The Walt Disney Company has made several major acquisitions over the past 20 years, making the infamous House of Mouse home to some of the largest franchises and intellectual property on the planet. Of course fans already know about Marvel. star WarsAnd Indiana Jones, what about some of the other franchises acquired by Disney? With Disney’s acquisition of 21st Century Fox in entertainment that began in 2019, Disney now owns all of the popular film and television franchises that were once part of FOX Corporation. It’s time to take a look at all the famous franchises that Disney now owns, in addition to all the widely known Disney intellectual rights that fall under the Disney banner.
Disney franchise acquisition in the 2000s
In particular, in 2004, Disney acquired dolls from The Jim Henson Company, consisting primarily of dolls film and television library. However, the acquisition did not include sesame street. sesame street ownership still currently belongs to Sesame Workshop, formerly Children’s Television Workshop (CTW). As a result of the acquisition, Disney now owns the term The Muppet and has also created The Muppets Studio to manage production. muppet franchise, IP and characters. Interestingly, another creation by Jim Henson, Fraggle Rockwas not part of muppet Acquisition in the 2000s.
In 2006, Disney completed the acquisition of Pixar, merging the two companies. Technically, Disney already owned some of the franchises created by Pixar, such as toy story. However, Ratatouille was originally created as a wholly owned Pixar franchise when it was revealed that the two companies were about to split, although Disney was still releasing it. But with Disney’s $7.4 billion acquisition of Pixar in 2006, Disney became the owner and copyright holder of all of Pixar’s franchises and properties, including Ratatouille. The popular animated film was later released in 2007, earning $623 million worldwide and winning the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film for director Brad Bird at the 2008 Oscars.
Most notable in 2009 was Disney’s acquisition of Marvel Entertainment. The acquisition of Marvel by Disney in 2009 gave Disney ownership of Marvel Comics, Marvel Studios, and the entire Marvel library, except for film and distribution rights, which at the time were controlled by various companies such as 20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures. , and universal. Disney bought the Marvel Universe for $4 billion. By comparison, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is currently still the highest-grossing franchise in cinematic history, grossing a total of $28.56 billion worldwide. And that’s just from the box office, not counting television, streaming, VOD, home video sales, merchandise and theme park visits, as Disney has now made Marvel an integral part of Disney parks. No matter what anyone says, Disney bought Marvel at a bargain price that more than paid off for the parent company.
Lucasfilm franchises (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, etc.)
In October 2012, Disney announced the acquisition of Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion. The acquisition of Lucasfilm from founder George Lucas not only gave Disney ownership of star Warsbut also other Lucasfilm IP addresses such as Indiana Jones and Willow. It’s also worth mentioning that the acquisition also included various intellectual rights to video games created and published by Lucasfilm’s video game division, LucasArts, which sadly closed in 2013. But that means Disney also owns the intellectual property for games like Grim Fandango, day of the tentacleAnd monkey island. Indiana Jones finally gets its first movie since Disney’s acquisition of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Doom should come out later this summer. Willow received a sequel to the series, which debuted on Disney+ in November 2022. star Wars continues to be a major Disney-owned Lucasfilm franchise, with several television spin-offs currently airing and in development and several new films in development, as well as video games, comics, and theme park rides.
Films from 20th Century Studios (formerly 20th Century Fox)
With Disney’s acquisition of FOX Corporation’s entertainment assets in 2019, Disney became the owner of FOX’s entire film and television portfolio. This acquisition gives Disney ownership of well-known film franchises such as tenacious, stranger, Predator, Alone at home, omen, planet of the apesand James Cameron Avatar. In addition, Disney has regained control of the films and distribution rights to all Marvel content that was previously under the control of Fox, such as X-Men, Fantastic FourAnd silver Surfer. While Disney technically owned the intellectual property of these characters, the FOX Corporation controlled the entertainment film rights to these characters. After being acquired by Disney, 20th Century Fox was renamed 20th Century Studios.
