Aladdin (1992 Disney film) by Alan Menken and features six songs with lyrics written by Ashman and Tim Rice, who took over after Ashman's death. "Aladdin" was released on November 25, 1992, to critical and commercial success, becoming the highest-grossing film of 1992 with an earn of over $504 million in worldwide box office revenue. Upon release, it became the first animated feature to reach the half–billion dollar mark, and was briefly the highest-grossing animated film of all time until it was surpassed by "The Lion King". "Aladdin" garnered two Academy Awards, as well as other accolades for its soundtrack which had the first
Cars (film) United States, ranking number one at the box office. In the United States, the film held onto the number one spot for two weeks before being surpassed by "Click" and then by "Superman Returns" the following weekend. It went on to gross $462,216,280 worldwide (ranking number six in 2006 films) and $244,082,982 in the United States (the third highest-grossing film of 2006 in the country, behind "" and "Night at the Museum"). It was the second highest-grossing film released by Walt Disney Pictures, behind "Dead Man's Chest" and was the second highest-grossing animated film of 2006 in the United States.