Sleeping Beauty (franchise) of Heart. Flora, Fauna and Merryweather, as well as Maleficent's raven, appear for the first time in "Kingdom Hearts II". "Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep" include a world based on the animation film, Enchanted Dominion, which includes for the first time in the games to Prince Phillip and Maleficent's goons. Aurora appears in "" as a playable character. Maleficent's live-action version of the 2014 remake is a playable character in the "Disney Infinity" video games series. As with the other playable characters in the game, a tie-in figure for Maleficent was also released. Sleeping Beauty (franchise) Sleeping Beauty is a
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