walt Disney Company, listing notable business events for the organization.

1923–1966[]

The company known today as The Walt Disney Company was founded in 1923 and found much success under Walt Disney's leadership through his death in 1966.

Year Business events Theatrical releases Theme park/destination openings Other premieres
1923
  • Walt Disney signed a contract with M.J. Winkler to produce a series of Alice Comedies, beginning the Disney company under its original name "Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio", with brothers Walt and Roy Disney, as equal partners.[1]
  • First Alice's comedy, Alice's Wonderland, was released
1926
  • "Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio" changes name to "The Walt Disney Studio" shortly after moving into the new studio on Hyperion Avenue in the Silver Lake district.
1927
1928
  • Walt loses the Oswald's series contract to Universal Pictures.
  • Walt and Roy come up with Mickey and Minnie Mouse.
1929
  • On December 16, "The Walt Disney Studio" is replaced by "Walt Disney Productions, Ltd". Three other companies, "Walt Disney Enterprises", "Disney Film Recording Company", and "Liled Realty and Investment Company", are also formed.
1930
  • The Mickey Mouse comic strips by Floyd Gottfredson
1932
  • Distribution moved from Columbia Pictures to United Artists
  • Walt Disney won an Academy Honorary Award for his creation of Mickey Mouse at the 5th Academy Awards
  • Flowers and Trees (the first Technicolor cartoon and first animated short to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film of 1932)
  • Mickey's Revue (which features the premiere of Goofy, originally called "Dippy Dawg")
1933
  • Three Little Pigs (winner of Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film of 1933)
1934
  • The Wise Little Hen (which features the premiere of Donald Duck)
  • The Tortoise and the Hare (Winner of Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film of 1934)
1936
  • Distribution moved from United Artists to RKO Radio Pictures.
1937
  • Walt Disney's first feature film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was released
1938
  • On September 29, "Walt Disney Enterprises", "Disney Film Recording Company", and "Liled Realty and Investment Company" and "Walt Disney Productions, Ltd." are merged to form "Walt Disney Productions".
  • Flora Call mother of Walt Disney dies
1940
  • Studio moves to Burbank, California
  • Company goes public
1941
  • A bitter animators' strike occurs
  • Elias Disney father of Walt Disney dies
  • The studio begins making morale-boosting propaganda films for the United States during World War II
1942
1943
1944
  • The company is short on money; a theatrical re-release of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs generates much-needed revenue and begins a reissue pattern for the animated feature films.
1945
1946
  • Make Mine Music
  • Song of the South (Winner of both Academy Award for Best Original Song and an Academy Honorary Award of the following year {1947})
1947
1948
  • The True-Life Adventures nature film series begins; it lasts until 1960.
1949
  • The studio begins production on its first all-live action feature, Treasure Island
1950
1951
1952
  • Uncle Scrooge comics by Carl Barks
1953
  • "WED Enterprises" is formed to control the rights to "Disney" and hold the Disneyland design team. It will later own and operate several attractions inside Disneyland, including the Disneyland Monorail System and the Disneyland Railroad.
  • Disney makes the Disneyland programming deal with American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres to fund Disneyland.[3]
  • Other Disneyland investors were Walt Disney/WED and Western Publishing[4]
1954
  • Disneyland anthology TV series on ABC (First Disney TV program & Disneyland funding program)
1955
  • The Mickey Mouse Club (ABC-TV)
  • Magic Kingdom (ABC Radio)[6]
1957
  • Old Yeller
  • Zorro (ABC)
1959
1960
1961
  • The studio purchases the film and merchandise rights to A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh books, which are a huge source of revenue (as well as litigation issues) to this day.[7]
1963
  • Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room opens at Disneyland. This is the first attraction to feature audio-animatronics.
1964
1965
  • Disney News begins publication
1966
  • Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree[7]

1967–1983[]

After Walt Disney's death in 1966, the company began a slow decline with no clear direction, which culminated in an unsuccessful greenmail attempt to buy the company from current shareholders.