While a small movement initially occurred with planet of the apes after acquisition by Disney, continued 2017 War of the Planet of the Apes finally in production. The film currently titled Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, due out May 24, 2024. 20th Century Studios also revived Predator film franchise last year, with a prequel Mining, straight to the Hulu streaming service. After the Disney acquisition, there was a development stranger a franchise with both a new theatrical production and a new episodic live-action television series in development.
First of several Avatar sequels, Avatar: Path of Water, was released in December 2022. The film has since grossed $2.3 billion, making it the third highest-grossing film of all time. As such, Disney now owns three of the five highest-grossing films of all time: Avatar, Avengers: EndgameAnd Avatar: Path of Water. Seven of the top 10 highest-grossing films of all time are Disney franchises or intellectual property. Star Wars: The Force Awakens in number 5, Avengers: Infinity War in No. 6; The Lion King 2019 remake at #9; And Avengers in number 10.
The acquisition of Fox by Disney also included the now-defunct Blue Sky animation studio, a subsidiary of Fox. Although Blue Sky is closed, Disney still owns the rights to the animated film franchise. glacial period and its various spin-offs. Blue Sky has never been as big a studio as Pixar, Disney Animation or DreamWorks Animation, but they have released many hits over the years.
Television franchises of the 20th century
Disney’s acquisition of FOX’s entertainment portfolio also included 20th Century Fox TV, Fox Television Animation, and cable networks FX and FXX. All television properties and franchises created by 20th Century Fox Television and FOX Television Animation, which have been renamed 20th Century Television and 20th Television Animation, are now owned by Disney. This gives Disney ownership of major franchises such as The Simpsons, Family man, Bob’s Burgers, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, American Horror StoryAnd American Crime Story. Disney also owns popular animated shows such as Futurama And king of the hilland both have resurgences in 20th Century Television’s Hulu productions, which will air in 2023 and 2024, respectively. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia will debut in the highly anticipated Season 16 this June on FXX. 12th Anthology Season American Horror Story premieres later in August on FX.
In January 2023, FOX Entertainment and 20th Television Animation announced that T had been renewed for several seasons.he simpsons, Bob’s BurgersAnd Family man. Pickups will take Family man in its 22nd and 23rd seasons. Bob’s Burgers will air the 14th and 15th seasons. And finally The Simpsons was renewed for seasons 35 and 36. 34 seasons and 746 episodes, as well as one full-length movie on the big screen. The Simpsons is the longest-running series in television history. Latest update for The Simpsons The series will have over 800 episodes, so it’s quite a prestigious show for the Disney portfolio. There is always another chance The Simpsons the film could be made. The 2007 theatrical film did gross $536 million worldwide, so it was a box office success. There has been talk of another movie for years now, so it remains to be seen if Disney and 20th Century Studios will push it forward.
Other notable Fox TV franchises now owned by Disney also include Secret materialswho had his own diology on the big screen, grounded, Save me, Shield, Sons of Anarchyits spin-off Maya MSAnd What are we doing in the shadows. And yes, there are more Buffyverse. Previously, 20th Century Fox released the original 1992 film. Buffy the Vampire Slayer. 20th Century Fox television later released the iconic Buffy the Vampire Slayer television series and its later 1999 spin-off, Angel. In 2018, news broke that a reboot of the popular TV franchise was in the works, but after some development time, the reboot has reportedly been shelved.
Huge library of Disney franchises
It’s amazing to look back at the various eclectic mixes of IP that Disney has acquired over the past 15 to 20 years, from more family-oriented IP like Pixar animated films to toy story And Monsters corporation. to sharper, more adult fares such as American Horror Story. It’s funny that Disney now owns franchises like The Simpsons And Family manconsidering how both shows made fun of the Walt Disney Company, Disney theme parks, and its founder Walt Disney. funny The Simpsons literally joked that 20th Century Fox was “a division of Walt Disney Co.” back in 1998 in the season 10 episode “When You Eat a Star”. More than 20 years later, this joke has become a reality.
Source: Collider
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