Debut of 'Chicken Little' Gives Disney Something to Crow Over
- ️Merissa Marr Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
- ️Mon Nov 07 2005
Updated Nov. 7, 2005 12:01 a.m. ET
Delivering the first test of its animation revamp, Walt Disney Co.'s "Chicken Little" sold an estimated $40.1 million of tickets in theaters across North America in its opening weekend, an encouraging debut as Disney gets down to serious negotiations with Pixar Animation Studios.
Still, Disney has decided to slow down production of some of its animated titles, according to people familiar with the situation. "American Dog" has been pushed back to early summer 2008 to give it more space after "Meet...