Year Business events Theatrical releases Theme park/destination openings Other premieres
1967
  • Construction begins on Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Florida; the underlying governmental structure, called the Reedy Creek Improvement District, is signed into law.
  • The Jungle Book is released; it is the last full-length animated film made with Walt Disney's direct involvement
1968
  • Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (Winner of Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film of 1968. Last Oscar win for Walt Disney after his death)
  • The Love Bug
1969
  • The Haunted Mansion opens at Disneyland
1970
1971
  • Roy Oliver Disney dies; Donn Tatum becomes chairman and Card Walker becomes president
  • Eastern Airlines is branded as "The Official Airline of Walt Disney World"
1972
  • The Magic of Walt Disney World
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1974
1975
1976
1977
  • Roy E. Disney, Walt's nephew, resigns from the company, citing a decline in overall product quality and issues with manager.
1978
1979
  • Don Bluth and 12 fellow animators leave Disney to found their own studio.
1980
1981
  • Plans for a cable network are announced.
  • The first Walt Disney's World on Ice show, produced by Feld Entertainment under license by Walt Disney Productions, tours the United States.
  • Dumbo is the first animated Disney home video release.[10]
1982
  • The Coca-Cola Company has an unsuccessful buyout attempt for Disney.
  • Walt's son-in-law Ron W. Miller succeeds Card Walker as CEO.
  • Experimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow (EPCOT) Center opens at Walt Disney World Resort
1983
  • Disney Channel begins, while the anthology series ends.
  • The live action studio is renamed "Walt Disney Pictures".
  • Good Morning, Mickey!
  • Welcome to Pooh Corner

1984–2004[]

Michael Eisner (from Paramount Pictures) is hired to be the new CEO, along with Frank Wells (from Warner Bros.) as president. They bring leadership vision and place an emphasis on theme park expansion and improving the quality of film and television work.

