winter 2018 EECS 441 Company presentation on Pixar

1. Ben Cotsarelis
Uniqname: bcotsa

2. Products
Movies

3. Financials

4. Financials

5. Movies Before
Acquisition
Movie Budget
(millions of dollars)
Revenue
(millions of dollars)
Multiplier
(revenue/budget)
Toy Story (1995) 30 373.5 12
A Bug’s Life (1998) 120 363.2 3
Toy Story 2
(1999)
90 497.3 5
Monsters Inc. (2001) 115 577.4 5
Finding Nemo
(2003)
94 940.3 10
The Incredibles
(2004)
92 633.0 7
Cars
(2006)
120 244.0 2

6. MoviesAfter
Acquisition
Movie Budget
(millions of dollars)
Revenue
(millions of dollars)
Multiplier
(revenue/budget)
Ratatouille (2007) 150 620.7 4
Wall-E (2008) 180 533.2 3
Up (2009) 175 735.2 4
Toy Story 3 (2010) 200 1066.9 5
Cars 2 (2011) 200 562.1 3
Brave (2012) 185 540 3
Monsters University
(2013)
200 744.2 4

7. MoviesAfter
Acquisition
(cont.)
Movie Budget
(millions of
dollars)
Revenue
(millions of
dollars)
Multiplier
(revenue/budget)
Inside Out (2015) 175 857.6 5
The Good Dinosaur
(2015)
185 332.2 2
Finding Dory (2016) 200 1028.5 5
Cars 3 (2017) 175 383.8 2
Coco (2017) 185 757.7+ 4+

8. Business
Model
– Create Movies
– Generate revenue from ticket sales and merchandising
– In beginning: created commercials, hardware, and software

9. Pixar begins as the
“Graphics Group” a
part of the
Computer Division
at Lucasfilm
1979
1986
Steve Jobs buys the
Computer Division
of Lucasfilm and it is
renamed to become
Pixar
1995
Pixar releases the
first ever computer
animated feature
length film, Toy
Story, to much box
office success
2006
Disney buys Pixar,
but stipulations are
made to ensure that
Pixar remains its
own entity
2017
John Lasseter
announces a 6
month leave of
absence after sexual
misconduct
allegations

10. SecretSauce
– Proprietary Software
– Marionette
– RenderMan
– Creative Mastermind
– Jon Lasseter

11. Competition
Academy
Awards
Golden Globes Movies in the
all time top
100 domestic
grossing
Household
NameTitles
(A series counts
as 1)
Pixar 15 9 8 8
Dreamworks 3 1 3 4
Illumination 0 (1 nom) 0 (3 nom) 4 1 (Despicable Me)
Blue Sky 1 0 (2 nom) 0 1 (Ice Age)

12. Prediction
– Success, but not to the extent they’ve already had
– Lasseter leaving hurts them
– Competition only getting fiercer
– Disney backing them ensures success

13. References
– http://edp.wikia.com/wiki/Pixar_Animation_Studios
– http://www.thefilteredlens.com/top-10-pixar-characters/2866
– https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/12/4/16709884/olafs-frozen-adventure-coco-disney-pixar-explained
– http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Pixar
– https://synian.wordpress.com/2013/04/09/a-short-history-of-pixar-through-ratatouille/
– https://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/11/18/marvel-vs-pixar-can-you-guess-which-acquisition-ha.aspx
– http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/25/business/disney-agrees-to-acquire-pixar-in-a-74-billion-deal.html
– http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/24/news/companies/disney_pixar_deal/
– https://www.thewrap.com/disney-reaches-100-million-settlement-with-animation-workers-over-wage-fixing-
allegations/
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Pixar_films
– http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/
– https://www.shopdisney.com/movies-shows/pixar
– https://en.wikipedia.org/
– https://www.macstories.net/links/25-years-ago-today-steve-jobs-bought-pixar/
– https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/21/business/media/john-lasseter-pixar-disney-leave.html
– https://wall.alphacoders.com/big.php?i=70931
– https://community.renderman.pixar.com/article/1159/victor-and-frank-in-renderman.html?l=t
– http://www.fudgeanimation.com/2017/02/10-facts-about-john-lasseter/
– http://www.filmsite.org/boxoffice.html
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdjMnl3NAPQ