List of film adaptations of Disney attractions

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.

Released

Film Attraction Release date Director(s) Screenwriter(s) Producer(s) Ref.
Tower of Terror[a] The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror October 26, 1997 D. J. MacHale Iain Paterson [1]
Mr. Toad's Wild Ride[b] Mr. Toad's Wild Ride October 31, 1997 Terry Jones Jake Eberts and John Goldstone [2]
Mission to Mars[c] Mission to Mars March 10, 2000 Brian De Palma Jim Thomas, John Thomas and Graham Yost Tom Jacobson
The Country Bears Country Bear Jamboree July 26, 2002 Peter Hastings Mark Perez Andrew Gunn and Jeffrey Chernov [3]
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Pirates of the Caribbean July 9, 2003 Gore Verbinski Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio Jerry Bruckheimer [4]
The Haunted Mansion The Haunted Mansion November 26, 2003 Rob Minkoff David Berenbaum Andrew Gunn and Don Hahn [5]
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Pirates of the Caribbean July 7, 2006 Gore Verbinski Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio Jerry Bruckheimer [6]
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End May 25, 2007 [7]
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides May 20, 2011 Rob Marshall [8]
Tomorrowland[d] Tomorrowland May 22, 2015 Brad Bird Damon Lindelof and Brad Bird Damon Lindelof, Brad Bird and Jeffrey Chernov [9]
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales[e] Pirates of the Caribbean May 26, 2017 Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg Jeff Nathanson Jerry Bruckheimer [10]
Jungle Cruise[f] Jungle Cruise July 30, 2021 Jaume Collet-Serra Michael Green, Glenn Ficarra and John Requa John Davis, John Fox, Beau Flynn, Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia and Hiram Garcia [12]
Haunted Mansion The Haunted Mansion July 28, 2023 Justin Simien Katie Dippold Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich [13][14][15][16]

Upcoming

Film Attraction Release date Director(s) Screenwriter(s) Producer(s) Ref.
Untitled sixth Pirates of the Caribbean film Pirates of the Caribbean TBA Joachim Rønning — Jerry Bruckheimer [17][18][19][20][21][22]
Space Mountain Space Mountain — Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec Joby Harold, Tory Tunnell, Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich [23]
Tower of Terror The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror — Josh Cooley Scarlett Johansson and Jonathan Lia [24]
Untitled Jungle Cruise sequel Jungle Cruise Jaume Collet-Serra Michael Green John Davis, John Fox, Beau Flynn, Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia and Hiram Garcia [25]
Big Thunder Mountain Big Thunder Mountain Railroad Bert and Bertie Michele and Kieran Mulroney — [26]
Figment Journey into Imagination — Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit Seth Rogen [27]

Television 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 [28]
Miles from Tomorrowland Tomorrowland February 6, 2015 – September 10, 2018 [29][30]
Duffy and Friends Duffy the Disney Bear 2024 [31]

Television specials

Television special Attraction Release date Director(s) Screenwriter(s) Producer(s) Ref.
Muppets Haunted Mansion[g] The Haunted Mansion October 8, 2021[h] Kirk Thatcher Kirk Thatcher, Kelly Younger and Bill Barretta Chelsea DeVincent [32]

Short films

Short film Attraction Release date Director(s) Ref.
Tales of the Code: Wedlocked Pirates of the Caribbean 2011 James Ward Byrkit [33]

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.[34]

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.[35] 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.[36]

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.[37] The project was still in development in early 2016;[38] No new information on the film has been released.

In July 2014, it was announced that Disney Television Animation was developing a 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.[39][40]

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.[41] However, in February 2019, Reese and Wernick departed the project and the reboot was cancelled.[42]

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.[43] In November 2022, Robbie said the project was not going forward.[44][45]

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.[46]

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.[47]

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
Mr. Toad's Wild Ride October 31, 1997 $72,844 £1,274,662 £1.303 million £9.75 million [48]
Mission to Mars March 10, 2000 $60,883,407 $50,100,000 $110,983,407 1,460 1,670 $100 million [49]
The Country Bears July 26, 2002 $16,990,825 $1,021,272 $18,012,097 4,163 5,826 $35 million [50]
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 [51]
The Haunted Mansion November 26, 2003 $75,847,266 $106,443,000 $182,290,266 1,119 1,200 $90 million [52]
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 [53]
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End May 25, 2007 $309,420,425 $651,576,067 $960,996,492 95 56 $300 million [54]
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides May 20, 2011 $241,071,802 $804,642,000 $1,045,713,802 155 42 $250 million [55]
Tomorrowland May 22, 2015 $93,436,322 $115,599,346 $209,035,668 865 864 $190 million [56]
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 [57]
Jungle Cruise[i] July 30, 2021 $116,987,516 $103,241,648 $220,229,164 590 844 $200 million [59]
Haunted Mansion (2023) July 28, 2023 $67,637,887 $49,386,305 $117,024,192 5,340 7,527 $150 million [60]
Total $1,754,021,107 $3,371,048,283 $5,133,979,390 — — $1,660,000,000 —

Critical and public response

Film Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic CinemaScore
Tower of Terror — — —
Mr. Toad's Wild Ride 75%[61] — —
Mission to Mars 24%[62] 34[63] C-
The Country Bears 31%[64] — A-
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 79%[65] 63[66] A
The Haunted Mansion 14%[67] 34[68] B
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 53%[69] 53[70] A-
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 44%[71] 50[72] A-
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 33%[73] 45[74] B+
Tomorrowland 50%[75] 60[76] B
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales 29%[77] 39[78] A-
Jungle Cruise 63%[79] 50[80] A-
Haunted Mansion (2023) 37%[81] 47[82] 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[83][84]
(Johnny Depp)
Best Art Direction Nominated[85]
Best Makeup Nominated[83][84] Nominated[86]
Best Sound Editing Nominated[83][84] Nominated[85]
Best Sound Mixing Nominated[83][84] Nominated[85]
Best Visual Effects Nominated[83][84] Won[85] Nominated[86]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Television film distributed by Walt Disney Television.
  2. ^ Originally released as The Wind in the Willows in the UK on October 11, 1996.
  3. ^ Distributed by Touchstone Pictures.
  4. ^ Also known as Project T in some regions, and subtitled A World Beyond in some other regions.
  5. ^ Released in most countries as Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge.
  6. ^ Disney decided to release the film simultaneously on Disney+ with Premier Access in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[11]
  7. ^ Crossover with The Muppets.
  8. ^ Stem film distributed by Disney+.
  9. ^ Through its first 10 days of release, Samba reported the film had been streamed in 1.5 million households for a running domestic Premier Access gross of $44.98 million.[58]

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