Disadvantages Of Walt Disney

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The Walt Disney company known generally as Disney is an American entertainment conglomerate located in Burbank, California. In terms of revenue it 's the second largest media conglomerate behind the cable giant Comcast. Disney was founded by Walt Disney and Roy O. Disney in 1923. Throughout the earliest years they established themselves as a leader in animation and live action media. Later on they would also begin to include other forms of entertainment and theme parks. It wasn 't until 1986 that the Walt Disney Studios was named what it is today Walt Disney Productions. This was the same year that they began to divide the studio into different focuses such as theater, radio, music, publishing, and online media. In more recent times Disney Studios has also created separate corporate environments. For the creation …show more content…

In 2013 Disney Studios released Frozen which is a musical based loosely on an old tale called The Snow Queen. This film broke box office records during its first weekend of release. This was the first film to gross 1 billion worldwide, and is now an officially the highest grossing animated film of all time. It won an Academy Award for best animated feature, as well as best original song for Let It Go. The success of the Disney renaissance caused a reaction throughout the film industry. In which many companies were looking to establish animation studios of their own. Fox Animation Studios, Turner Feature Animation, and Warner Brothers Feature Animation were all created as a reaction to what appeared to be a growing venture in the entertainment industry. However, it is safe to say that most attempts during the Renaissance period were met with largely mixed and negative reviews. Such examples include Hans Christian Andersen ' Thumbelina, Quest for Camelot, and The Swan

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