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TheWalt Disney Companywould be nothing without the iconicDisney princess . After all , the company would cease to exist ifSnow White and the Seven Dwarfshad been abox office dud . Since then , Disney has paid thrifty attention to who they consider a Disney Princess and even more attention crafting heartfelt and inspiring write up for these heroine .
For most of the Walt Disney Company ’s history , the Disney Princess moving picture have hold the company to achiever . As such , they are often givengrand budgetsthat earmark the creators to timeless masterpiece . Which Disney Princess film has the large budget ? Keep reading to find out .
Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs (1937) - $1.48 Million
Not only wasSnow White and the Seven DwarfsWalt Disney Animation Studio ’s first full - length picture show , but it was also the humanity ’s first animated full - length moving-picture show . Animating a short cartoon took hours and involved a huge gang ; animating a feature film was even more work with even more the great unwashed involve . Given this , the moving picture was created with a monumental $ 1.48 million budget which , in 1937 , was a immense amount of money for a cartoon .
Thankfully for the Walt Disney Company and the future of animation , Snow White and the Seven Dwarfswas a huge success both financially and critically . In fact , if numbers are adjust for inflation , the film is still one of the highest - grossing exalt film of all clip .
Cinderella (1950) - $2.9 Million
Cinderellabecame the 2d Disney Princess film grow by Walt Disney Animation Studios . Created thirteen years after the original Princess movie , Cinderellaearned a flimsy budget increment compared to its herald . While this is impressive , it also goes to show how massiveSnow White ’s budget was for its time if nearly a 10 later , the budget of the next Disney feature film was only increased by a million one dollar bill .
Much likeSnow White , Cinderellawas a massive achiever for the studio and is credited for helping Disney turn thing around after a serial of box office turkey .
Sleeping Beauty (1959) - $6 Million
Sleeping Beautywas released nine years afterCinderella , making it the third Disney Princess film for the studio . It also has the third - low budget of all the Disney Princess films . Unlike the first two Disney Princess flick , Sleeping Beautywas meet with motley review and ultimately was the last Disney Princess cinema created for several decades .
Part of the reason for the budget increase was because the film was shot using the Super Technirama 70 widescreen process , which was new to filmmakers and unexampled to animator .
Beauty & The Beast (1991) - $25 Million
Beauty and the Beastis in reality the fifth Disney Princess cinema release and yet its comparatively conservative budget bring it as the fourthly - tatty Disney Princess film . Despite being one of the cheaper Disney Princess moving picture , Beauty and the Beastis one of the most iconic and critically acclaimed films in the Disney Princess catalog .
The pic went on to become the first exalt film to ever gain ground the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy and it also became the first feature film to be appoint for theAcademy Award for Best Picture .
Aladdin (1992) - $28 Million
WhileAladdincenters around the titularAladdin , the picture show is regard a part of the Disney Princess catalog with Jasmine serving as the 6th Princess . Surprisingly , this film is currently the fifth - inexpensive Disney Princess film .
Aladdinwas a huge success for the studio apartment and the Disney Princess catalogue . In fact , it became the highest - gross film in 1992 , beat out Whitney Houston’sThe BodyguardandJohn Hughes’Home Alone 2 : Lost in New York .
The Little Mermaid (1989) - $40 Million
WhileArielfromThe Little Mermaidis in reality Disney ’s 4th Princess , her film is the eighth - most expensive Disney Princess film . This is interesting considering it had a budget greatly higher thanBeauty and the BeastandAladdin , which came after its release .
The Little Mermaidhad vast expectation to run into since it was Disney ’s first Princess film in several decades . Much like howSnow WhiteandCinderellasaved the studio , The Little Mermaidreinvigorated the Disney Princess catalog and dress the tone for what Disney Princess would feel like for the next several decades .
Pocahontas (1995) - $55 Million
urge loosely by true consequence , the picture centers onPocahontas , a untested aboriginal American woman , who must convert John Smith that her people and their realm do n’t puzzle a scourge to their design .
Despite having a $ 55 million budget , the seventh Disney Princess film was n’t as big of a success as Disney had hoped . In fact , the studio hoped thatPocahontaswould become their nextBeauty and the Beastbut that was barely the display case . or else , the celluloid made a profit but was meet with mixed reviews , with many criticizing it for its historical inaccuracy and racial partial . Ironically , Disney ’s hope forPocahontaswere fulfilled byThe Lion King , which the studio apartment was really nervous about .
Mulan (1998) - $90 Million
Mulanis considered to be the eight Disney Princess and film released by the invigoration studios . This is interesting considering Mulan is the only Princess who was not born into nor did she marry royal family . However , the picture show does bear a lot of the same substance that Disney Princess motion picture do and thus , she is an official Disney Princess .
The pic was produce with a budget of $ 90 million , which clear run to dear role . With massive battle view , talented voice actors , and an incredible original musical score , it ’s no surprise thatMulanis the sixth most expensive Disney princess film .
The Princess & The Frog (2009) - $105 Million
AfterMulan , Disney animation studios once again accept a break from creating Disney Princess films . That hiatus end with the departure ofThe Princess and the Frog . With eleven age betweenMulanandThe Princess and the Frog , it ’s only fair that this Princess flick got a budget increase which ended up totaling roughly $ 105 million .
The moving picture , which featured Disney ’s first Black Princess became a vast financial and decisive success . It also became Disney ’s most profitable animated feature since 2002 , proving that the budget increase give off .
Frozen (2013)- $150 Million
While Elsa and Anna have n’t formally become Disney Princess , as far as sports fan are considered , they are definitely worthy of the label . After all , Frozenis the highest - grossing Disney Princess film of the entire slating . Given this , it ’s interesting to learn thatFrozenis tied at third berth with the next entry .
While Disney Princess flick had been perform well in the tardy 2000 ’s and other 2010’s , Frozenblew expectations out of the H2O . The film went on to earn$1.28 billion at the box office , more than eight times its budget .
