Walt Disney Pictures is an American-based film studio part of The Walt Disney Studios. It maintains Disney's family-friendly image and generally only releases G and PG rated films with only a few exceptions: 2003's Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, 2006's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, 2007's Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, 2010's Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, 2011's Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, 2012's John Carter, 2013's The Lone Ranger & Saving Mr. Banks, 2016's The Finest Hours, and 2017's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, all of which were handed a PG-13 rating. Four of the five highest grossing movies from Disney have Johnny Depp in a major role. The films made by Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar are promoted under Walt Disney Pictures.
Walt Disney Pictures was established as a division of Walt Disney Productions on April 1, 1983, and the first film to bear the "Walt Disney Pictures" banner was Never Cry Wolf. Prior to that, "Walt Disney Productions" was the credit used for the company's live action films.
See also
- Walt Disney Pictures logo
- List of Disney feature films for both live-action and animated films released under the Disney label
- List of Disney animated features for the traditional animated "Disney movies".
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