The Studio continues its commitment to IMAX® and other giant screen theaters by providing a steady stream of quality films; and in 2003, Disney will present its first-ever live-action feature created especially for that format.

The January 2002 giant screen release of Beauty and the Beast: Special Edition, took in more than $25 million in a limited engagement. May brought ESPN’s Ultimate X, an original film documenting ESPN’s massively popular Summer X Games.

Treasure Planet arrived in IMAX® and other large format cinemas in November, marking the first time Disney debuted an animated feature in both traditional and giant screen theaters simultaneously. And finally, in December, Disney continued its success with animationon the giant screen with the release of The Lion King.

Next April, director James Cameron will take moviegoers 2 1/2 miles beneath the ocean’s surface to explore the wreckage of the Titanic. Ghosts of the Abyss will offer for the first time an intimate 3-D journey through the actual ship. In fall comes The Young Black Stallion, Disney’s first-ever dramatic film made for the giant screen. The writer and producer of the original film, The Black Stallion, have returned for this production, a prequel to the 1979 classic.