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The Disney Renaissance

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1. The Little Mermaid (1989)

Based on: "The Little Mermaid" by Hans Christian Andersen

Budget: $40 million
Gross revenue: $211,343,479

ACADEMY AWARDWins:
Best Music, Original Score
Best Music, Original Song ("Under the Sea")

Nominations:
Best Music, Original Song ("Kiss the Girl")

SOUNDTRACK6x Platinum

US Billboard 200: #32

Lexie's rating:

725

6.5

6.7

2. The Rescuers Down Under (1990)

Story by: Margery Sharp (books, The Rescuers and Miss Bianca)

Budget: $37,931,000
Gross revenue: $47,431,461

The only Disney movie from the renaissance years that were not nominated for the Academy Award.

Lexie's rating:

3524

7.6

3. Beauty and the Beast (1991)

Based on: La Belle et la Bête by Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont

Budget: $25 million
Gross revenue: $377,350,553

ACADEMY AWARDWins:
Best Music, Original Score
Best Music, Original Song ("Beauty and the Beast")

Nominations:
Best Picture
Best Music, Original Song ("Belle")
Best Music, Original Song ("Be Our Guest")
Best Sound

SOUNDTRACK3x Platinum

US Billboard 200: #19

Lexie's rating:

4091

7.4

7.9

4. Aladdin (1992)

Budget: $28 million
Gross revenue:$504,050,219

ACADEMY AWARDWins:
Best Music, Original Score
Best Music, Original Song ("A Whole New World")

Nominations:
Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing
Best Music, Original Song ("Friend Like Me")
Best Sound

SOUNDTRACK3x Platinum

US Billboard 200: #6

Lexie's rating:

6018

7.9

8.4

5. The Lion King (1994)

Budget: $45,000,000
Gross revenue:$783,841,776

ACADEMY AWARDWins:
Best Music, Original Score
Best Music, Original Song ("Can You Feel the Love Tonight")

Nominations:
Best Music, Original Song ("Circle of Life")
Best Music, Original Song ("Hakuna Matata")

SOUNDTRACKDiamond

US Billboard 200: #1

Lexie's rating:

2711

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6.3

6. Pocahontas (1995)

Budget: $55 million
Gross revenue: $346,079,773

ACADEMY AWARDWins:
Best Music, Original Score
Best Music, Original Song ("Colors of the Wind")

SOUNDTRACK3x Platinum

US Billboard 200: #1

Lexie's rating:

1963

6.6

6.7

7. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)

Budget: $70 million
Gross revenue: $325.5 million

ACADEMY AWARDNominations:
Best Music, Original Score

SOUNDTRACKPlatinum

US Billboard 200: #11

Lexie's rating:

2113

6.8

8. Hercules (1997)

Budget: $85 million
Gross revenue: $252,712,101

ACADEMY AWARDNominations:
Best Music, Original Song ("Go the Distance")

SOUNDTRACKGold

US Billboard 200: #17

Lexie's rating:

2850

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7.3

9. Mulan (1998)

Budget: $70 million
Gross revenue: $304,320,254

ACADEMY AWARDNominations:
Best Music, Original Score

SOUNDTRACK
Gold

US Billboard 200: #25

Lexie's rating:

2095

6.8

10. Tarzan (1999)

Budget: $150 million
Gross revenue: $448,191,819

ACADEMY AWARDWins:
Best Music, Original Song ("You'll Be In My Heart")

SOUNDTRACKPlatinum

US Billboard 200: #5

Lexie's rating:

The Disney Renaissance refers to the ten-year era between 1989 and 1999 when the Walt Disney Animation Studios returned to making successful animated films mostly based on classic stories, restoring public and critical interest in the Disney studios.