List of Disney theatrical animated feature films

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.[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 January 2021, it has produced a total of 58 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] On March 20, 2019, as part of its acquisition of 21st Century Fox, The Walt Disney Studios acquired Blue Sky Studios, as well as 20th Century Fox Animation (now simply 20th Century Animation) which operates as a label within 20th Century Fox.

Other studio units have also released films theatrically, namely, Walt Disney Television Animation's Disney MovieToons/Video Premiere unit (now 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, 20th Century Studios or previously owned Miramax film labels.

Films

Released

Color legend

Walt Disney Animation Studios
Pixar Animation Studios
Blue Sky Studios
20th Century Animation
Disneytoon Studios
Walt Disney Television Animation
Other Disney studio
Third-party studio
Live-action/animation hybrid	^S
Not produced by Disney, but released under its label.	^R

Title	Original U.S. theatrical release date[rls 1]	Animation studio[st 2]
Academy Award Review of Walt Disney Cartoons	May 19, 1937	Walt Disney Animation Studios
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	December 21, 1937
Pinocchio	February 7, 1940
Fantasia^[S]	November 13, 1940[rls 2]
Dumbo	October 23, 1941
Bambi	August 13, 1942
Saludos Amigos^[S]	August 24, 1942
The Three Caballeros^[S]	December 21, 1944
Make Mine Music	April 20, 1946
Fun and Fancy Free^[S]	September 27, 1947
Melody Time^[S]	May 27, 1948
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad	October 5, 1949
Cinderella	February 15, 1950
Alice in Wonderland	July 28, 1951
Peter Pan	February 5, 1953
Lady and the Tramp	June 22, 1955
Sleeping Beauty	January 29, 1959
One Hundred and One Dalmatians	January 25, 1961
The Sword in the Stone	December 25, 1963
The Jungle Book	October 18, 1967
The Aristocats	December 24, 1970
Robin Hood	November 8, 1973
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh	March 11, 1977
The Rescuers	June 22, 1977
The Fox and the Hound	July 10, 1981
The Black Cauldron	July 26, 1985[3]
The Great Mouse Detective	July 2, 1986
Oliver & Company	November 18, 1988
The Little Mermaid	November 17, 1989
DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp	August 3, 1990	Disney MovieToons
The Rescuers Down Under	November 16, 1990	Walt Disney Animation Studios
Beauty and the Beast	November 22, 1991
Aladdin	November 25, 1992
The Nightmare Before Christmas	October 29, 1993	Skellington Productions
The Lion King	June 15, 1994	Walt Disney Animation Studios
A Goofy Movie	April 7, 1995	Disney MovieToons
Pocahontas	June 23, 1995	Walt Disney Animation Studios
Toy Story	November 22, 1995	Pixar Animation Studios
James and the Giant Peach^[S]	April 12, 1996	Skellington Productions[st 3]
The Hunchback of Notre Dame	June 21, 1996	Walt Disney Animation Studios
Hercules	June 27, 1997
Mulan	June 19, 1998
A Bug's Life	November 25, 1998	Pixar Animation Studios
Doug's 1st Movie	March 26, 1999	Walt Disney Television Animation and Jumbo Pictures
Tarzan	June 18, 1999	Walt Disney Animation Studios
Toy Story 2	November 24, 1999	Pixar Animation Studios
Fantasia 2000^[S]	January 1, 2000	Walt Disney Animation Studios
The Tigger Movie	February 11, 2000	Disney MovieToons
An Extremely Goofy Movie	February 29, 2000
Dinosaur	May 19, 2000	Walt Disney Animation Studios and The Secret Lab
The Emperor's New Groove	December 15, 2000	Walt Disney Animation Studios
Recess: School's Out	February 16, 2001	Walt Disney Television Animation
