Pixar Animation Studios is an American CGI animation production company which started in 1979 as the Graphics Group, a part of the Computer Division of Lucasfilm before it was bought by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in 1986.
On January 24, 2006, Jobs and Iger announced that The Walt Disney Company had agreed to purchase Pixar in an all-stock transaction worth $7.4 billion. Once the deal closed, Jobs became The Walt Disney Company's largest single shareholder with approximately 7% of the company's stock. Jobs's holdings in Disney far exceed those of Eisner, who holds 1.7%, and Disney family member Roy E. Disney, who held about 1% of the company's stock and whose criticisms of Eisner included the soured Pixar relationship and accelerated his ousting. Jobs joined the company's board of directors upon completion of the merger.
Pixar has made 10 feature films beginning with
Toy Story in 1995
A Bug's Life in 1998
Toy Story 2 in 1999
Monsters, Inc. in 2001
Finding Nemo in 2003 (which is, to date, the most commercially successful Pixar film, grossing over $800 million worldwide)
The Incredibles in 2004
Cars in 2006, Ratatouille in 2007
WALL-E in 2008
Up in 2009 (the first Pixar film presented in Disney Digital 3-D)
Pixar's eleventh film, Toy Story 3, is scheduled for release on June 18, 2010
Cars 2 to be released in Summer 2011.
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