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• Disney in-jokes add to the fun of “The Princess & The Frog”

  Jim Hill reports in on how well this new hand-drawn animation feature did over its opening weekend. He also shares some of the hidden Disney references that pop up in this picture Read More... Posted Monday, December 14, 2009 12:00 AM | 7 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, Walt Disney Pictures, Ron Clements, John Musker, Disney Legend, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Cinderella, WDAS, Burbank, box office, 2009, animated feature, opening weekend grosses, opening weekend, in-joke, animators , animation industry, Aladdin, The Princess and the Frog, The Little Mermaid, animated film

• Monday Mouse Watch : “Carol” makes cash registers ring, while “Frog” ‘s financial future makes Disney animators jumpy

  Jim Hill looks past what “Disney’s A Christmas Carol” earned over its opening weekend to what this new Robert Zemeckis movie will gross over the next 3 to 5 years. He also talks about what impact “The Princess & the Frog” ticket sales may have on veteran animators’ careers Read More... Posted Monday, November 09, 2009 12:00 AM | 10 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, A Christmas Carol, CG, John Lasseter, Robert Zemeckis, Walt Disney Animation Studios, WDAS, Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, Tim Burton, Burbank, Ed Catmull, ImageMoversDigital, box office, 2009, animated feature, ticket sales, opening weekend grosses, opening weekend, Disney Feature Animation, animated features, soundstage , hand-drawn animation, animators , CG feature, Disney Digital 3D, 2011, Warner Bros. , The Polar Express, Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas in Disney Digital 3-D , seasonal run , box office projections, box office estimates, The Princess and the Frog, hand-drawn, limited release, Charles Dickens, seasonal event, animated film, animated films, ImageMovers, hand-drawn feature, Winnie the Pooh

• Monday Mouse Watch: Will "Bolt" 's box office rebound over the long Thanksgiving weekend?

  Jim Hill shares what he's heard about the somewhat underwhelming debut of this new Disney animated film. Which seems to have been overshadowed by the big screen version of Stephenie Meyer's best selling novel Read More... Posted Monday, November 24, 2008 12:00 AM | 20 Comments Filed under: Disney, John Lasseter, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Disney Store, Miley Cyrus, Ed Catmull, Bolt, box office, film, movie, 2008, animated feature, tween, New York Times, tweens, tween demographic , plush, box office projections, box office estimates, Disney Stores, demographics

• "Kung Fu Panda" 's opening weekend grosses really kicked butt ... but here comes "WALL-E"

  Jim Hill shares what he's heard about this new Andrew Stanton film. Which looks ready to reverse the domestic box office trends that tripped up Pixar's last three pictures Read More... Posted Monday, June 09, 2008 12:00 AM | 21 Comments Filed under: Disney, DreamWorks, CG, Walt Disney Pictures, Cars, Ratatouille, Shrek the Third, DreamWorks Animation, The Incredibles, Finding Nemo, Labor Day, Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Shrek 2, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, box office, 2008, Disney / Pixar, animated feature, opening weekend grosses, opening weekend, TV show, franchise, Andrew Stanton, Cloverfield, animated features, animated series , CG feature, Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both World Concert, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Kung Fu Panda, John Stevenson , Mark Osborne , WALL-E, Iron Man, Kung Fu Panda TV series, Kung Fu Panda animated series, Sex and the City, Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who, You Don't Mess with the Zohan, Madagascar, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, Ice Age: The Meltdown , Ice Age , box office projections, box office estimates, research, Camp Rock 2: Final Jam, 2004, Summer

• Could you please have the Rat whip me up some crow?

  Here (finally) is the JHM column that Pixar fans have been waiting for. Where Jim Hill talks about how well "Ratatouille" has been doing overseas ... as well as other Disney-related matters Read More... Posted Friday, November 23, 2007 12:00 AM | 31 Comments Filed under: Disney, movies, TV, Visual Effects, Gore Verbinski, Walt Disney Pictures, Ratatouille, Brad Bird, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Pixar Animation Studios, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, television, The Game Plan, Hollywood, WDSHE, DVD, box office, film, movie, Thanksgiving, leftovers, seas, international, worldwide box office, Disney / Pixar, animated feature, production costs, release date, stateside, exhibitors, ticket sales, top selling, FX, effects, The Michael Eisner building, Michael Eisner building, character-based merchandise, 2007, Wild Hogs, Wild Hogs 2, titles, floss, promotional costs, The Best Reviewed Film of the Year, domestic performance, The Ivy, opening weekend grosses, opening weekend, Hollywood Reporter, Variety, strip-mining, wild-assed guess, Magic 8 Ball, television program, TV show, television programs, TV shows, Prep & Landing, The Nielsen ratings, Nielsen ratings, domestic box office numbers, entertainment industry, initial domestic run, evergreen title, franchise, film franchise, film franchises, merch, nuturing, long term profit potential, long term profitability