Year Business events Theatrical releases Theme park/destination openings Other premieres
1984
  • The Touchstone Films label is created to produce films aimed towards more mature audiences.
  • Edna Disney, wife of Roy Oliver Disney dies
  • The studio narrowly escapes a buyout attempt by Saul Steinberg. In its aftermath, Roy Edward Disney and his business partner, Stanley Gold, remove Ron W. Miller as CEO and president, replacing him with Michael Eisner and Frank Wells.
  • The Walt Disney Classics video collection debuts.
  • Splash (first Touchstone film released)
  • Tiger Town
  • Country
1985
  • In a reversal of a three-decade studio policy, the studio begins making cartoons for television beginning with Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears and The Wuzzles.
  • Touchstone Television (producer of The Golden Girls, Home Improvement and Boy Meets World) is founded
  • The home video release of Pinocchio becomes a best-seller.
  • Clarence Nash, the voice of Donald Duck for over 50 years, dies; he is succeeded by Tony Anselmo.
  • The animation studio is renamed "Walt Disney Feature Animation".
  • Mousercise
  • Dumbo's Circus
  • Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears
  • The Wuzzles
1986
  • February 2: The anthology series is revived on ABC.
  • February 6: The company's name is changed from "Walt Disney Productions" to "The Walt Disney Company".
  • Bankruptcy of Eastern Airlines forces Walt Disney World to re-designate Delta Air Lines as its official airline. Eastern-sponsored "If You Had Wings" in the Magic Kingdom is later revamped and renamed "Delta Dreamflight".
  • Richard Rich leaves Disney to start his own studio.
  • The distribution company's name is changed from "Buena Vista Distribution Company" to "Buena Vista Pictures Distribution".
  • Disney teamed up with Studio Ghibli to distribute anime films internationally.
  • Down and Out in Beverly Hills (The company's first R-rated film, released under Touchstone Pictures)
  • The Great Mouse Detective
  • The Color of Money (Winner of Academy Award for Best Actor of 1986)
  • Ruthless People
1987
  • First Disney Store opens in Glendale, California.
  • The company and the French government sign an agreement for the creation of the first Disney Resort in Europe: the Euro Disney project starts.
  • The company opens up a Hall of Fame called Disney Legends with Fred MacMurray as the first induction.
  • Touchstone Films is renamed "Touchstone Pictures".
  • Ernest Goes to Camp
  • Good Morning, Vietnam
  • Three Men and a Baby
  • DuckTales
  • Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck comics by Don Rosa
1988
1989
  • Disney and Jim Henson discuss the possible acquisition of Jim Henson Productions, including The Muppets.[12]
  • Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
1990
  • Jim Henson's death extinguishes the deal to buy his holdings.
  • The anthology series is canceled for the second time.
  • The Disney Afternoon television syndication block debuts.
  • "Hollywood Pictures" is created to produce films aimed towards more mature adult audiences.
  • Disney Adventures magazine begins publication.
  • TaleSpin
  • The Muppets at Walt Disney World
1991
  • December 20: The first Disney Vacation Club Resorts opened at Walt Disney World.
1992
  • The company is granted permission for a National Hockey League expansion franchise. The team is named the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim to coincide with the release of The Mighty Ducks.
  • Disney Family Fun Magazine Begins Publication.
  • Euro Disney Resort opens outside Paris.
1993
  • Sharon Disney, daughter of Walt Disney and Lillian Bounds Disney dies
  • Disney acquires independent film distributor Miramax Films.
  • Winnie-the-Pooh merchandise outsells Mickey Mouse merchandise for the first time.
  • The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim play their first game at the Anaheim Arena, a brand-new arena located just three miles (5 km) east of Disneyland.
1994
  • Frank Wells is killed in a helicopter crash.
  • Beauty and the Beast opens on Broadway.
  • Jeffrey Katzenberg resigns as studio chairman to co-found his own studio, DreamWorks SKG.
  • Plans for Disney's America, a historical theme park in Haymarket, Virginia, are abruptly dropped.
  • Euro Disneyland is renamed Disneyland Paris.
  • The Classics is superseded replaced with the Masterpiece Collection.
  • Disney News changes its name to Disney Magazine.
1995
  • In October, the company hires Hollywood super agent Michael Ovitz to be president.
  • On October 1, Disney Channel (UK and Ireland) launches at 6:30pm
  • DIC Entertainment became part of The Walt Disney Company after the acquirement of Capital Cities/ABC.
  • Runaway Brain
  • The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show
