Pixar
also referred to as: pixar inc.
includes Pixar Image Computer, Pixar Braintrust, Pixar Brain Trust
20 statements across 1 episodes · 7 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Aug 10, 2026 by David Rosenthal · said 155 times in 12 episodes since 2021 · across every show →
Mentions by year, the whole family
brought up most by Ben Gilbert (78), David Rosenthal (75), Mitch Lasky (1), Anu Hariharan (1)
tap a year for its mentions
2026 140 mentions in 2 episodes 70 per episode
2025 5 mentions in 2 episodes 3 per episode
2024 1 mention in 1 episode
2023 6 mentions in 4 episodes 2 per episode
2022 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
2021 1 mention in 1 episode
Everything said about Pixar, oldest first
Aug 10, 2026 positive
Nintendo's intellectual property rivals Pixar, Marvel, and Lucasfilm combined
“Nintendo is like Pixar, Marvel, and Lucasfilm combined. I mean, they have some of the very best IP in the entire world. They've got three franchises that can stand toe to toe with anything at Disney in Mario, Zelda, and Pokemon.”
Aug 10, 2026 bullish
Gilbert: Toy Story franchise generated at least $3.5B in direct revenue for Disney
“Toy Story alone did over four billion at the box office, which means one and a half to two billion to Disney. Thirty billion in retail sales so far. Lifetime of all Toy Story consumer goods. So with Disney's five percent licensing fee on that, that's another t…”
Aug 10, 2026
Gilbert: Beauty and the Beast featured Disney's first 3D animation
“The background of that Was actually three D rendered using Pixar software. And then they composited using caps, a two D hand drawn bell and the beast dancing. And that is the first time they used any three D animation in any Disney films.”
Aug 10, 2026 negative
Steve Jobs demanded 100% of Pixar film profits in renegotiation with Disney
“He proposes a deal to Eisner, and this is where the relationship becomes irreparable. Pixar should actually be getting a hundred percent of the profits, not 50%, and they're now prepared to fund the budget themselves, too. Disney would just get a 10% distribut…”
Aug 10, 2026 bearish
Aug 10, 2026 positive
ESPN's cash flow fully funded Disney's Pixar, Marvel, and Lucasfilm acquisitions
“If you go line up those three acquisitions, which sound ludicrous on their price tags, especially when you didn't know how they were gonna pay off, Pixar at 7.4 billion, let's even include the cash in there, that's about two and a half years of cable's then pr…”
Aug 10, 2026 positive
Iger secretly concluded Pixar's leadership needed to replace Disney Animation
“So during his CEO audition process, Bob Iger had completely lost faith that Disney animation can be fixed from within. And secretly he concludes that the only viable path to restore Disney animation to its proper glory is to replace the entire leadership team.…”
Aug 10, 2026 positive
Aug 10, 2026 neutral
Aug 10, 2026 bullish
Aug 10, 2026 neutral
Top weekly Disney+ movies are consistently Pixar and Disney Animation
“We've heard that the vast majority of the top 15 movies viewed every week on Disney Plus are either Pixar or Disney Animation. Not live action, not Star Wars, not The Avengers. The stuff that kids watch over and over. And those Disney animation movies are all …”
Aug 10, 2026 neutral
Aug 10, 2026 positive
Pixar's IPO made Steve Jobs a billionaire, creating more wealth than Apple
“Pixar closes its first day of trading, At a one and a half billion dollar market cap, this is how big a hit Toy Story was and how much it was in the public consciousness. This is how Steve Jobs becomes a billionaire... He didn't make anywhere near that kind of…”
Aug 10, 2026 neutral
Gilbert: Toy Story rendering required 117 Sun computers running hours per frame
“In those days, each frame would take an hour or two to render, and they could only render like three and a half minutes of footage per week. They were on this Sun Microsystems hardware that was state of the art at the time, and they had a 117 of them clustered…”
Aug 10, 2026 neutral
Aug 10, 2026 neutral
Aug 10, 2026
Gilbert: Jobs Paid $5M to Lucas and Invested $5M for 70% of Pixar in 1986
“He writes in 1986 a five million dollar check to George Lucas to buy the company. Another five million dollar check into a new entity that he just created to fund the company. It's formally named Pixar, and it is owned 70% by Steve Jobs and 30% by employees.”
Aug 10, 2026 neutral
Gilbert: Jobs invested $54M over 9 years and owned 78% of Pixar at IPO
“The numbers on Steve, he bought the company for five million dollars. He actually did dump fifty four million dollars into it. Over nine years. He was, like, wiring money for payroll and stuff like that, and on IPO day, he owned 78% of the company.”
Aug 10, 2026 neutral