Atlantis: The Lost Empire	June 15, 2001	Walt Disney Animation Studios
Monsters, Inc.	November 2, 2001	Pixar Animation Studios
Return to Never Land	February 15, 2002	Disney MovieToons
Lilo & Stitch	June 21, 2002	Walt Disney Animation Studios
Treasure Planet	November 27, 2002
The Jungle Book 2	February 14, 2003	Disney MovieToons
Piglet's Big Movie	March 21, 2003
Finding Nemo	May 30, 2003	Pixar Animation Studios
Brother Bear	November 1, 2003	Walt Disney Animation Studios
Teacher's Pet	January 16, 2004	Walt Disney Television Animation
Home on the Range	April 2, 2004	Walt Disney Animation Studios
The Incredibles	November 5, 2004	Pixar Animation Studios
Pooh's Heffalump Movie	February 11, 2005	Disneytoon Studios
Valiant^[R]	August 19, 2005[rls 3]	Vanguard Animation
Chicken Little	November 4, 2005	Walt Disney Animation Studios
Bambi II	February 7, 2006[rls 4]	Disneytoon Studios
The Wild^[R]	April 14, 2006	C.O.R.E. Feature Animation
Cars	June 9, 2006	Pixar Animation Studios
Meet the Robinsons	March 30, 2007	Walt Disney Animation Studios
Ratatouille	June 29, 2007	Pixar Animation Studios
Enchanted^[S]	November 21, 2007	Sonnenfeld Productions
WALL-E^[S]	June 27, 2008	Pixar Animation Studios
Tinker Bell	September 18, 2008[rls 4]	Disneytoon Studios
Roadside Romeo^[R]	October 24, 2008 (India)[rls 5]	Yash Raj Films[st 4]
Bolt	November 21, 2008	Walt Disney Animation Studios
Up	May 29, 2009	Pixar Animation Studios
Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure	September 3, 2009 (Argentina)[rls 4]	Disneytoon Studios
A Christmas Carol^[R]	November 6, 2009	ImageMovers Digital[st 5]
The Princess and the Frog	December 11, 2009	Walt Disney Animation Studios
Toy Story 3	June 18, 2010	Pixar Animation Studios
Tangled	November 24, 2010	Walt Disney Animation Studios
Gnomeo & Juliet^[R]	February 11, 2011	Starz Animation and Rocket Pictures[st 6]
Mars Needs Moms^[R]	March 11, 2011	ImageMovers Digital[st 5]
Cars 2	June 24, 2011	Pixar Animation Studios
Winnie the Pooh^[S]	July 15, 2011	Walt Disney Animation Studios
Arjun: The Warrior Prince^[R]	May 25, 2012[rls 5]	UTV Motion Pictures[st 4]
Brave	June 22, 2012	Pixar Animation Studios
Secret of the Wings	August 31, 2012[rls 6]	DisneyToon Studios
Frankenweenie	October 5, 2012[4]	Tim Burton Productions[st 3]
Wreck-It Ralph	November 2, 2012	Walt Disney Animation Studios
Monsters University	June 21, 2013	Pixar Animation Studios
Planes	August 9, 2013	Disneytoon Studios
Frozen	November 22, 2013	Walt Disney Animation Studios
The Pirate Fairy	February 13, 2014[rls 6]	Disneytoon Studios
Planes: Fire & Rescue	July 18, 2014
Big Hero 6	November 7, 2014	Walt Disney Animation Studios
Strange Magic	January 23, 2015	Lucasfilm Animation[st 6]
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast	March 3, 2015	Disneytoon Studios
Inside Out	June 19, 2015	Pixar Animation Studios
The Good Dinosaur	November 25, 2015
Zootopia	March 4, 2016[5][6][7]	Walt Disney Animation Studios
Finding Dory	June 17, 2016[8][9]	Pixar Animation Studios
Moana	November 23, 2016[5][6][10]	Walt Disney Animation Studios
Cars 3	June 16, 2017[11]	Pixar Animation Studios
Coco	November 22, 2017[12]
Incredibles 2	June 15, 2018[11][13]
Ralph Breaks the Internet	November 21, 2018[14][15]	Walt Disney Animation Studios
Toy Story 4	June 21, 2019[11]	Pixar Animation Studios
The Lion King	July 19, 2019[15]	Fairview Entertainment
Frozen II	November 22, 2019[15][16]	Walt Disney Animation Studios
Spies in Disguise^[R]	December 25, 2019[17][18]	Blue Sky Studios[st 7]
Onward	March 6, 2020[11][19]	Pixar Animation Studios
Soul	December 25, 2020[rls 4][11][20][21]

