"To these girls, normal is something that looks like a Disney film, " says Salzer.
The Disney film Atlantis, partly inspired by 20, 000 Leagues, is perhaps the most recent example.
Revenue from Skyfall as well as an upcoming Disney film made its film arm the star performer for the period.
Got Milk, Calvin Klein, and E-Trade also got significant in-game buzz, as well as the trailer of upcoming Walt Disney film The Lone Ranger.
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Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, the Disney film is based on the famous section of Fantasia where Mickey Mouse tries to ensorcell a broom to do his chores.
The education secretary listed other suggestions for primary teachers, produced by other groups, including using characters such as Nemo, a fish from the Disney film of the same name or "Eddy the Teddy".
Even more recently, he made an attempt, with fellow billionaires Bob and Harvey Weinstein, to gain control of the famed Disney film studio Miramax, which had been going through its own financial woes.
Though it was daunting to combine their own work with the beloved Disney film songs, the new composers "were always of the opinion that it would be a mistake to simply put the movie on the stage, " Stiles says.
Joe Wright's adaptation of Anna Karenina came away with the award for best costume design, while Disney Pixar film Brave was named best animation.
Disney and other film studios are not only pumping out ever more toys, but are also expanding their store chains.
In the aftermath of that film Disney set about trying to redesign the Rapunzel story so it would appeal more to boys.
That is why Lehman Brothers, a bank, estimates that Pixar movies will contribute almost half of Disney's film operating income between 2000 and 2005 (when the current partnership contract expires).
In the end, we got an opportunity in 1991 with the first film for Disney.
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So why are expectations so low for a film that Disney has given a major marketing push?
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The 24-year-old was kept away from the Riviera by promotional duties for another film, Disney blockbuster Prince Of Persia.
Segel and Nicholas Stoller pitched the concept in 2008 for a Muppets film to Disney Executive Vice President of Production Kristin Burr.
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Yet it only does so thanks to takings from two days of previews, giving it the advantage over last week's top film, Disney animation Wreck-It Ralph.
Wreck-It Ralph is a very original idea and considering the box office history for video game movies, it was a risk for Disney to make the film.
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But Eisner makes a point of involving Iger in areas that had solely belonged to the Disney chairman, such as film and theme-park development.
And the villain of Disney's most recent film, "The Muppets, " is an oil baron intent on drilling for oil at the site of the Muppets' theater.
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But now the 81-year-old company is learning a thing or two itself from its new purchase: how to better manage brands like Winnie the Pooh or the new pirate characters that crept out of Disney's successful 2003 film Pirates of the Caribbean.
Moore seems resigned to a possible lawsuit from Disney that might keep the film from ever being seen by the wider public, but he described "Escape From Tomorrow" as a passion project that he could not step away from, despite the legal risks.
Now the question is, will the public forgive him and turn out for his latest film, The Walt Disney Co.
The director said he succeeded in making his film without tipping off Disney largely because of advances in camera technology.
Disney subsidiary Pixar is releasing a film -- for time being called "The Untitled Pixar Movie About Dia de los Muertos" -- this fall.
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