  • Timon & Pumbaa
1996
  • Disney acquires the Capital Cities/ABC group
  • To celebrate the pairing, ABC's first Super Soap Weekend is held at Walt Disney World.
  • Disney acquires Jumbo Pictures, producer of the Nickelodeon animated series Doug.
  • Disney makes deal with Tokuma Shoten for dubbing and releasing of Studio Ghibli films in the U.S. In December, Michael Ovitz, president of the company, leaves "by mutual consent".
1997
  • Lillian Bounds Disney wife of Walt Disney dies.[13]
  • September 28: The anthology series is revived for a third time.
  • The home video division releases its first DVDs.
  • Disney takes control of the Major League Baseball franchise the California Angels of the American League, renaming the team the Anaheim Angels in order to coincide with Disney's hockey team the Mighty Ducks and to draw more tourism to Anaheim and nearby Disneyland.
  • The Lion King (musical) opens on Broadway.
  • Disney entered a 10-year distribution partnership with Pixar Animation Studios.
1998
  • Disney and the Hong Kong Government announced a new resort in Hong Kong.
  • Disney Cruise Line sets sail with its first ship.
  • Toon Disney begins.
1999
  • Disney's One Too began airing as a children’s television block on UPN, which served as a successor to the network’s previous programming block, UPN Kids, mainly airing programming borrowed from One Saturday Morning.
  • Disney Cruise Line ship Disney Wonder sets sail.
2000
  • Robert Iger becomes president.
  • Disney-owned TV channels including, owned-and-operated ABC stations, are pulled from Time Warner Cable briefly during a dispute over carriage fees.
  • Disney begins its Gold Classic Collection DVD line.
  • Disney shuts down Jumbo Pictures
  • Disney sells DiC Entertainment to Andy Heyward, the then-CEO of DiC Entertainment.
  • Disney's 102 Dalmatians: Puppies to the Rescue
  • Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers
  • Walt Disney World Quest: Magical Racing Tour
  • Even Stevens
  • Teacher's Pet
  • Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
2001
  • Disney buys Fox Family Network including Saban Entertainment, owner of the Power Rangers franchise, for $3 billion in July, giving Disney programming and cable network reaching 81 million homes.
  • Disney changes Fox Family Network to ABC Family.
  • Fort Worth billionaire Sid Bass is forced to sell his Disney holdings due to a margin call caused partially by the stock market fall that followed the 9/11 attacks.
  • Disney begins its Platinum Edition DVD line with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, as well as the Walt Disney Treasures DVD box set line for the collector's market.
  • Disney California Adventure Park opens on February 8.
  • Tokyo DisneySea opens on September 4.
2002
  • Miramax acquires the USA rights to the Pokémon movies starting with the fourth movie.
  • Miramax also acquire the distribution rights of the first three Bionicle movies.
  • Disney teams up with famous video game company Square (later known as Square Enix) to release their first ever role-playing game with various Disney characters, Kingdom Hearts.
  • Disney releases Spirited Away in the United States, which goes on to be the first anime film to win an Oscar for Best Animated Film.
  • Disney begins joint venture business with Sanrio for Sanrio's greeting cards.
2003
  • Roy E. Disney resigns as the chairman of Feature Animation and from the board of directors, citing similar reasons to those that drove him off 26 years earlier. Fellow director Stanley Gold resigns with him. They establish a group called "Save Disney" to apply public pressure to oust Michael Eisner.
  • Talks to extend distribution agreement with Pixar break down, and Pixar announces plans to seek a new distribution partner.[15]
  • Disney sells the Angels to billboard magnate Arturo Moreno.
  • Disney released their first (non-Touchstone/non-Miramax/non-Dimension/non-Hollywood) PG-13 rated film under the regular Walt Disney Pictures label was Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.
  • Release of Toontown Online
2004
  • Comcast makes an unsuccessful and hostile $54.1-billion bid in stock for the company, plus the assumption of $11.9 billion in Disney debt, $66 billion in total.
  • Eisner is replaced by George J. Mitchell as chairman of the board after a 43% vote of no confidence.
  • Disney turns down distributing controversial documentary film Fahrenheit 9/11.
  • On February 17, Disney buys The Muppets, excluding the Sesame Street and Fraggle Rock characters, from The Jim Henson Company for $75 million.
  • Disney renames overseas Fox Kids channel/blocks to Jetix, with it appearing as a children's block on ABC Family and Toon Disney.
  • Disney Store chain sold and licensed to The Children's Place.

