List of film adaptations of Disney attractions
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This is a list of films and television series produced by The Walt Disney Company based on or suggested by Disney Parks attractions. They are distributed by Walt Disney Pictures unless otherwise noted. The list also includes any relevant sequels, spin-offs, and remakes.
Feature films
Released
Upcoming
| Film | Attraction | Release date | Director(s) | Screenwriter(s) | Producer(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tower of Terror | The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror | TBA | Taika Waititi | Josh Cooley | Scarlett Johansson
Jonathan Lia |
KTelevision series
| Television series | Attraction | Release date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| It's a Small World: The Animated Series | It's a Small World | November 26, 2013 – February 4, 2014 | [16] |
| Miles from Tomorrowland | Tomorrowland | February 6, 2015 – September 10, 2018 | [17][18] |
| Duffy and Friends | Duffy the Disney Bear | TBA | [19] |
Television specials
| Television special | Attraction | Release date | Director(s) | Screenwriter(s) | Producer(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muppets Haunted Mansion[f] | The Haunted Mansion | October 8, 2021[g] | Kirk Thatcher | Kirk Thatcher, Kelly Younger and Bill Barretta | Chelsea DeVincent | [20] |
Short films
| Short film | Attraction | Release date | Director(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tales of the Code: Wedlocked | Pirates of the Caribbean | 2011 | James Ward Byrkit | [21] |
Scrapped projects
In the 1970s, a planned feature film based on It's a Small World was going to be a Cold War-tinged comedy adventure where the children of UN leaders try to get their parents to stop squabbling through faking mass-kidnapping, only for a war profiteer to try to take advantage of the fear and start a mass conflict.[22]
Splash Mountain Boys or Briar Patch Boys is an unspecified animated short/animated series starring the animal characters from Song of the South that was pitched in the early 2000s by Robert Taylor before being cancelled for unknown reasons. The existence of this project was revealed via a listing on icollector.com, an auction site. In the initial outline, the project starred Br'er Rabbit, Br'er Fox, Br'er Bear, and a new character named Baby Possum in a story that set out to tell the origin story behind Splash Mountain and why the area surrounding Chick-A-Pin Hill got flooded.[23][24]
In 2010, Disney was in early negotiations to pick up "Tiki," a spec script from Ahmet Zappa and Michael Wilson that is set in the world of Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room.[25]
In 2011, Disney announced that it would make a movie based on the Matterhorn Bobsleds called The Hill, about five teenagers who go on a journey up the mountain and encounter a yeti.[26] In 2021, the company announced that it would produce a film based on the attraction for their streaming service Disney+, with the working title Matterhorn.[27]
In April 2014, it was announced that a feature film franchise about It's a Small World was in the works, to be directed by Jon Turteltaub, written by Jared Stern, and produced by Turteltaub, Stern, and Dan Lin.[28] The project was still in development in early 2016;[29] No new information on the film has been released.
In July 2014, it was announced that Disney Television Animation was developing an animated special based on the Haunted Mansion, the project originally was going to be helm by Phineas and Ferb writers Joshua Prett and Scott D. Peterson with Gris Grimly as art director and executive producer, the project was later re-developed as a potential mini-series for Disney XD with Shannon Tindle as executive producer but executive changes at Disney Branded Television in 2017 shelved the production.[30][31]
In October 2018, it was reported that Disney had been looking for ways to reboot the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, bringing on Deadpool (2016) writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, though producer Jerry Bruckheimer was expected to return.[32] However, in February 2019, Reese and Wernick departed the project and the reboot was cancelled.[33] In June 2020, a female-led spin-off starring Margot Robbie was announced, with Christina Hodson writing the screenplay. The film was to be separate from the sixth film also being developed. Bruckheimer was attached as producer.[34] In November 2022, Robbie said the project was not going forward.[35][36] In May 2024, Bruckheimer said that this project could still get made along with the reboot.[37][38]
