Disney Movie MPAA Rating Analysis

Average Inflation Adjusted Income of Disney Movies by MPAA Rating

Insights - This bar graph shows the average inflation adjusted gross income for Disney Movies at each MPAA rating. Out of the different MPAA ratings, Disney movies with a G (General Audiences) rating have an average income almost three times higher than the other MPAA ratings, followed by PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned) and PG (Parental Guidance Suggested). However, both PG-13 and PG have almost twice as many Disney movies released as Disney movies with a G rating. This suggests a general trend that the lower the MPAA rating of Disney movies, on average, the higher the gross income will be.

Number of Disney Movies Released at Each MPAA Rating Each Year

Insights - This line chart plots the number of Disney movies released each year, with a separate line for movies of each MPAA rating. Many of the earlier movies are not rated, as a result of the MPAA rating system not being as prevalent as well as incomplete data in the data source used. However, around the 1980s, Disney seems to have started releasing more movies, with the counts for many of the MPAA ratings spiking in the 1990s. However, after this, the R-rated movies steadily declined going into the 2000s, and the number of G, PG, and PG-13 rated movies released also leveled out somewhat, with G-rated movie releases being slightly lower in general than the PG and PG-13 rated movies which fluctuated between having the most released each year. These insights seem to indicate the trend that Disney increased their movie production in the 1980s and tested out movies of each MPAA rating, before seeing what worked for them and establishing a ratio of G, PG, and PG-13 movies being released.