Walt Disney Pictures

Walt Disney Pictures is a movie studio from the United States that makes family-friendly movies with a G or PG rating from the Motion Picture Association, like The Great Mouse Detective and Dinosaur. A few Disney movies were rated PG-13: Pirates of the Caribbean and its sequels and John Carter.

Walt Disney Pictures
Formerly
  • Walt Disney Studio
  • (1923–1929)
  • Walt Disney Productions
  • (1929–1983)
Subsidiary
IndustryFilm
FateSplit from the animation division (as Walt Disney Productions)
Founded
  • October 16, 1923; 101 years ago (1923-10-16) (as Walt Disney Productions)
  • April 1, 1983; 42 years ago (1983-04-01) (as Walt Disney Pictures)
DefunctFebruary 6, 1986 (as Walt Disney Productions)
Headquarters500 South Buena Vista Street, ,
U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
ProductsMotion pictures
OwnerDisney Entertainment
ParentWalt Disney Studios
Websitemovies.disney.com
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Walt Disney Pictures started as a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Studios in 1985. Before that, Disney movies were released under the Walt Disney Productions name.

Part of film distributor Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, the studio also has Walt Disney Animation Studios and DisneyToon Studios.

Walt Disney Pictures also distributes films produced by other Disney labels including Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, 20th Century Studios, and internationally Searchlight Pictures; with Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures currently handling distribution for the respective labels.

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