In 1999 Disney released the little mermaid
How successful was that movie?
211 Million so far total gross worldwide
Was that Disney's most successful movie?
its initial release, and in total lifetime gross worldwide. After the success of the 1988 Disney/Amblin film "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", "The Little Mermaid" is given credit for breathing life back into the art of Disney animated feature films after a string of critical or commercial failures produced by Disney that dated back to the early 1970s. It also marked the start of the era known as the Disney Renaissance. The film won two Academy Awards for Best Original Score and Best Original Song (“Under the Sea
"The Land Before Time"; however, "Oliver" outgrossed "Time" in the US and went on to become the most successful animated feature in the US to that date, though the later's worldwide box office gross was higher than the former.
At the same time in 1988, Disney's started entering into Australia's long-standing animation industry, by purchasing Hanna-Barbera's Australian studio to start Disney Animation Australia.
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