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Published · transcript-backedBen Gilbert: observation
10 Aug 2026 Acquired Disney: The Renaissance and the Empire
“Pixar's highest grossing film yet, and Disney learns all the way to the bank that sequels can be real profitable.”
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- Ben Gilbert
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- 10 Aug 2026
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- Acquired
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…Yes. Yes. They make Toy Story 2. Doesn't count. They release it in theaters. It grosses almost $500 million. Pixar's highest grossing film yet, and Disney learns all the way to the bank that sequels can be real profitable. Yes, they do. So meanwhile, the backdrop to all of this is Steve Jobs had come back to Apple. By this point in time, Apple had bought NeXT. Steve is now CEO of Apple, leading the turnaround and the renaissance at Apple. The iPod comes out, iTunes comes out, and one of the big marketing campaigns for the iPod and iTunes is rip, mix, burn.…
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