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| Original work | Aladdin (1992) |
| Owner | The Walt Disney Company |
| Years | 1992–present |
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| Animated series | Aladdin (1994–1995) |
| Television special(s) | "Hercules and the Arabian Night" (1999 episode ofDisney's Hercules: The Animated Series)* |
| Television film(s) | Descendants (2015)* |
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| Based on | Aladdin and the Magic Lamp fromOne Thousand and One Nights[a] |
| * Work where this franchise's characters or settings appeared as part of acrossover, or has characters based on those from this franchise. | |
Aladdin is aDisneymedia franchise comprising afilm series and additional media. It began with the 1992Americananimated featureof the same name, which was based on thetale of the same name, and was directed byRon Clements andJohn Musker. The success of the film led to twodirect-to-videosequels, atelevision series (which had a crossover episode withHercules: The Animated Series), aBroadway musical, alive-action remake, various rides and themed areas inDisney's theme parks, severalvideo games, and merchandise, among other related works.
| Film | U.S. release date | Director(s) | Screenwriter(s) | Story by | Producer(s) |
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| Aladdin | November 25, 1992 | John Musker andRon Clements | Ron Clements, John Musker,Ted Elliott andTerry Rossio | Burny Mattinson,Roger Allers,Daan Jippes, Kevin Harkey,Sue Nichols,Francis Glebas,Darrell Roonney, Larry Leker, James Fujii, Kirk Hanson,Kevin Lima, Rebecca Rees, David S. Smith,Chris Sanders,Brian Pimental and Patrick A. Ventura | John Musker and Ron Clements |
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| The Return of Jafar | May 20, 1994 | Toby Shelton,Tad Stones andAlan Zaslove | Kevin Campbell, Mirith J.S. Colao, Bill Motz, Steve Roberts,Dev Ross, Bob Roth,Jan Strnad and Brian Swenlin | Duane Capizzi,Douglas Langdale,Mark McCorkle,Robert Schooley and Tad Stones | Tad Stones and Alan Zaslove |
| Aladdin and the King of Thieves | August 13, 1996 | Tad Stones | Mark McCorkle and Robert Schooley | Tad Stones and Jeannine Roussel | |
| Live-Action Theatrical films | |||||
| Aladdin | May 24, 2019 | Guy Ritchie | John August and Guy Ritchie | Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich | |
| UntitledAladdin sequel | TBA | TBA | |||
| Spin-off feature film | |||||
| UntitledPrince Anders spin-off | TBA | Jordan Dunn and Michael Kvamme | TBA | ||
Aladdin is the original film of the franchise. It was produced byWalt Disney Feature Animation, and was released on November 25, 1992, byWalt Disney Pictures. It was produced and directed byRon Clements andJohn Musker, and belongs to an era known as theDisney Renaissance.[1] Based on the Arabic folktale ofAladdin and the Magic Lamp from theOne Thousand and One Nights,[a] the plot followsstreet urchin Aladdin as he attempts to gain the affection of Princess Jasmine after acquiring a magic lamp.
Aladdin was followed by Disney's firstdirect-to-videosequel,The Return of Jafar. It was produced byWalt Disney Television Animation, and was released on May 20, 1994, byWalt Disney Home Video. It was directed by Toby Shelton,Tad Stones, andAlan Zaslove. The plot mainly focused on Jafar seeking revenge on Aladdin. However, this time, with Iago on Aladdin's side, Abis Mal becomes Jafar's new henchman.[5] Now, Aladdin and co. must find a way to thwart Jafar, with his limitless genie power.
