1. Using Exhibit 1 in the case, calculate the present value of the 17 films on the list.
   1. Use a growth rate of 4.5%
   2. Create chart that graphically depicts the highest to lowest grossing films.

PIXAR Since Pixar launched Toy Story in 1995, it has released 17 pulled the film away from its director as it began to search other films, each of which has debuted at the top of the for new ways to rework the story. Pixar had done this box office charts (see Exhibit 1). Its films have received before, and insists that rethinking an animated film is not critical acclaim, with 10 Academy Award nominations and uncommon, especially when you are working with fresh, eight wins for Best Animated Film. This is far more than untested ideas. In the end, although The Good Dinosaur any other studio since the category was added in 2001. worked well as family entertainment, it did not quite meet The only exception to its stellar record was The Good the lofty standards for originality and creativity set by Dinosaur, which was released in late 2015, after Pixar had Pixar's other films. yanked it from release the previous year. The firm had The continued success of its films has put aside doubts about the ability of Pixar to maintain its creativ- ity after being acquired by the Walt Disney Company in * Case prepared by Jamal Shamale, Michigan State University, assistance of Professor Alan B. Eisner, Pace University. Material has been 2006 for the hefty sum of $7.4 billon. The deal was final- drawn from published sources to be used for purposes of class discatsion. ized by the late Steve Jobs, the Apple Computer chief Copyright @ 2017 Jamal Shamsie and Alan B. Eisner. executive, who then served as the head of the computer EXHIBIT 1 All of Pixar's films released to date have ended up among the top animated films of all Pixar Films time based on worldwide box office revenues In millions of U.S. dollars. Revenue Ranks Year SUS millions Toy Story 3 2010 $1065 Finding Nemo 2003 $940 N Monsters University 2013 $745 Up 2009 $735 The Incredibles 2005 $630 Ratoutille 2007 $620 Monsters, Inc 2002 $575 Cars 2 2011 $560 Brave 2012 $555 Wall-E 2009 $535 Toy Story 2 1999 $515 Finding Dory 2016 $485 Cars 2006 $460 Toy Story 1995 $390 A Bug's Life 1998 $365 Inside Out 2015 $356 17 The Good Dinosaur 2015 $123 Source: IMDB, Variety