Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

ABC Inc.,^[2]^[3]^[4] doing business as Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (previously known as Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc), is an American film distributor within the Disney Entertainment division of the Walt Disney Company.^[5] It handles theatrical and occasional digital distribution, marketing and promotion for films produced and released by the Walt Disney Studios, including Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, and 20th Century Studios; the Searchlight Pictures label operates its own autonomous theatrical distribution and marketing unit.^[6]

This article is about the film distribution unit. For the related and similarly-named production studio, see Walt Disney Pictures. For the parent umbrella division, see Walt Disney Studios (division).

Trade name

Buena Vista Film Distribution Company, Inc. (1953–1960)
Buena Vista Distribution Company, Inc. (1960–1987)
Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc. (1987–2007)

Division

Film

June 23, 1953 (1953-06-23)

Walt Disney

500 South Buena Vista Street,

Burbank, California

U.S.

Tony Chambers (EVP)^[1]

Disney Entertainment

Walt Disney Studios Marketing
Worldwide Special Events

The company was originally established by Walt Disney in 1953 as Buena Vista Film Distribution Company, Inc. (later renamed Buena Vista Distribution Company, Inc. and Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.). It took on its current name in late 2007.^[7]^[8]

(1924–1926),

M.J. Winkler Pictures

(1926–1927),

Film Booking Offices of America

(1927–1928),

Universal Pictures

(1928–1930),

Celebrity Productions

(1930–1932),

Columbia Pictures

(1932–1937, 1943), and

United Artists

(1937–1956).^[9]

RKO Radio Pictures

Buena Vista (1953–2007 )

Trade name

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International (for Disney branded films only)
Buena Vista International (non-US and non-Disney and non-Star Studios theatrical movies in countries outside the United States only)

Division

Film

1961 (1961)

Walt Disney

February 11, 2022 (2022-02-11) (Latin American branch)
November 3, 2022 (2022-11-03) (Brazilian branch)