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Year that The Little Mermaid was released, ushering in what would be known as the Disney Renaissance, the era in which Walt Disney Animation Studios returned to making more musical animated films, returning it to its former glory of years gone by.
Number of films that make up the Disney Renaissance of films, including The Little Mermaid (1989), The Rescuers Down Under (1990), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Aladdin (1992), The Lion King (1994), Pocahontas (1995), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), Hercules (1997), Mulan (1998), and Tarzan (1999).
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Number of Oscar nominations the films collectively received, including 11 wins. The film with the most nominations? Beauty and the Beast, which received six nominations, including a nomination for Best Picture, a first for animated features.
Number of Renaissance films that didn’t receive in Oscar nomination...that movie was The Rescuers Down Under.
Box office revenue, in millions of dollars (meaning just shy of $1 billon!) for the highest grossing Disney Renaissance film. And that film? The Lion King.
Budget, in millions of dollars, of the most expensive of the Renaissance films to be made. Which one? No, not Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, or even The Lion King. The film in question was Tarzan.
Number of Renaissance films that earned a 90% or higher rating on Rotten Tomatoes (The number represents the percentage of positive reviews the movie received by film critics). Those films were The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Lion King. The lowest rated film was The Rescuers Down Under, though it still received a respectable score of 69%.