The Mega Conglomerate, Disney, Walt Disney
History
The mega conglomerate, Disney, began in 1923 with two men and one cartoon, Alice In
Wonderland. From 1988 to present day Disney Pictures has released some of the most successful
films in Hollywood. Disney s most iconic and memorable titles include, The Lion King, The Little
Mermaid, Aladdin and Beauty and The Beast. Disney has pushed the boundaries of the film
industry since its beginning with the production of the first full length animation film, Snow White
and The Seven Dwarfs, as well as the release of their first live action film, Treasure Island. After
the death of Roy and Walt Disney, the company only continued to grow. Robert Iger was named
chief executive officer in 2005. Currently, Disney owns Walt Disney Animation ... Show more
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Opening at number 1, the weekend of March 13th 2015, the movie earned an opening weekend
gross of $67,877,361 domestically. Including international gross the film made over $70 million
opening weekend and made their $95 million budget in the second week. In total, Cinderella has
made $438,036,467 worldwide. With a large part of the target audience being female children,
the cast, including, Lily James and Richard Madden, was fairly unknown to them. The seven
minute Frozen Fever short at the beginning of the film, based of the extremely popular animation
Frozen, may have been a drawing factor for crowds to see Cinderella. Although Cinderella had
one of the biggest debuts of the year, its numbers fell short of what was expected by Disney. The
lower figures means the new film fell behind Disney s last live action remake, Maleficent.
Monkey Kingdom
The Disneynature film, is set in South Asia and follows the story of the macaques monkey,
Maya. With a new son, Kip, and her longtime home, Castle Rock, being taken over, Maya has to
relocate and work hard to get back her home and establish a good future for her son. The movie
is narrated by Tina Fey. The director of the film, Mark Linfield, spent over 2 and a half years
filming and following the animals for the movie. The movie was released on April 17th. The
opening weekend numbers have yet
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