Sleeping Beauty (franchise) Sleeping Beauty (franchise) Sleeping Beauty is a Disney media franchise that began in 1959 with the theatrical release of "Sleeping Beauty". "Sleeping Beauty" is a 1959 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney based on "The Sleeping Beauty" by Charles Perrault. "Maleficent" is a live-action remake based in 1959's animated film, focused on the eponymous antagonist. "Maleficent" is the sequel of the 2014's film "Maleficent", continuing the story of the first film. As a segment of "Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams", "Keys to the Kingdom" focuses on Princess Aurora, who reigns the kingdom in the absence
Sleeping Beauty (1959 film) preceding three Disney animated features: "Alice in Wonderland", "Peter Pan", and "Lady and the Tramp". The high production costs of "Sleeping Beauty", coupled with the underperformance of much of the rest of Disney's 1959–1960 release slate, resulted in the company posting its first annual loss in a decade for fiscal year 1960, and there were massive lay-offs throughout the animation department. Like "Alice in Wonderland" (1951), which was not initially successful either, "Sleeping Beauty" was never re-released theatrically in Walt Disney's lifetime. However, it had many re-releases in theaters over the decades. The film was re-released theatrically in 1970, where