🎥Disney and Pixar won Oscar More than Ever🏆

Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin. Some may be surprised to learn that these masterpieces of animated cinema were not even nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature category. In fact, this category has not existed until the 2002 Academy Award. Though it has only been around for 20 years, its history has seen some changes.

This chart shows the films nominated in the Animated Feature Film category, broken down by Disney, Pixar, and other productions. A⭐mark indicates awards-winning films.

Shrek by DreamWorks was the first film to win an Oscar in this category. There were other non-American films that won awards in the early years, including Spirited Away (2002) and Wallace & Gromit:The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005). Surprisingly, there was no Disney film won the award at this moment.

Up until 2010, Pixar has been the most highly regarded production by far. The studio was originally established as part of the Lucasfilm computer division but was acquired by Disney in 2006. During this period, Pixar won Oscars for Ratatouille, Wall-E, Up, and Toy Story 3.

Pixar is still strong through 2015, but Rango (2011) made it the first non-Disney or Pixar film to win since 2006's Happy Feet. And Disney finally took home an Oscar for Frozen (2013).

Since 2016, Disney and Pixar have dominated almost every year, except for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018). Pixar won Oscars for three films, including Coco (2017). Disney won with Zootopia (2016) and Encanto (2021).

Disney/ Pixar dominated even in nomination, with three of the five nominated films at this year's Academy Awards coming from the two studios. While other studios are limited in the number of films they can produce in a year, Disney/Pixar releases several major films each year.