Last Disney Animated Hit?

[Red devil]

Does anyone know what the last traditionally animated movie disney made that was a resounding hit, or even a CG movie (Just not made by Pixar). It just seems to me that they have not had a true animated blockbuster since the Lion King. And that seems like a long time. Anyway correct me if I am wrong. Also I was looking for a list of disney movies and their box office grosses, so if anyone knows where I can find one that would be great.

 

[stitch2008]

I think Bolt, which was the last Walt Disney Animation Studios film, was a hit. It didn't make as much money as some would have liked, but I blame that on Twilight which opened on the same weekend. I know a lot of people who like Bolt. Bolt was CG by the way. The next tradtionally animated movie from WDAS comes out in december; The Princess and The Frog. Following that is the CG movie Rapunzel, which features music and songs from Alan Menken. True, Walt Disney Animation Studios has not had a lot of hits recently. But I think Bolt has been a hit and im sure that The Princess and The Frog and Rapunzel will also be hits.

 

[KeithVH]

There are several overall lists out there. Lion King is #2 to Nemo (easily topped it). Incredibles, Monsters and Cars in 3rd, 4th and 5th. Then Wall-E, Aladdin and Ratatouille. And several others. From the old school, only Snow White made it into the top 150. This is based on US receipts only. Bolt probably won't break into that range unless they can come up with another $40M.

 

[castevens]

There are several overall lists out there. Lion King is #2 to Nemo (easily topped it). Incredibles, Monsters and Cars in 3rd, 4th and 5th. Then Wall-E, Aladdin and Ratatouille. And several others. From the old school, only Snow White made it into the top 150. This is based on US receipts only. Bolt probably won't break into that range unless they can come up with another $40M.

I think in order to be "truely Disney" he's looking for only Disney and not Disney/Pixar. I love ALL of the Pixar movies, but I can't remember the last only-Disney movie I really really liked. Probably the Lion King.

 

[clarksfan95]

Lilo and Stitch is considered to be Disneys last major 2D hit...and in my opinion, their last overall hit. It spawned mutliple sequels, a TV cartoon and multiple toy lines. It was completely original compared to everything else that they had been attempting to churn out.

I haven't seen Bolt, but I'm not sure that I would consider it a major hit for Disney. It did well enough, but didn't have the strong staying power that something like Lilo and Stitch did. It just sorta dropped off of the radar after a couple weeks. (Interesting though that it was originally Chris Sanders project...wonder if it would've had more staying power had they not removed him from the project and reworked the entire thing??)

Also keep in mind that Lion King seemed to be the pinnacle of Disney animation. Everything after Lion King had a drop in quality, both story and artistically...with the exception of Pocahontas, it's artistic direction was a different step for Disney at that point and it was a beautiful movie, it just didn't measure up to the under dog story that Lion King gave audiences. Disney was never able to reproduce the magic that came from the Lion King and they put a lot of effort into doing so. Unfortunately for them, Pixar at the time was tackling completely original stories that were fun and memorable. That's why the Pixar movies became so popular, they weren't reruns of stories that everyone had already heard (Pocahontas, Hunchback, Treasure Planet, Hercules....yawn....made years ago by someone else).

So...I personally think that Lilo and Stitch would be Disneys last successful film. It succeeded where all there other films were failing and it was a fun movie.