If you’ve ever wondered what the most popular Disney movie in the United States was, well you’re in luck. CableTV.com’s team of analysts looked at the Disney data and determined the country’s favoritest of the faves. So what did CableTV.com uncover? The Lion King is the number one Disney flick in America, ranking at the top of the list in a whopping 16 states.
Here are how some of the other top-ranking Disney films across the United States. Which Disney movie does your state claim as the best?
The Lion King (1994) was a clear favorite among 16 different states and not limited to one specific region of the country, either. The story of Simba’s coming-of-age tale-meets-Hamlet clearly has broad appeal across the United States. Here’s where The Lion King reigns supreme: Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina and Wisconsin.
Each state where Bambi was the most popular Disney film makes total sense, as each has sweeping meadows and beautiful landscapes where fawns like Bambi are a common sight. Folks in the five states of Alaska, Maryland, Montana, Oklahoma and Virginia are absolutely twitterpated for Bambi (1942).
It makes sense that a place like Florida would have The Little Mermaid (1989)as its favorite Disney flick, but even dry desert states like Arizona, Nevada and Texas have a longing for what’s under the sea, too.
Minnesota, Missouri and Tennessee are home to the coolest cats—and the biggest fans of The Aristocats (1970).
Kentucky, Massachusetts and Washington must really love their honey and one silly ol’ bear, where The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh seems to be these states’ favorite Disney flick.
Maine, New Hampshire and Oregon love the tale of a clever fox named Robin Hood who steals from the rich to help the poor folk of Nottingham (1973).
There’s something about Aladdin (1992) that the coastal states of California and New Jersey can’t get enough of—perhaps it’s the flying carpets, Robin Williams as the Genie, the allure of “Prince Ali” (a.k.a., the best Disney song ever) or maybe just dreams of “A Whole New World.”
Nine states favored films that weren’t the favorites of any other state, representing a wide swath of Disney classics, both new and old, including: Arkansas (Pocahontas), Delaware (Lady and the Tramp), Hawaii (Mulan), Idaho (Sleeping Beauty), Mississippi (Fantasia), New Mexico (Alice in Wonderland), New York (Dumbo), Vermont (One Hundred and One Dalmatians), West Virginia (Snow White) and Wyoming (Hercules).
Utah really likes its Disney movies—so much that there wasn’t just a two- or three-way tie for the Beehive State’s favorite Disney films. Utah had a 14-way tie for the following Disney favorites: Snow White, Pinocchio, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, Sleeping Beauty, The Jungle Book, Robin Hood, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules and Tarzan!
—Erica Loop, with additional reporting by Keiko Zoll
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We all have a favourite Disney film, whether it be a classic like Cinderella or Toy Story or one of the more modern films like Frozen, and its vast portfolio is the rock on which our childhoods are built.
But which of the hundreds of movies that have been made under the Disney banner have proved to be the most successful with critics and cinema audiences?
PlayLikeMum has analysed hundreds of Walt Disney Pictures films based on metacritic scores and box office takings to reveal the top 10 most successful Disney movies, reports the Mirror.
And the number one film on the list just might surprise you.
Hi Ho, Hi Ho, it's off to the top of the list we go - that's right, Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs is the most successful film to date.
The 1937 animated musical film is the earliest animated feature film Disney made and it has a metacritic score of 95 per cent.
It's also made a whopping £815,134,700 at the UK box office and $982,090,000 over in the US.
The top five is full of classics with Fantasia (1940) coming in 2nd, followed by 101 Dalmations (1961), The Lion King (1994) and Pinocchio (1940).
Some of the more recent Disney films have also appeared towards the top of the list.
Incredibles 2 was released just last year but that is in 12th place and Toy Story 4 which came out earlier this year is in 20th.
Frozen fans will also be happy to hear that the film came in a respectable 27th place.
Rank | Movie | UK box office | Metacritic score /100 | Overall score /100 |
1. | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) | £815,134,700 | 95% | 97.78 |
2. | Fantasia (1940) | £621,024,011 | 96% | 87.55 |
3. | 101 Dalmatians (1961) | £747,211,152 | 83% | 87.34 |
4. | The Lion King (1994) | £666,663,719 | 88% | 85.64 |
5. | Pinocchio (1940) | £504,062,320 | 99% | 82.72 |
6. | Mary Poppins (1964) | £584,667,106 | 88% | 81.09 |
7. | Sleeping Beauty (1959) | £543,493,379 | 85% | 77.13 |
8. | Bambi (1942) | £476,460,836 | 91% | 76.74 |
9. | Finding Nemo (2003) | £460,562,435 | 90% | 75.0 |
10. | Toy Story 3 (2010) | £398,888,289 | 92% | 72.99 |
Unfortunately where there is success, there's also flops and down at the other end of the list are movies which failed to impress over the years.
The five least successful Disney movies were said to be The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006), Alice Through The Looking Glass (2016), 102 Dalmatians (2000), Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977) and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017).
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