With the passing of Steve Jobs, many retrospectives will be written about his impact on the world of technology and communication. While those contributions are undeniable, the Apple founder also had an important and influential effect on the world of film. The global box-office power of Pixar films is largely indebted to Jobs, who bought the fledgling animation company back in 1986. What started as a small staff of less than 50 people has grown into a cinematic touchstone for generations of families, with no end in sight. Moviefone offers a look at the unique collaboration of Jobs and Pixar, and the unmistakable ways that they have changed movies.
Gallery | Steve Jobs and Pixar: By the Numbers
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Steve Jobs Buys Pixar (1986)
Jobs acquires the computer graphics division of Lucasfilm, Ltd. to develop as 'Pixar,' an independent company.
Purchase Price: $10 million
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Disney Buys Pixar (2006)
In 1995, Pixar goes public with 6,900,000 shares at $22 a share. In 1997, Pixar and distributor Disney agree to co-produce five movies. At the end of the deal, Disney buys Pixar in an all-stock transaction.
Purchase Price: $7.4 Billion
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'Toy Story' (1995)
Domestic: $191,796,233
Foreign: $170,162,503
Worldwide: $361,958,736
Production Budget: $30 million (estimated)
Academy Award Nominations: Original Screenplay, Original Score, Original Song ('You've Got a Friend') -
'A Bug's Life' (1998)
Domestic: $162,798,565
Foreign: $200,600,000
Worldwide: $363,398,565
Production Budget: $120 million
Academy Award Nomination: Original Score -
'Toy Story 2' (1999)
Domestic: $245,852,179
Foreign: $239,163,000
Worldwide: $485,015,179
Production Budget: $90 million
Academy Award Nomination: Original Song ('When She Loved Me') -
Monsters Inc. (2001)
Domestic: $255,873,250
Foreign: $269,493,347
Worldwide: $525,366,597
Production Budget: $115 million
Academy Award Nominations: Sound Editing, Original Score
Win: Original Song ('If I Didn't Have You') -
'Finding Nemo' (2003)
Domestic: $339,714,978
Foreign: $528,179,000
Worldwide: $867,893,978
Production Budget: $94 million
Academy Award Nominations: Original Screenplay, Sound Editing, Original Score
Wins: Animated Feature -
'The Incredibles' (2004)
Domestic: $261,441,092
Foreign: $370,001,000
Worldwide: $631,442,092
Production Budget: $92 million
Academy Award Nominations: Original Screenplay, Sound
Wins: Sound Editing, Animated Feature -
'Cars' (2006)
Domestic: $244,082,982
Foreign: $217,900,167
Worldwide: $461,983,149
Production Budget: $120 million
Academy Award Nominations: Original Song ('Our Town'), Animated Feature -
'Ratatouille' (2007)
Domestic: $206,445,654
Foreign: $417,277,164
Worldwide: $623,722,818
Production budget: $150 million
Academy Award Nominations: Original Screenplay, Sound, Sound Editing, Original Score
Wins: Animated Feature -
'Wall-E' (2008)
Domestic: $223,808,164
Foreign: $297,503,696
Worldwide: $521,311,860
Production Budget: $180 million
Academy Award Nominations: Original Screenplay, Sound, Sound Editing, Original Score, Original Song ('Down to Earth')
Wins: Animated Feature -
'Up' (2009)
Domestic: $293,004,164
Foreign: $438,338,580
Worldwide: $731,342,744
Production Budget: $175 million
Academy Award Nominations: Best Picture, Original Screenplay, Sound Editing
Wins: Original Score, Animated Feature -
'Toy Story 3' (2010)
Domestic: $415,004,880
Foreign: $648,167,031
Worldwide: $1,063,171,911
Production Budget: $200 million
Academy Award Nominations: Best Picture, Adapted Screenplay, Sound Editing
Wins: Original Song ('We Belong Together'), Animated Feature -
'Cars 2' (2011)
Domestic: $190,061,329
Foreign: $360,400,000
Worldwide: $550,461,329
Production Budget: $200 million -
What's Next for Pixar?
Scottish fairytale 'Brave' in 2012. Both 'Monsters University' -- a 'Monsters, Inc.' prequel -- and an untitled movie about dinosaurs in 2013. Then in 2014, as still-untitled movie set inside the human mind.
Current Worldwide Total: $7,187,068,958
Related: How Steve Jobs Changed the Face of Movies
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