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
The Walt Disney Company Disney currently has a publishing deal with Netflix to stream it's content, however, Disney has said that its' contract will end in 2019 and they won't renew it. Disney movies and franchises will only be available via the new Disney+ subscription. The service will have content from Disney, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, and National Geographic. The Walt Disney Company operates four primary business units, which it calls "business segments": Studio Entertainment, Media Networks and Direct-To-Consumer & International Businesses, and Parks Experiences & Consumer Products, which includes the company's theme parks, cruise line, travel-related assets, consumer products