The Top 13 Disney Live-Action Remakes
By Hope Bidegainberry on July 23, 2019
Disney is in the middle of a never-ending run of making live-action versions of all their animated movies . . . and some are better than others.
There have been 13 live-action movies so far, including “The Lion King”, which is in theaters this weekend. Here’s the complete ranking, along with their critic score from RottenTomatoes.com.
- “The Jungle Book”, 2016, 94% . . . Audience Score: 86%
- “Cinderella”, 2015, 84% . . . Audience Score: 78%
- “Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book”, 1994, 79% . . . Audience Score: 55%
- “Christopher Robin”, 2018, 72% . . . Audience Score: 83%
- “Beauty and the Beast”, 2017, 71% . . . Audience Score: 80%
- “Aladdin”, 2019, 56% . . . Audience Score: 94%, which is the best.
- “The Lion King”, 2019, 56% . . . It’s too soon for an Audience Score.
- “Maleficent”, 2014, 54% . . . Audience Score: 70%
- “Alice in Wonderland”, 2010, 51% . . . Audience Score: 55%
- “Dumbo”, 2019, 46% . . . Audience Score: 51%
- “101 Dalmatians”, 1996, 39% . . . Audience Score: 40%
- “102 Dalmatians”, 2000, 31% . . . Audience Score: 32%
- “Alice Through the Looking Glass”, 2016, 29% . . . Audience Score: 48%
Obviously, this includes some from a couple decades ago . . . but they’re coming hard and fast now.
Another “Maleficent” movie is coming out in October . . . there’s “Lady and the Tramp” in November . . . then next year they’re putting out “Mulan” and “Cruella”, which is a movie about the villain from “101 Dalmatians”.
And there are even more in the pipeline . . . including “Peter Pan”, “Tink”, “The Sword and the Stone”, “Pinocchio”, “Red Rose” from “Snow White”, “Prince Charming” from “Cinderella”, and “The Little Mermaid”.
Plus, “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”, “Lilo & Stitch”, and a “Jungle Book” sequel . . . so no, they’re not messing around.