Aladdin and the King of Thieves is the second and final direct-to-video sequel toAladdin. It was directed by Tad Stones and was released on August 14, 1996, by Walt Disney Home Video. The story concludes as Aladdin and Jasmine are about to have their wedding and Aladdin discovers that his father is still alive, but is the leader of theForty Thieves.[5]
In 2005, screenwriter Robert Reece, who co-wroteCinderella III: A Twist in Time andThe Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning, pitched a fourthAladdin feature toDisneyToon Studios execs, although it never came to fruition.[6] In 2007, DisneyToon Studios producedDisney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams, acrossover film withSleeping Beauty. The second half of the film,More Than a Peacock Princess, follows Princess Jasmine, sometime after the events ofAladdin and the King of Thieves as she becomes tired and bored of her usual princess duties, and upon requesting more responsibility from her father, is assigned the role of Royal Assistant Educator.
A live-actionAladdin movie was released on May 24, 2019, directed byGuy Ritchie withJohn August as the writer andDan Lin and Jonathan Eirich as the producers and starsMena Massoud asAladdin,Naomi Scott asPrincess Jasmine,Marwan Kenzari asJafar andWill Smith asGenie.[7][8][9][10][11]
On August 12, 2019, producerDan Lin announced his enthusiasm for a sequel and revealed that Disney is in the early stages of developing a follow-up.[12] The studio also hopes to bring backGuy Ritchie to direct and Will Smith to reprise his role as The Genie while also telling a story that's "fresh and new".[13][14][15][16][17] On February 12, 2020, it was announced that Ritchie will be returning as director with Lin and Jonathan Eirich returning as producers. In addition, Ryan Halprin joined the film as executive producer.[18]
On December 6, 2019,The Hollywood Reporter reported that Disney was in the early stages of developing a spin-off ofAladdin forDisney+ centered on Prince Anders, tentatively titledPrince Anders, with Jordan Dunn and Michael Kvamme writing the script andBilly Magnussen reprising his role.[19]
On July 15, 2015, it was reported that a live-action prequel toAladdin (2019) was in development under the titleGenies. The new film will reportedly focus on genies and their realm and reveal how Aladdin's genie ended up in the lamp. The film was being written byDamian Shannon and Mark Swift.Tripp Vinson was to serve as a producer through Vinson Films.[20]
Shortly afterThe Return of Jafar, ananimated series was produced. The episodes focused on Aladdin's adventures after the events of the second film.[21] Produced by Tad Stones and Alan Zaslove, the series aired from February 6, 1994, to November 25, 1995, having originally aired as a preview onThe Disney Channel before airing simultaneously on thesyndicated blockThe Disney Afternoon andCBS. It was later shown in reruns on Disney Channel andToon Disney.
Descendants is a live-actionDisney Channel Original film series based on the lives of the children of various Disney heroes and villains when they attend the same prep school. Jafar appears in the first film as does his son, Jay, who additionally appears itstwosequels.
TheAladdin characters later made acrossover with the 1998 animated series,Hercules,[22] and were featured as guests in the television seriesHouse of Mouse and related works to those series—Jafar was the leader of the villains inMickey's House of Villains.[23]
Agrabah is a fictionalsultanate that serves as the setting for theAladdin franchise.Aladdin was initially intended to be set in theIraqi city ofBaghdad, but after theGulf War happened, the name Agrabah was chosen as an approximateanagram of the name of the city of Baghdad.[24] InAladdin, the Peddler mentions that Agrabah is placed close to theJordan River.[25]
This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in more than two films in the series.
