The Walt Disney Company celebrates its 100th anniversary today, marking the occasion with the release of a short film featuring more than 500 characters from 85 films.
The nine-minute short entitled Once Upon a Studio combines digital images, hand drawings and live-action to honour the studio's mammoth body of work.Walter Elias Disney was born in December 1901 to an Irish-Canadian father and a German-American mother in Chicago.Mickey and Snow WhiteInitially christened Mortimer, the mouse was later renamed with inspiration from Walt Disney's wife Lilly.
The company issued its first shares in 1940 and employed over 1,000 people at its studios in Burbank, California.On 17 July 1955, Disney opened its first theme park in Anaheim, California, with a second one, Magic Kingdom, unveiled in Orlando in 1971. The group buys the ABC television network, the ESPN sports channel and Miramax Films, as well as developing merchandise including clothes, video games, toys, records and cruises.
International box office sales for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, which was released for the franchise's 40th anniversary in 2017, exceeded $1.3 billion according to IMDBPro.To compete with streaming giant Netflix, the group launched Disney+ in 2019, an on-demand service offering films and series from Disney, Marvel, Lucasfilm and 21st Century Fox.
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