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The following is a list of highest-grossing musical film by year. Disney tops the list 29 times. All films in Saturday Night Fever, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, Rio and The Little Mermaid are on the list, along with Alvin and the Chipmunks franchises are the most represented franchises each have two films on the list.
Part of the AFI 100 Years… series, AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals is a list of the top musicals in American cinema. The list was unveiled by the American Film Institute at the Hollywood Bowl on September 3, 2006. Unlike most of the previous lists, it only includes 25 winners and was not presented in a televised program.
The following is a list of musical films by year. A musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. 1920s
List of highest-grossing musicals; List of the longest-running Broadway shows; List of the longest-running West End shows; List of musicals: A to L; List of musicals: M to Z; List of musicals by composer: A to L; List of musicals by composer: M to Z; List of musicals filmed live on stage; List of rock musicals; List of stage jukebox musicals
List of highest-grossing musical films; List of highest-grossing musical theatre productions; L. List of Estonian musicals; Long-running musical theatre productions;
The title of the musical is followed by its first public performance, the composer, the lyricist, the book writer, the title of the film adapted from the musical, the year of the film, and the film's director. If a film has an alternate title based on geographical distribution, the title listed will be that of the widest distribution area.
The 1930s through the early 1950s are considered to be the golden age of the musical film, when the genre's popularity was at its highest in the Western world. Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the earliest Disney animated feature film, was a musical which won an honorary Oscar for Walt Disney at the 11th Academy Awards.
The following is a list of the musical theatre franchises with the highest theatre admissions. The list includes worldwide ticket sales as well as Broadway ticket sales since 1984. Shows must have sold more than 1 million tickets. The Broadway League did not begin collecting admissions data until June 1984. [1]