| Crew/detail | Film | ||||
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| Aladdin | The Return of Jafar | Aladdin and the King of Thieves | Aladdin | ||
| Composer(s) | Alan Menken | Mark Watters | Carl Johnson Mark Watters | Alan Menken | |
| Songwriter(s) | Howard Ashman Alan Menken Tim Rice | Randy Petersen Kevin Quinn Dale Gonyea Michael Silversher Patty Silversher | David Friedman Randy Petersen Kevin Quinn | Alan Menken Howard Ashman Tim Rice Benj Pasek Justin Paul | |
| Editor(s) | Mark A. Hester H. Lee Peterson | Robert S. Birchard Elen Orson | Elen Orson | James Herbert | |
| Production companies | Walt Disney Feature Animation | Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment Walt Disney Television Animation Walt Disney Animation Australia Walt Disney Animation Japan Disneytoon Studios | Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment Walt Disney Television Animation Walt Disney Animation Australia Disneytoon Studios | Walt Disney Pictures Rideback | |
| Distributor | Buena Vista Pictures | Walt Disney Home Video | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | ||
| Film | Release date | Box office gross | Budget | Reference | ||
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| United States and Canada | Other territories | Worldwide | ||||
| Aladdin | November 25, 1992 | $217,350,219 | $287,700,000 | $504,050,219 | $28,000,000 | [26] |
| Aladdin | May 24, 2019 | $355,559,216 | $695,134,737 | $1,050,693,953 | $183,000,000 | [27] |
| Total | $572,905,435 | $982,834,737 | $1,554,744,172 | $211,000,000 | ||
| Film | Video release | US video sales | US sales revenue (est.) | |||
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| VHS | DVD | Blu-ray | All formats | |||
| Aladdin | October 1, 1993 | 30,000,000[28] | 2,820,000[29] | 1,807,236[30] | 34,627,236 | $747,891,827[31][32][30] |
| The Return of Jafar | May 20, 1994 | 15,000,000[33] | Unknown | Unknown | 15,000,000+ | $344,850,000[34] |
| Aladdin and the King of Thieves | August 13, 1996 | 10,300,000[35] | Unknown | Unknown | 10,300,000+ | $257,397,000[36] |
| Total | 55,300,000 | 2,820,000+ | 1,807,236+ | 59,927,236+ | $1,350,138,827 | |
| Film | Home media release | Net revenue | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aladdin | August 27, 2019 | $345,000,000 | [37] |
| Film | Year | Critics | Audiences | ||
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| Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | CinemaScore[38] | PostTrak | ||
| Aladdin | 1992 | 94% (74 reviews)[39] | 86 (25 reviews)[40] | A+ | — |
| The Return of Jafar | 1994 | 33% (12 reviews)[41] | — | — | |
| Aladdin and the King of Thieves | 1996 | 33% (12 reviews)[42] | |||
| Aladdin | 2019 | 57% (383 reviews)[43] | 53 (50 reviews)[44] | A | 90%[45] |
Along with the film release, three different video games based onAladdin were released.Disney's Aladdin, aninternational co-production betweenVirgin Games andWalt Disney Feature Animation for theGenesis, was released in late 1993 and laterported toNintendo Entertainment System,PC,Game Boy andGame Boy Color.[46] That same year,Capcom released aSuper NES game, also calledDisney's Aladdin, which was ported to theGame Boy Advance in 2002.[47][48] In 1994,SIMS released another game calledDisney's Aladdin for theGame Gear andMaster System.[49] These video games based on the originalAladdin film earned$200,000,000 (equivalent to $440,000,000 in 2024) in sales revenue.[50]
The television series inspired another game byArgonaut Games, entitledAladdin: Nasira's Revenge and released in 2000 for thePlayStation and PC.[51] Also, in 2004Vivendi Universal releasedDisney's Aladdin Chess Adventures, achess computer game with the Aladdin license.[52]
TheKingdom Hearts series features a playableAladdin world known as Agrabah.[53] InKingdom Hearts andKingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, the plotline is loosely related to the storyline of the original film.[53][54] InKingdom Hearts II, it is a mixture ofAladdin andThe Return of Jafar.[55] Genie is also a recurringsummon in the series.[53]
Aladdin, Jasmine, and the Genie appeared in the 2011 motion-controlled game,Kinect: Disneyland Adventures, as meet-and-greet characters.Aladdin was also referenced throughout theDisney Infinity series via power discs and in-game toys, with Aladdin and Jasmine being added to the series as playable characters in the series' second game,Disney Infinity 2.0.