Studio Ghibli films distributed by Disney

Film	Date of original U.S. release	Produced by	Notes
Spirited Away	September 20, 2002[sg 1]	Studio Ghibli
Howl's Moving Castle	June 10, 2005[sg 2]	Studio Ghibli
Ponyo	August 14, 2009[sg 3]	Studio Ghibli
Tales from Earthsea	August 13, 2010[sg 4]	Studio Ghibli
The Secret World of Arrietty	February 17, 2012[sg 5]	Studio Ghibli
The Wind Rises	February 21, 2014[sg 6]	Studio Ghibli[st 6]

Films distributed by Miramax

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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.

Film	Date of original U.S. release	Produced by	Notes
Tom and Jerry: The Movie	July 30, 1993[sg 7]	Turner Entertainment WMG Film Roman
The Thief and the Cobbler (Arabian Knight)	August 25, 1995[sg 8]	Richard Williams Productions Fred Calvert Productions
Princess Mononoke	October 29, 1999[sg 9]	Studio Ghibli	[note 1]
Pokémon 4Ever	October 11, 2002[sg 10]	The Pokémon Company Shogakukan 4Kids Entertainment	[note 1]
Pokémon Heroes	May 16, 2003[sg 11]	The Pokémon Company Shogakukan 4Kids Entertainment	[note 1][note 2]
Pokémon: Jirachi Wish Maker	June 1, 2004[sg 12]	The Pokémon Company Shogakukan 4Kids Entertainment	[note 1][note 2]
Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys	January 22, 2005[sg 13]	The Pokémon Company Shogakukan 4Kids Entertainment	[note 1][note 2]
Paris 2054: Renaissance	March 15, 2006	Onyx Films Millimages LuxAnimation Timefirm Limited France 2 Cinéma	[note 1][note 2]

Notes

Upcoming

Title	Scheduled U.S. theatrical release	Production company[st 2]
Raya and the Last Dragon[22]	March 5, 2021[23][21]	Walt Disney Animation Studios
Luca	June 18, 2021[15]	Pixar Animation Studios
Ron's Gone Wrong^[R]	October 22, 2021[24][25]	20th Century Animation and Locksmith Animation[st 7]
Encanto	November 24, 2021[26][27]	Walt Disney Animation Studios
Nimona^[R][note 3]	January 14, 2022[28][29][30][18]	Blue Sky Studios[st 7]
Turning Red	March 11, 2022[31]	Pixar Animation Studios
Lightyear	June 17, 2022[31]
TBA	November 23, 2022[31]	Walt Disney Animation Studios
	June 16, 2023[32]	Pixar Animation Studios
	November 22, 2023[32]	Walt Disney Animation Studios
Foster^[R]	2023[33][34][35]	Blue Sky Studios[st 7]
Bob's Burgers: The Movie^[R]	TBA[rls 7][36][25]	20th Century Animation and Bento Box Entertainment[st 7]

^S Live-action/animation hybrid

^R Not produced, but released by Disney under its label.

Highest-grossing films

Rank	Film	Worldwide gross	Studio	Year	Ref.
1	The Lion King	$1,656,943,394	Walt Disney Pictures	2019	[37]
2	Frozen II	$1,450,026,933	Walt Disney Animation Studios		[38][39]
3	Frozen	$1,290,000,000		2013	[40]
4	Incredibles 2	$1,242,805,968	Pixar	2018	[41]
5	Toy Story 4	$1,073,394,593		2019	[42]
6	Toy Story 3	$1,066,969,703		2010	[43]
7	Finding Dory	$1,028,570,889		2016	[44]
8	Zootopia	$1,023,784,195	Walt Disney Animation Studios		[45]
9	The Lion King	$968,483,777		1994	[46]
10	Finding Nemo	$940,335,536	Pixar	2003	[47]

See also

• List of Disney theatrical feature films
• List of Disney live-action remakes of animated films
• List of Walt Disney Animation Studios short films
• List of Disney animated universe characters
• List of Pixar films
• List of 20th Century Studios theatrical animated feature films
• List of Blue Sky Studios films

Distribution brands

• List of Disney feature-length home entertainment releases
• Disney Vault
• Walt Disney Classics

Notes

General notes

1. Released by Disney in North America
2. Released by Disney in Australia and United Kingdom
3. An adaptation of the Nimona webcomic announced in 2015.

