before its spin-out as a corporation in 1986 which was being funding by Apple Inc. Steve Jobs is the co-founder and is the majority shareholder. Ed catmull was recruted in 1979 by George Lucas to head the Lucasfilm's Computer Division from The New York Institute of techonolgy.
The Walt Disney company bought Pixar in 2006 at a total of $7.4 billion, this transaction then made Jobs Disney's largest shareholder. Steve Jobs, being the one creating short demonstration animation such as Luxo Jr which was completed in 1986, it was the first free-dimensional computer animated film to then be nominated for an Oscar for Best Animated Short Film, Tin Toy a 1988 American computer animated short film produced by Pixar and directed by John Lasseter was completed which recieved an academy award.
John Lasseter He had joined the Computer Division as an 'interface designer' in 1983.
In 1989 Knick Knack was completed which, was the first commercial version of RenderMan, Disney and pixar announced that they were to make and bring out at least one computer-generated animated movie in 1991, 1995 saw them bringing out Toy Story, "the world's first computer animated feature film which became the highest grossing film making 192 million dollars and worldwide it made 362 million dollars. Many others were released thought the years through Pixar, being also Computer animated.
The sort of animation Pixar make is mainly comedy/adventure such as Up, Toy story 1, 2 and 3, monsters, Inc, finding nemo, cars 1 and 2, The Incredibles, Brave, WALL-E and Monsters University. These films are targeted at all ages so giving them the comedy/adventure genre which each film does have, makes it enjoyable for everyone.
Toy story is the most popular Pixar film with academy awards in USA 1996 for the Special Achievement Award which they won for the development and the inspired application of the techniques that helped to make the first feature-length computer-animated film. However, these are some of the most popular Pixar films and what the grossings of each were as there were many successes within, Toy Story being the most.
| Released | Movie Name | 1st Weekend | US Gross | Worldwide Gross | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/22/1995 | Toy Story | $29,140,617 | $191,796,233 | $361,948,825 | $30,000,000 |
| 11/20/1998 | A Bug's Life | $291,121 | $162,798,565 | $363,109,485 | $45,000,000 |
| 11/19/1999 | Toy Story 2 | $300,163 | $245,852,179 | $484,966,906 | $90,000,000 |
| 11/2/2001 | Monsters, Inc. | $62,577,067 | $255,870,172 | $526,864,330 | $115,000,000 |
| 5/30/2003 | Finding Nemo | $70,251,710 | $339,714,978 | $867,894,287 | $94,000,000 |
| 11/5/2004 | The Incredibles | $70,467,623 | $261,441,092 | $632,882,184 | $92,000,000 |
| 6/9/2006 | Cars | $60,119,509 | $244,082,982 | $461,923,762 | $70,000,000 |
| 6/29/2007 | Ratatouille | $47,027,395 | $206,445,654 | $620,495,432 | $150,000,000 |
| 11/6/2007 | Pixar Short Film Collection - Volume 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 6/27/2008 | WALL-E | $63,087,526 | $223,808,164 | $532,743,103 | $180,000,000 |
| 5/29/2009 | Up | $68,108,790 | $293,004,164 | $731,304,609 | $175,000,000 |
| 10/2/2009 | Toy Story 3D Double Feature | $12,491,789 | $30,702,446 | $35,868,069 | - |
| 6/18/2010 | Toy Story 3 | $110,307,189 | $415,004,880 | $1,064,404,880 | $200,000,000 |
| 6/24/2011 | Cars 2 | $66,135,507 | $191,450,875 | $559,850,875 | $200,000,000 |
| 6/15/2012 | Brave | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | $3,061,972,384 | $7,244,256,747 | $1,441,000,000 | ||
| Averages | $235,536,337 | $557,250,519 | $120,083,333 | ||
Toy Story alone has won many awards and also nominated for various numbers:
For the ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards in 1996
in 1996 they won for best individual achievement in music, writing, directing, producing, production design, animation technical achievement and best animated feature.
in 1995 they won for best animated film.
For the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards in 1995 they won for best animation.
They won the Golden Reel Award for best sound editing in an animated feature and won for nation al
film registry.
At the PGA Awards in 1996 they won a special award of merit, won Universe Reader's Choice Award
For best fantasy film at the Sci-Fi Universe Magazine, USA 1996. Finally they won a young artist award in 1996 for best family feature (musical or comedy) and best performance by a young actress-voiceover role. They were also nominated for many other awards.
With the making of Toy story the budget was around $30,000,000, in the opening weekend they made $118,543 on the 26th July, USA. In total, on 30th October 2009 in USA they made $30,593,152.
When it was released around 92% thoroughly enjoyed it as it was as entertaining as it is innovative.
I personally remember loving it and it being my favourite as you could watch it over without becoming sick of the movie, its for everyone so can watch it when ever. I liked the fact that each character was completely different as one character was completely grumpy, some energetic and the rivalry that went on in the beginning between 'Woody' and 'Buzz' was really entertaining right up until the end.
A quote from John Lasseter, Co-Founder of Pixar says
"From the beginning, I kept saying it's not the technology that's going to entertain audiences, it's the story. When you go and see a really great live-action film, you don't walk out and say 'that new Panavision camera was staggering, it made the film so good'. The computer is a tool, and it's in the service of the story."
Walt Disney signed a contract to produce quality 'digital entertainment' making Pixar responsible for the animation of three full-length films as well as the content
In 1992, the workings between Pixar and Disney called computer animated production system was yet another deleopment winning them their second academy award. Later after Toy Story became an ultimate success, all majot motion picture studios were then creating computerized animation, dreamworks, turner broadcasting, warner bros and disney were also working with this.
Since it had started, Pixar were the reason for many breakthroughs with computer graphics or CG for film making, being technical and creative allowed collaborations from 1986, which created a wealth of the software in the production to create the films and more along with the art in CG. This gives the production of animated images the quality, richness and vibrancy that are extremely special within the industry. This allows the director to then control the end results exactly how they wish for them to be to make it right for the story. Pixar are continuing to invest in the systems software, believing that it will eventually lead to more productivity and give better quality within the making of future computer animated films.
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