During a limited time Event focused onAladdin, theworld builder gameDisney Magic Kingdoms included Aladdin, Jasmine, Genie, Abu, Carpet, Jafar and Iago as playable characters, along with some attractions based on the franchise, and costumes of Prince Ali and Purple Dress for Aladdin and Jasmine, respectively.[56] The Sultan and Rajah were also included as playable characters in a later update of the game.[57] In the game the characters are involved in new storylines that serve as a continuation of theAladdin animated film (ignoring other material in the franchise).
Disney's Aladdin was developed for theSega Genesis byVirgin Interactive's studio of Virgin Games USA and published bySega in 1993. This was due to the fact that Sega had both obtained a license for publishing video games based on Disney's motion picture and established a collaboration deal with Disney's animation studios which was a first in the video game industry, so Sega of America tasked the Virgin Games USA development team with the programming duties because of their successful previous efforts withMcDonald'sGlobal Gladiators and7 Up'sCool Spot. The game has been noted for its use oftraditional animation, which was produced byDisney animators under the supervision of Virgin's animation staff, including animation producerAndy Luckey, technical director Paul Schmiedeke and animation director Mike Dietz, using an in-house "Digicel" process to compress the data onto the cartridge. The game also featured arrangements and original compositions composed by Donald S. Griffin.
Disney's Aladdin (アラジン,Arajin) was developed for the Super NES and published byCapcom separately from Virgin's version, since Capcom still held Disney licensing rights for Nintendo consoles at the time of the film's release. Although the game is still a side-scrolling platformer, it is significantly different in both presentation and gameplay. Similarly following the movie's storyline, players control Aladdin as he jumps on enemies, vaults off stumps and performs various acrobatic feats to get through levels. Throughout the level, Aladdin can collect apples to throw at enemies and golden scarabs which unlock bonus stages. Throughout each level there are various diamonds (collecting all within a level also unlocking bonus stages), with players able to unlock an extra challenge if they collect 70 red diamonds. The game was later ported to theGame Boy Advance with extra stages, though all the songs based directly on the original movie were replaced with new music, possibly because of copyright reasons. It was also unofficially ported to the NES in 1995 by Hummer Team.
Disney's Aladdin was developed bySIMS and published bySega, and released in 1994 for theGame Gear worldwide and for theMaster System in Europe. Sega went on to produce this game since they already had the necessaryintellectual property licensing rights in order to publish theVirgin Interactive game on the Genesis. The game is also significantly different in gameplay compared to its Genesis counterpart. There are three main types of level, chase levels in which Aladdin must outrun enemies while dodging obstacles, exploration levels in which Aladdin must carefully navigate traps and solve puzzles, similar toPrince of Persia, and carpet levels in which Aladdin rides his flying carpet. It also, unlike its 16-bit counterparts, fairly closely follow the plot of the movie, even including cut scenes containing entire dialogue scenes from the movie.
Aladdin the Series: Tower of Gold Adventure is a handheld electronic game that was developed and published byTiger Electronics in 1994 in the United States. It is based on thetelevision series of the same name.
Disney's Aladdin Activity Center is part of theDisney's Activity Center series.
Disney's Aladdin Print Studio is part of theDisney's Print Studio series.
Disney's Aladdin in Nasira's Revenge is theAladdin franchisevideo game which was developed for thePlayStation and PC byArgonaut Games and distributed byDisney Interactive in 2001. The game is set after the events ofThe Return of Jafar, during thetelevision series, and beforeAladdin and the King of Thieves. The legendary city of Agrabah is in trouble again: the evil sorceressNasira (Jodi Benson) is out to avenge the death of her brother, the nefarious sorcererJafar (Jonathan Freeman). She begins her vengeful plot by taking over the palace with a spell and kidnapping Princess Jasmine (Linda Larkin) and the Sultan; she then commands the guard's captain Razoul (Jim Cummings) to bring Aladdin (Scott Weinger) to her. The treacherous Nasira believes that if she collects a set of ancient relics that are spread all over Agrabah she might be able to revive Jafar and take over the world, and so she uses her captives to force Aladdin into doing this job for her.
