14 major movie franchises that Disney will own after buying Fox, from 'Alien' to 'X-Men' by Travis Clark on Jul 27, 2018, 3:12 PM Advertisement
 Disney's reign over Hollywood isn't going to slow down any time soon. Shareholders approved the $71 billion merger of Disney and Fox on Friday, giving the greenlight for Disney to finally acquire a large portion of Fox assets, including its film studio. That means that Disney will take possession of all of the Fox-owned superheroes and its other franchises, though its unknown what Disney plans to do with them, if anything. It adds to an already dominant collection of assets owned by Disney that has raked in billions of dollars for the company under CEO Bob Iger's leadership. They include some of the most popular, highest-grossing film franchises of all time. Below are 14 major film franchises that Disney now owns: SEE ALSO: The highest-grossing movie at the US box office every summer since 2000 Disney Animation  Disney built itself on classic hand-drawn Disney fairy tales like "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" and "Cinderella." In recent years, Disney Animation has seen a revival in popular CGI-animated movies like "Zootopia," "Frozen," and "Moana." Later this year, a sequel to "Wreck-It Ralph," called "Ralph Breaks the Internet," comes to theaters.
Live-action remakes  Disney discovered with 2014's "Maleficent" and 2015's "Cinderella" that remaking its classic animated movies could result in big box-office numbers. Since then, "The Jungle Book" and "Beauty and the Beast" have gotten the live-action treatment and raked in huge sums of money. Next year, Disney will release a remake of "The Lion King" from "The Jungle Book" director Jon Favreau.
Pixar  Disney bought animation studio Pixar in 2006 in one of Bob Iger's very first major acquisitions as CEO. Since then, two Pixar movies — "Toy Story 3" and "Up" — have been nominated for best picture Oscars. While the studio has been relying more frequently on sequels rather than original ideas in recent years, its movies are still highly successful. This summer's "Incredibles 2" has made close to $950 million worldwide.
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