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Pixar was originally founded in 1979 as “The Graphics Group”. Later on in 1986, Steve Jobs bought it for $10 million and “The Graphics Group” was renamed “Pixar” because the Pixar computer was its primary product. At first, Pixar was a computer hardware company that sold their product to the medical community, government agencies and even Disney Studios. Unfortunately the Pixar computer wasn't selling well, so John Lasseter, a Pixar employee, started to make computer-animated commercials for outside companies with his animation department. In 1991, Pixar made a deal with Disney for $26 million to make three computer-animated feature films. The first of those three was Toy Story, the first ever film created by Pixar. The film earned a total gross of over $350 million worldwide.
Pixar has currently released a total of 12 films, all under the Walt Disney Pictures banner. For their feature films, Pixar has won a total of 26 Academy Awards, 5 Golden Globes and 3 Grammys. Pixar's 11th film, Toy Story 3, is the highest-grossing animated film worldwide. Below is a table of all the currently released films with their release date and worldwide gross.
| Film # | Film Name | Release Date | Worldwide Gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toy Story | November 22, 1995 | $361,958,736 |
| 2 | A Bug's Life | November 25, 1998 | $363,398,565 |
| 3 | Toy Story 2 | November 24, 1999 | $90,000,000 |
| 4 | Monsters, Inc. | November 2, 2001 | $525,366,597 |
| 5 | Finding Nemo | May 30, 2003 | $867,893,978 |
| 6 | The Incredibles | November 5, 2004 | $631,442,092 |
| 7 | Cars | June 9, 2006 | $461,983,149 |
| 8 | Ratatouille | June 29, 2007 | $623,722,818 |
| 9 | WALL-E | June 27, 2008 | $521,311,860 |
| 10 | Up | May 29, 2009 | $731,342,744 |
| 11 | Toy Story 3 | June 18, 2010 | $1,063,171,911 |
| 12 | Cars 2 | June 24, 2011 | $559,852,396 |
Pixar Animation Studios is currently owned by The Walt Disney Company, who bought Pixar for $7.4 billion in 2006. John Lasseter is now the chief creative officer (CCO) at Pixar, as well as Disney. Pixar has released many films and there are still more to come. In June, the movie named Brave will be released; in 2013, the movies Monsters University and Planes will be released; in 2014 the movie The Good Dinosaur will be released; and there are still even more to come!
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