Release Notes

1. Listed are the original theatrical release dates in the United States (or other non-U.S. territories) when the film was contributed by the Walt Disney Company. Different distributors are attributed and credited for distributing each film throughout the history of the Walt Disney Company. Films released before 1954 were released by RKO Radio Pictures (with the exception of Victory Through Air Power, refused by RKO and then released by United Artists); films released after 1955 were released by Disney-owned Buena Vista Distribution and through its current name Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (since 2007); and films released after 1985 are co-credited with Walt Disney Pictures.
2. Originally distributed by Walt Disney Productions. Original RKO date of release was January 29, 1941
3. Released by Walt Disney Pictures in North America
4. Not released theatrically in the United States
5. Released by Disney outside North America
6. Limited release in the United States.
7. The film was initially scheduled to be released in theaters on July 17, 2020, but was briefly pulled from the schedule due to an error in listings. In announcing revised released dates of various films due to the global health crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic, Disney announced that the film's release was pushed back to April 9, 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As of 22 January 2021, the film has been removed from the release calendar.

Studio/Production Notes

1. Before arriving at its current name, The Walt Disney Company has operated under such titles as 'Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio', 'The Walt Disney Studio' (not to be confused with the division), and 'Walt Disney Productions'.
2. Animated films that are listed as produced by Walt Disney were either entirely produced prior to 1986 as part of the animation department of Walt Disney Productions or by the restructured studio unit Walt Disney Feature Animation, known after 2006 as Walt Disney Animation Studios. Some films may have been animated at various satellite animation studios as well. "Walt Disney Animated Films - History". Walt Disney Animation Studios. Archived from the original on 2013-01-21.
3. Released by Walt Disney Pictures.
4. Co-production with The Walt Disney Company India Pvt. Ltd.
5. The film studio ImageMovers Digital, run by Robert Zemeckis, was owned by Disney from 2007 to 2010. These films were performance captured animated films.
6. Released under the Touchstone Pictures label.
7. Released by 20th Century Fox/20th Century Studios

Studio Ghibli films original release dates

1. Original date of release was July 20, 2001
2. Original date of release was November 20, 2004
3. Original date of release was July 19, 2008
4. Original date of release was July 29, 2006
5. Original date of release was July 17, 2010
6. Original date of release was July 20, 2013
7. Original date of release was October 1, 1992
8. Original date of release was May 15, 1992
9. Original date of release was July 12, 1997
10. Original date of release was July 7, 2001
11. Original date of release was July 13, 2002
12. Original date of release was July 19, 2003
13. Original date of release was July 17, 2004

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    Total as of August 3, 2014: $247,650,477

    Total as of August 31, 2014: $249,036,646

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    Total as of November 2, 2014: $22,492,845

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    Total as of June 8, 2014: £39,090,985

    Total as of November 30, 2014: £40,960,083 ($1 = £0.63866)

    Total as of December 7, 2014: £41,087,765 ($1 = £0.64136)

    Total as of December 14, 2014: £41,170,608 ($1 = £0.636)

    Total as of November 26, 2017: £42,840,559 ($1 = £0.7497)

    Total as of December 3, 2017: £42,976,318 ($1 = £0.742)

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    Total as of March 30, 2014: €35,098,170

    Total as of October 18, 2015: €42,526,744

    nb. the exact euro to dollar conversion rate is unknown for earnings since April 2014, but the euro never fell below parity with the dollar during 2014 and 2015 (as can be verified by comparing the exchange rate on the individual date entries at the provided reference) so an approximate conversion rate of €1:$1 is used here to give a lower-bound.

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External links

• Walt Disney Animation Studios History
• Walt Disney Studios: Feature Films at the Big Cartoon DataBase