Disney's Aladdin Pinball is video game developed forWindows byDisney Interactive and published by Disney Online. It was released on July 11, 2005.[58] The game consists of three separate pinball tables that can be traversed in a single game. They include The Market Place, The Cave of Wonders, and the Royal Palace.
Disney's Math Quest with Aladdin is a 1997 educational game by Disney Interactive, and part of theAladdin franchise. It was released as a CD-ROM for Windows and Macintosh personal computers.[59]
| Game | Platform | Developer | Year | GameRankings | Metacritic |
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| Disney's Aladdin | Sega Genesis | Virgin Games | 1993 | 88%[60] | — |
| Disney's Aladdin | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Capcom | 1993 | 78%[61] | |
| Disney's Aladdin in Nasira's Revenge | Sony PlayStation | Argonaut Games | 2001 | 65%[62] | 61/100[63] |
| Disney's Aladdin | Game Boy Advance | Capcom | 2004 | 65%[64] | 59/100[65] |
In November 2010Alan Menken confirmed that amusical theatre adaptation of the show is in the works with a book written byChad Beguelin.[66] The show premiered at the5th Avenue Theatre from July 7–31, 2011.[67]Jonathan Freeman, who voiced Jafar in the film, played the role in the stage adaptation.[68] Adam Jacobs and Courtney Reed played Aladdin and Jasmine. Additional actors included Seán G. Griffin as the Sultan; Don Darryl Rivera as Iago; and, playing Omar, Babkak, and Kassim – a trio of characters originally conceived by the film's creators but not used –Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Brian Gonzales, and Brandon O'Neill. The show was also directed and choreographed byCasey Nicholaw.[69] Another production of the musical played at theMuny Theatre inSt. Louis from July 5–13, 2012.[70][71] The musical premiered onBroadway on February 26, 2014 (in previews) and officially opened on March 20, 2014, at theNew Amsterdam Theatre, taking the place ofMary Poppins.[72][73] The musical had a pre-Broadway tryout at theEd Mirvish Theatre inToronto lasting from November 13, 2013, to January 12, 2014.[74]Casey Nicholaw directed and choreographed, withChad Beguelin writing the book and additional lyrics,Bob Crowley as the scene designer, and costume design byGregg Barnes.[74][75]Aladdin the musical was also opened at Tokyo's Dentsu Shiki Theatre Umi in May 2015. It had its European premiere in December 2015 at the Stage Theatre Neue Flora in Hamburg. It opened in Sydney and London's West End in 2016.[76][77]
In addition, a stage adaptation of the movie has been created for younger students, known asDisney's Aladdin Jr. Licensing and performing rights are currently being held by Music Theatre International.[78] MTI licenses both a "Kids" version (which uses doubling to foster more of an ensemble feeling among young children)[79] and a "Dual Language" version (which takes the Junior version and adds an element of half the characters speaking only in Spanish).[80]
A recording of the show will be release onDisney+ in 2025.[81][82]
In 2015Disney Press launched ayoung adult novel series that retells Disney films but with certain elements changed. The first novel in the series isA Whole New World: A Twisted Tale, written byLiz Braswell, adark fantasy which retells the film but with Jafar gaining control of the genie before Aladdin does.[83]
The film also inspired aDisney On Ice presentation,[87] as well as the showDisney's Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular atDisney California Adventure Park.
Aladdin, Jasmine, Genie and the Sultan, and occasionally Jafar all appear asmeetable characters in theDisney Parks and Resorts. They are all usually based inAdventureland.
Major video game players Nintendo and Sega are both pushing hard to cash in on game spin-offs from Disney blockbuster animated featureAladdin. In US, Sega (...) shipped 800,000 units of Virgin-developedAladdin for Genesis/Mega Drive in same week as some 30m sell-through video units hit the street (10.8m selling through in three days).
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