2005–present[]

After becoming CEO, Robert Iger begins to rebuild the Disney brand by redirecting focus on core assets, such as feature animation and the theme parks. One early accomplishment was repairing the Disney-Pixar relationship, resulting in Disney's purchase of Pixar for $7 billion.

Year Business events Theatrical releases Theme park/destination openings Other premieres
2005
  • Disney signs the Cheetah Girls on as a recording act.
  • Disney sells the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim to Henry Samueli of Broadcom Corporation, who changes the team name to Anaheim Ducks.
  • On July 8, Roy E. Disney rejoins the company as a consultant with the title of Director Emeritus.
  • Disneyland celebrates its 50th anniversary on July 17.[16]
  • Bob Iger replaces Eisner as CEO.
  • Disney Magazine ceases publication.
2006
  • Disney's most successful tour The Party's Just Begun tour by The Cheetah Girls brings in USD $43 million. The tour was amongst the top 10 tours of 2006 coming in at number 3.
  • Disney acquires Pixar Animation Studios.
  • Disney Cinemagic launched on 16 March 2006 in United Kingdom.
  • Disney re-acquires the rights to Oswald the Lucky Rabbit from NBCUniversal, in exchange for ABC letting commentator Al Michaels work on NBC Sunday Night Football.
  • Disney introduced its current logo in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.
2007
  • Acquires New Horizon Interactive along with Club Penguin.
  • ABC Radio Networks along with 22 non-Radio Disney and ESPN Radio affiliates are sold to Citadel Broadcasting.
  • Disney Adventures magazine ceases publication.
  • The company's flagship animation studio is renamed from Walt Disney Feature Animation to "Walt Disney Animation Studios".
  • The company begins to drop the Buena Vista brand from its division (e.g. Buena Vista Pictures Distribution is renamed "Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures").
  • Disney shuts down its Hollywood Pictures division.
2008
  • The anthology series is canceled for the third time.
  • Disney Store chain is reacquired from The Children's Place.
  • The subscription Disney Family Movies service launches, which streams returns uncut Disney films and shorts to television viewers.[18][19]
  • Control of The Muppets franchise is transferred from Disney Consumer Products to the Walt Disney Studios.[20]
  • December 23 – Disney declines the option on the next film in The Chronicles of Narnia series with Walden Media.[21]
2009
  • Wayne Allwine, who had voiced Mickey Mouse starting with Mickey's Christmas Carol, dies; he is succeeded by Bret Iwan.
  • Disney XD and DisneyXD.com are launched, replacing Toon Disney and Jetix.[22]
  • Disney announces the formation of D23, an official fan community.
  • Walt Disney Studios enters a distribution deal with DreamWorks Pictures, wherein upon DreamWorks' films will be distributed through Touchstone Pictures.
  • Wondertime magazine ceases publication.
  • December 16 – Director Emeritus Roy E. Disney dies of stomach cancer.[23]
  • December 31 – Disney acquires Marvel Entertainment and its properties.[24][25]
2010
  • March 12, 2010 – Disney announces the closure of ImageMovers Digital for January 2011.[26]
  • Disney sells the Power Rangers franchise to Saban Brands for USD $100 million.[27]
  • Disney sells Miramax Films to Filmyard Holdings for $660 million.[28]
  • Disney Channel ends one of its most successful television series, Hannah Montana.
2011
  • The Disney Dream ship sets sail.
2012
2013
  • Diane Disney Miller, daughter of Walt Disney and Lillian Bounds Disney dies
  • Disney Cinemagic replaced with Sky Movies Disney at 18:00 on 28 March 2013 in United Kingdom.
  • Disney Interactive Studios shuts down development studio Junction Point Studios following the disappointing sales of Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two.
  • Lucasfilm closes its video game division LucasArts.
  • Frozen became the highest grossing animated feature, passing both The Lion King and Toy Story 3
2014
  • Frozen wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 86th Academy Awards, becoming the first win in the category for Walt Disney Animation Studios.
  • Disney acquires Maker Studios for $500 million.
2015
  • Big Hero 6 wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 87th Academy Awards.
  • Disney combines its Consumer Products and Interactive Media divisions into one unified segment, Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media.
  • Marvel Studios is reorganized under the Walt Disney Studios.
  • Disney's Marvel Studios and Sony announce a partnership to bring Spider-Man into the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
2016
  • January 12: ABC Family changes its name to Freeform.
  • April 14: Construction on a 14-acre Star Wars-themed land begins at Disneyland and Disney's Hollywood Studios.
  • DreamWorks ends its film distribution deal with Disney.
  • May 10: Disney Interactive Studios exited from publishing its own games in order to focus on third-party development of video game adaptations of its franchises by other developers.
  • Shanghai Disneyland opens on June 16
2017
  • Zootopia wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 89th Academy Awards.
  • Disney ends its deal with Netflix beginning in 2019.
  • Disney announces that it had exercised an option to increase its stake in BAMTech to 75%, and would launch a subscription video-on-demand service featuring its entertainment content in 2019, which will replace Netflix as the subscription VOD rightsholder of all Disney theatrical film releases.
  • John Lasseter announces that he is taking a six-month leave of absence from the company, after acknowledging "missteps" in his behavior with employees. Media outlets report that Lasseter had a history of alleged sexual misconduct towards employees.[30]
  • Disney announces its acquisition of key assets and businesses of 21st Century Fox from Rupert Murdoch.
  • Pandora – The World of Avatar opens at Disney's Animal Kingdom
2018
  • Disney announces that Lasseter would leave the company, and that Pete Docter and Jennifer Lee would assume the roles of chief creative officer for Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios, respectively.
  • In June, Comcast announces a $65 billion all cash counter-offer to acquire the Fox assets that Disney was set to purchase. Disney counterbid with a $71.3 billion offer. Comcast drops offer in pursuit of Sky plc and Disney is free to acquire 21st Century Fox and most of their assets.
  • On June 28, Disney shuts down DisneyToon Studios.[31]
  • Toy Story Land opens at Shanghai Disneyland and Disney's Hollywood Studios
2019

Footnotes

  • Notable Theatrical Releases are films that were the first to use a particular technology (sound, color, etc.), received major award nominations (Academy Award, Golden Globe, etc.), or are otherwise historically significant to The Walt Disney Company. Not all films released by Disney appear in this list; please see Lists of films released by Disney for a complete company listing.
  • Theme Park/destination Openings indicate when Disney theme parks open. The opening of attractions and park name changes will not appear in this list.
  • Other Premieres are the premiere dates for other notable Disney products, such as TV franchises (The Cheetah Girls, Hannah Montana, The Jonas Brothers), consumer products, video games (Kingdom Hearts), or home media premieres that were the first to use a particular technology. Other notability requirements include major award nominations (Emmy Award, Grammy Award), or are otherwise historically significant to The Walt Disney Company. Not all Disney products, TV programs, video games, or home media releases appear in this list.

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