Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty” Opens at the Box Office
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🗓️ 29 January 2024
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
January 29, 1959. Disney's Sleeping Beauty bombs at the box office, leading the studio not to make another animated princess movie for 30 years
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| 0:11.6 | com. It's July 13, |
| 0:15.0 | It's July 13, |
| 0:20.0 | 1995 |
| 0:21.0 | It's July 13th, 1955, outside the gates of Disneyland in Anaheim, California. |
| 0:28.0 | It's a few days before the opening of the new theme park, |
| 0:31.0 | but a special preview event is about to begin for a select group of VIPs. |
| 0:35.8 | Waiting at the entrance for guests is Walt Disney himself, founder and CEO of the Walt Disney |
| 0:41.1 | Company. |
| 0:42.1 | Walt chainsmokes nervously. |
| 0:44.0 | This theme park has been years in the making and costs millions of dollars. |
| 0:48.0 | It's a huge gamble for Walt and his company and now the moment of truth is near. |
| 0:54.0 | Cameras flash as Hollywood stars and their families arrive at the gates. |
| 0:58.4 | The celebrities stop to pose for photos with Walt. |
| 1:01.5 | He shakes hands with Terry Grant and then with Spencer Tracy. |
| 1:05.4 | And when the guests have all assembled, Walt leads him inside. |
| 1:09.3 | Laid out before them as a magical world designed to transport them away from the reality of the |
| 1:14.6 | everyday and into a world of pure fantasy. The guests seem delighted by what they |
| 1:19.8 | see, but as much as Walt is eager to show off Disneyland to these celebrities, he's more concerned |
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