At the end of the first act of Hamilton, Aaron Burr sings to Alexander Hamilton, “Every proclamation guarantees free ammunition for your enemies,” in Non-Stop. For The Walt Disney Company, it’s not necessarily their proclamations but their continued theatrical failures that give further ammunition to the people who believe that Disney has gone “woke.” Ever since the feud with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis ...

It’s no secret that Walt Disney’s entire entertainment division has been struggling. Over the past two years, Walt Disney Studios’ film releases have been disasters, and their television releases haven’t faired much better. Disney CEO Bob Iger’s plan to fix it was to shake up the film lineup for 2024. However, after only a month in the new year, Disney ...

It’s only been a week, but 2024 has been pretty good so far for the Walt Disney Company. Wish (2023), which bombed at the American box office, has found an audience overseas, banking more than $200 million. ESPN has been a rating juggernaut with the NFL and College Football Playoffs. And Walt Disney World has been slammed with a post-New Year’s ...

We’ve all been there. Think back to your school days. The teacher goes around the room, handing back your grades for a big test. You wait nervously as she moves around the room. Other kids start to celebrate as they get their grades, and then she stops at your desk. She shakes her head and drops a terrible grade on ...

Let’s be honest: 2023 was not a good year for Disney. Ad revenues in the television industry tanked, attendance at Walt Disney World was down, the actors and writers’ strikes stopped all productions, and the company was dragged down by its fight with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. But the worst part of the year was quite possibly Disney’s movie releases. ...

The Walt Disney Studios had such high hopes for Wish (2023). Or, to be more precise, Disney really needed a hit to change the narrative. It has been a bad year for Disney, and to celebrate Disney Animation Studios’ 100th Anniversary, it was looking for Wish to be a culmination of all they’ve learned in that time. But now, it appears that Wish is ...

For a long time, The Walt Disney Company was not known for its theme parks, but for the incredible films that it made. Walt Disney and his team of animators changed the film industry with the 1937 release of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. From there, it created some of the most memorable animated films of all time, including Sleeping ...