Walt Disney Pictures released under this brand. "Pirates of the Caribbean" is the studio's most successful franchise, with two of its sequels, released in and , earning over $1 billion in worldwide box office gross. The studio's predecessor (and the modern-day The Walt Disney Company's as a whole) was founded as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, by filmmaker Walt Disney and his business partner and brother, Roy, in 1923. The creation of Mickey Mouse and subsequent short films and merchandise generated revenue for the studio which was renamed as The Walt Disney Studio at the Hyperion Studio in 1926. In 1929, it was
Criticism of The Walt Disney Company It was intended to be an easter egg signature from the animation department, and that the controversy that followed was entirely unintentional. Many have claimed that the above may be linked to pagan ideologies. Walt Disney was confirmed to be a Freemason, and many of the stories that Disney's films are based on are said to closely resemble ideology shared by pagans. Themes and issues such as magic and feminism are frequently represented, as are unexplained sightings of strange symbols. In "Frozen", many people noticed a Square and Compass, a well-known Masonic symbol. In 1938, The Walt Disney Company sent