In October 2022, The Hollywood Reporter reported that a film based on Society of Explorers and Adventurers was in development with Qui Nguyen writing the screenplay and Ryan Reynolds producing.[39]
Dreamfinders, a television show loosely based on Journey into Imagination, was supposed to be one of the first TV shows aired on the Disney Channel when it first launched back in 1983; the series would have focused on Dreamfinder and Figment teaming up with other residents of the Dream Port and some ordinary children to protect the realm of imagination from a villain called Fear and his minions (with said children being inspired by their experiences to come up with solutions to their ordinary problems). While scripts for episodes were written and on-set production footage exists from a Disney Channel launch preview, no episodes were ever completed according to the Walt Disney Archives Chief Archivist Emeritus Dave Smith, and no explanation was given as to why the project was cancelled.[40]
Reception
Box office performance
| Film | U.S. release date | Box office gross | All-time ranking | Budget | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. and Canada | Other territories | Worldwide | U.S. and Canada | Worldwide | |||||
| Tower of Terror | October 26, 1997 | Television film | |||||||
| Mission to Mars | March 10, 2000 | $60,883,407 | $50,100,000 | $110,983,407 | 1,460 | 1,670 | $100 million | [41] | |
| The Country Bears | July 26, 2002 | $16,990,825 | $1,021,272 | $18,012,097 | 4,163 | 5,826 | $35 million | [42] | |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | July 9, 2003 | $305,413,918 | $348,850,097 | $654,264,015 | 97 | 154 | $140 million | [43] | |
| The Haunted Mansion | November 26, 2003 | $75,847,266 | $106,443,000 | $182,290,266 | 1,119 | 1,200 | $90 million | [44] | |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | July 7, 2006 | $423,315,812 | $642,863,935 | $1,066,179,747 | 32 | 39 | $225 million | [45] | |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | May 25, 2007 | $309,420,425 | $651,576,067 | $960,996,492 | 95 | 56 | $300 million | [46] | |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | May 20, 2011 | $241,071,802 | $804,642,000 | $1,045,713,802 | 155 | 42 | $250 million | [47] | |
| Tomorrowland | May 22, 2015 | $93,436,322 | $115,599,346 | $209,035,668 | 865 | 864 | $190 million | [48] | |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales | May 26, 2017 | $172,558,876 | $622,322,566 | $794,881,442 | 315 | 100 | $230 million | [49] | |
| Jungle Cruise[h] | July 30, 2021 | $116,987,516 | $103,241,648 | $220,229,164 | 590 | 844 | $200 million | [51] | |
| Haunted Mansion (2023) | July 28, 2023 | $67,637,887 | $49,386,305 | $117,024,192 | 5,340 | 7,527 | $150 million | [52] | |
| Total | $1,754,021,107 | $3,371,048,283 | $5,133,979,390 | N/a | N/a | $1,660,000,000 | N/a | ||
Critical and public response
| Film | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | CinemaScore |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tower of Terror | N/a | N/a | N/a |
| Mission to Mars | 24%[53] | 34[54] | C- |
| The Country Bears | 31%[55] | N/a | A- |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | 79%[56] | 63[57] | A |
| The Haunted Mansion | 14%[58] | 34[59] | B |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | 53%[60] | 53[61] | A- |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | 44%[62] | 50[63] | A- |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | 33%[64] | 45[65] | B+ |
| Tomorrowland | 50%[66] | 60[67] | B |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales | 29%[68] | 39[69] | A- |
| Jungle Cruise | 63%[70] | 50[71] | A- |
| Haunted Mansion (2023) | 37%[72] | 47[73] | B+ |
Academy Awards
| Award | Film | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | |
| Best Actor | Nominated[74][75] (Johnny Depp) |
||
| Best Art Direction | Nominated[76] | ||
| Best Makeup | Nominated[74][75] | Nominated[77] | |
| Best Sound Editing | Nominated[74][75] | Nominated[76] | |
| Best Sound Mixing | Nominated[74][75] | Nominated[76] | |
| Best Visual Effects | Nominated[74][75] | Won[76] | Nominated[77] |
See also
- List of remakes and adaptations of Disney animated films
- Behind the Attraction, a documentary television series on Disney+ about rides at Disney Parks across the world.
- One Day at Disney, a 2019 film followed by a television series in 2019.
Notes
- Television film distributed by Walt Disney Television.
- Distributed by Touchstone Pictures.
- Also known as Project T in some regions, and subtitled A World Beyond in some other regions.
- Released in most countries as Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge.
- Disney decided to release the film simultaneously on Disney+ with Premier Access in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10]
- Crossover with The Muppets.