Research into a big institution - Walt Disney Analysis

Walt Disney started in 1923 and was originally owned by Walt Disney and his family. However, it is now owned by many companies with the largest shareholder being the Vanguard Group Inc. Other companies that own Walt Disney include BlackRock Fund Advisors and SSgA Funds Management Inc. In 1928, Walt Disney became more well known after the mickey mouse cartoons were created. These included characters such as Mickey Mouse, Minney Mouse, Donald Duck and Pluto which are still very well-known today after so many years.

The main Walt Disney headquarters are in Burbank, California, United States. However, Walt Disney is such a large company that they have studios all across the world such as France, Japan and India. Walt Disney has been running for 98 years which portrays how succesful of a company it is as it is still so popular today. 

The five highest grossing movies that Walt Disney have made include: 

Avengers: Endgame 

This was released in 2019 and had a budget of approximately $356 million but made $2,797,800,564 in a worldwide box office. 

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens 

This was released in 2015 and had a budget of $306 million but made $2,064,615,817 in a worldwide box office. 

Avengers: Infinity War

This was released in 2018 and had a budget of $316 million but made $2,044,540,523 in a worldwide box office. 

The Lion King

This was released in 2019 and had a budget of $260 million but made $1,654,367,425 in a world wide box office. 

The Avengers

This was released in 2012 and has a budget of $220 million but made $1,515,100,211 in a worldwide box office. 

Disney work with a variety of actors however they commonly use A-List actors repeatedly such as Scarlett Johansson, Robert Downey Jr. and Samuel L. Jackson. These actors are extremely well known and are top worldwide leading stars for Walt Disney movies. The directors Walt Disney use often depend on the genre of film and if it is animated or live-action such as Jenifer Lee as the director for Frozen 2 which is an animated film contrasting with Joss Wheadon directing The Avengers which is live-action. 

Walt Disney currently has 13 films in pre-production. Some of these include... 

- The Marvels 

- Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers 

- Hocus Pocus 2 

- Blade 

Walt Dinsney has 8 films in production. Some of these include... 

- Lightyear 

- Pinocchio 

- Indiana Jones 5 

Walt Disney has 6 films in post-production. Some of these include... 

- The Little Mermaid 

- Turning Red 

- Disnenchanted 

- Encanto 

As Walt Disney is such a big institution with it being the ninth top company brand worldwide, it has a huge financial amount of freedom. This is beneficial for the company as it allows them to take more risks with their work and can have much bigger budgets than smaller independent companies. It also means their films can use A-list actors which help to reach an international audience which increases the films overall gross. Walt Disney have the facilities to use worldwide locations for set and perhaps use a lot of CGI which other companies struggle to do as it is so expensive however Walt Disney do not have this problem. Walt Disney is now such a big institution that they now own many other major companies including Marvel, Pixar, 20th Century Fox, ABC and more which also helps them to reach a wider international audience.