List of acquisitions by Disney

The Walt Disney Company was founded in 1923 and since the 1990s has acquired many properties to increase its size in the media industry. The table shows the most substantial and important mergers and acquisitions that Disney has made over the years.

Acquisitions

	Acquired company	Date	Country	Price (US$)	Price Adjusted for Inflation (US$)	Parent/Merged With	References
1	Disneyland, Inc.	1957 (64% controlling stake)	USA	562,500	6,000,000	Disney Parks, Experiences and Products	[1]
		1960 (remaining shares)		7,500,000	80,000,000		[2][3]
2	WED Enterprises (park designing and engineering division)	1965
3	Retlaw Enterprises (parks transportation division)	1982		42,600,000	139,000,000		[4]
4	Wrather Corporation	1987 (50% share)					[5]
		1988 (remaining 50%)					[6]
5	Miramax Films	June 30, 1993		60,000,000		The Walt Disney Studios
6	Capital Cities/ABC Inc.	February 9, 1996		19,000,000,000	38,093,000,000	Disney General Entertainment Content	[7]
7	Jumbo Pictures	February 29, 1996				Walt Disney Television	[8]
8	Dream Quest Images	April 1996				Walt Disney Feature Animation	[9][10]
9	Toysmart	August 1996				Disney Interactive	[11]
10	Starwave	April 30, 1998		400,000,000	772,000,000	Go.com	[12]
11	Infoseek	July 12, 1999		1,770,000,000	3,341,000,000		[13][14]
12	ABC Family Worldwide	October 24, 2001		2,900,000,000	5,150,000,000	Disney Entertainment Television	[15]
13	The Baby Einstein Company	November 6, 2001				The Walt Disney Company	[16]
14	The Muppets and Bear in the Big Blue House	February 17, 2004		75,000,000	125,000,000	The Muppets Studio	[17]
15	Avalanche Software	April 19, 2005				Disney Interactive Studios	[18]
16	Living Mobile	October 19, 2005	Germany			Walt Disney Internet Group	[19]
17	Pixar	May 5, 2006	USA	7,400,000,000	11,542,000,000	Walt Disney Studios	[20]
18	Climax Racing	September 2006	UK			Disney Interactive Studios	[21]
19	Junction Point Studios	February 8, 2007	USA				[22]
20	New Horizon Interactive	August 2007	Canada	350,000,000	513,000,000		[23]
21	Gamestar	February 2009	China				[24]
22	Kerpoof	February 2009	USA			Disney.com
23	Wideload Games	September 8, 2009				Disney Interactive Studios	[25]
24	Marvel Entertainment	December 31, 2009		4,400,000,000	6,449,000,000	The Walt Disney Company	[26]
25	Tapulous	July 1, 2010				Disney Mobile	[27]
26	Playdom	August 27, 2010		563,000,000	771,000,000	Disney Interactive	[28]
27	Rocket Pack	March 2011	Finland			Disney Interactive Studios	[29]
28	Babble Media	November 2011	USA			Disney Consumer Products	[30]
29	UTV Software Communications	January 31, 2012	India	450,000,000	616,000,000	The Walt Disney Company India	[31]
30	StudioEX	December 10, 2012	South Korea			Disney Interactive	[32]
31	Lucasfilm	December 21, 2012	USA	4,050,000,000	5,547,000,000	Walt Disney Studios	[33][34]
32	Maker Studios	March 24, 2014		500,000,000	664,000,000	Disney Digital Network	[35]
33	BAMTech Media	2016		2,930,000,000	3,839,000,000	Disney Streaming	[36][37][38][39]
34	Euro Disney SCA	June 19, 2017	France	760,000,000	975,000,000	Disney Parks, Experiences and Products	[40][41]
35	21st Century Fox (entertainment assets, cable networks and international networks)	March 20, 2019	USA	71,300,000,000	87,689,000,000	The Walt Disney Company	[42][43]
36	Hulu	April 16, 2019 (AT&T's 10% stake)		1,430,000,000	1,759,000,000	Disney Streaming	[44]
		December 1, 2023 (Comcast's 33% stake)		8,610,000,000	8,610,000,000		[45]
37	Epic Games	February 7, 2024 (9% equity stake)		1,500,000,000		The Walt Disney Company	[46][47]
38	FuboTV	October 29, 2025 (70% controlling stake)		220,000,000		Disney Streaming
39	NFL's Media assets	August 5, 2025				ESPN Inc.
40	Webtoon Entertainment	September 17, 2025 (2% controlling stake)	South Korea			The Walt Disney Company	[48]

Divestments

Acquirer	Target company	Date of sale	Price of sale	References
Young Broadcasting	KCAL-TV	May 14, 1996	385,000,000	[49]
Rural Press	Farm Progress	July 1, 1997		[50]
Advance Publications	Fairchild Publications	August 20, 1999	650,000,000	[51]
Andy Heyward Bain Capital Chase Capital Partners	DIC Entertainment	November 25, 2000		[52][53]
The Weinstein Company	Dimension Films	2005		[54]
Citadel Broadcasting	ABC Radio Networks	June 12, 2007		[55]
Saban Brands	Power Rangers and entertainment assets	May 12, 2010	43,000,000	[56]
Filmyard Holdings	Miramax Films	December 3, 2010	663,000,000	[57][58]
Kids II, Inc.	The Baby Einstein Company	October 14, 2013		[59]
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment	Avalanche Software	January 24, 2017		[60]
Sinclair Broadcast Group Entertainment Studios	Fox Sports Networks	August 22, 2019	10,600,000,000	[61]
Scopely	FoxNext Games	January 22, 2020		[62]
Banijay	Endemol Shine Group	3 July 2020	2,200,000,000	[63]
Gimbal, Inc.	TrueX	September 28, 2020		[64]
ViacomCBS	TeleColombia	November 23, 2021		[65][66]
Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa	KRDC	June 13, 2023	5,000,000	[67]

See also

• Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney