The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Walt Disney or simply Disney (/ˈdɪzni/), (common metonym: Mouse, also Mouse House) is an American diversified multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California.

Disney was originally founded on October 16, 1923 by brothers Walt and Roy O. Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio; it also operated under the names The Walt Disney Studio and Walt Disney Productions before officially changing its name to The Walt Disney Company in 1986. The company established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into live-action film production, television, and theme parks.

Since the 1980s, Disney has created and acquired corporate divisions in order to market more mature content than is typically associated with its flagship family-oriented brands. The company is known for its film studio division, Walt Disney Studios, which includes Walt Disney Pictures, Disneynature, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, 20th Century Fox, Fox Searchlight Pictures, and Blue Sky Studios. Disney's other main divisions are Disney Parks, Experiences and Products, Disney Media Networks, and Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer and International. Disney also owns and operates the ABC broadcast network; cable television networks such as Disney Channel, ESPN, Freeform, FX, National Geographic network, and A&E Networks; publishing, merchandising, music, and theater divisions; and Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, a group of 14 theme parks around the world.

The company has been a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since 1991. Cartoon character Mickey Mouse, created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, is one of the world's most recognizable characters, and serves as the company's official mascot.

Similarities in feature animation
Disney and Universal Studios have shown a strong resemblance in the animation market such as:
 * Both are competitors in the theme park market.
 * Both operate two feature animation units (Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar for Disney) and (Universal Animation Studios and Illumination for Universal) whose feature films achieved critical and box office successes.
 * Both did not release a 2014 animated film by one of their animation studios (Pixar for Disney and Illumination for Universal).
 * Both enjoy success with animated films.
 * Both Disney and Universal have released three animated films in each other year (e.g; for Universal, 2015 saw the releases of Paradoria, Minions and Luna & Zak, and for Disney, 2016 saw the releases of Zootopia, Finding Dory and Moana).
 * Both released 2014 animated films that feature a young protagonist (Gabriel Garza for Universal's Gabriel Garza 2 and Hiro Hamada for Disney's Big Hero 6).
 * Disney and Universal have 2015 and 2016 that mark the first time that each of their two animation studios had released two films in the same year; 2015 marked the first year for Pixar and Universal Animation to release two films (Inside Out and The Good Dinosaur for Pixar) and (Paradoria and Luna & Zak for Universal) in a year and the next year 2016 marked the first time that Disney Animation and Illumination released two films (Zootopia and Moana for Disney) and (The Secret Life of Pets and Sing for Illumination) in the same year.
 * Both released 2016 animated films that take place in a modern world of anthropomorphic animals (Zootopia for Disney and Sing for Universal/Illumination).
 * Both released 2018 animated films (sequels) that take place in the internet (Computeropolis: The Deep Web for Universal and Ralph Breaks the Internet for Disney).

Sorted by release date, budget, gross, and ratings
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 * Combines live-action with animation.

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 * Note: Only the films starting with the Disney Renaissance era are counted in this section.


 * Combines live-action with animation.

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