2. Company
๏ โPixar Animation Studios is an Academy
Award ยฎ-winning computer animation
studioโ (pixar.com)
๏ They make awesome animated movies
๏ Toy Story
๏ Cars
๏ Wall-E
3. Size
๏ Started out small
๏ Bought for $10 million by Steve Jobs
(1994)
๏ Sold for $7.4 Billion to Disney (2006)
๏ Toy Story 3
Total world wide gross
$1,063,171,911
4. History (1984)
๏ John Lasseter leaves Disney for
LucasFilm Ltd (Pixar)
๏ Helps create Andre and Wally B
๏ First animated short film
5. History (1986)
๏ Steve Jobs buys Lucasfilm Ltd. and
creates Pixar
๏ Luxo Jr. created
๏ Presented at SIGGRAPH
๏ Reason why lamp is Pixarโs โmascotโ
๏ First to personify inanimate objects
http://youtu.be/PvCWPZfK8pI?t=19s
6. History (1995)
Toy Story
๏ First animated feature film
๏ $362 million world wide
6,900,000 shares at $22 a share
IPO $140 million (Biggest IPO that year)
7. Since Toy Story
A Bugs Life Toy Story 2
Monster Inc. Finding Nemo
The Incredibles Cars
Ratatouille Wall-E
Up Toy Story 3
Cars 2
8. Interesting Facts
๏ Pixar movies hidden Easter Eggs
๏ Luxo Ball
๏ Truck
๏ Quotes or pictures from other movies
๏ Characters
10. Secret Sauce
๏ Best at what they do
๏ They have a lot of โfirstsโ
๏ Short animated films (having a story line)
๏ Personifying inanimate objects
๏ Computer graphic techniques
11. Prognosis
๏ Bought in 2006 for $7.4 Billion by Disney
๏ Still making great movies
๏ Not a bad investment
๏ Have to invest in Disney