Boy, were they wrong!ĭisney began development on Snow White four years earlier, in 1934. Many Hollywood insiders had called the film “Disney’s Folly” because they thought a cartoon movie would flop. Judy Garland and Marlene Dietrich were in the audience, who gave the film a standing ovation. More: A look at Ariel’s poor choices as The Little Mermaid turns 25īased on the German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, Snow White premiered on Dec. Not only was it a box office smash, it created a whole new genre of entertainment. Sources: The Walt Disney Co., BoxOffice Mojo,, White and the Seven Dwarfs was Walt Disney’s first feature-length animated film. It also allowed the foregrounds and backgrounds to be kept in proportion as the camera angle changed. The picture marked the first major use of the multi-plane camera, which gave the animation the illusion of depth by allowing three to seven cels to be photographed in the same frame.
“Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” began the golden age of Disney animation that went from 1937 to 1970 and ended with the last film Walt Disney worked on, “The Aristocats.” Dwarfing the competition Get top headlines in your inbox every afternoon. The film’s re-release in 1983 is included in the total.
“Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” is the 10th highest grossing film. With the profits he made from the film, Disney built the studios in Burbank that are used to this day. According to BoxOffice Mojo, the movie grossed $8.5 million in its initial release in 1938 ($148 million in 2017) and is ranked 10th for highest-grossing films adjusted for inflation. “Snow White” premiered to a record-breaking audience at the Carthay Circle Theatre in Los Angeles. Walt Disney invested his fortune and had to take out a $1 million loan ($17 million in 2017 dollars) to finish the film. Here are more rejected names, as listed on Disney.
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