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If a movies' plot, characters and whatever appeal to an audience it will be a success.
Disney was very careful wrt Snow White, Cinderella and several other successes in that he and the writers paid extraordinary attention to story and character interaction. The audiences liked that.

On other hand, Disney paid very little attention to Sleeping Beauty's story (he was engrossed with Disneyland and TV at that time). Character interaction was one of SB's weakest aspects. While Sleeping Beauty made money, it did not earn its cost back on its first release. I don't know how the latest short tale starring SB's Aurora is doing.

The upcoming "frog Princess" will be bucking one major trend: the move to 3D by virtually every studio (traditional "flat" animation translates poorly to 3D).

Are you saying The Princess and the Frog will not be traditionally animated?

While I won't say that Princess films always "save" the company, it's a proven fact that "Cinderella" did put Disney back on the map when it was the last hope for the company.

Princess films are more relatable to the child in all of us I believe. We grown up hearing stories about kingdoms and princesses and it's something we all have in our childhood and when a movie comes out with a similar theme, we're more inclined to go see that one. I know that's probably the case with me, although I'm not a huge fan of all the princess films.

I love the concept of "Snow White", but I'm really not a huge fan of the character in the movie, the shrill voice gets on my nerves. I adore "Sleeping Beauty", "Cinderella", and "The Little Mermaid".

Case in point, aside from "The Lion King", I think Disney draws in more of an audience when they stick to classic fairytales that we all have a basic knowledge of. I'm not so sure that The Princess and the Frog will do all that well, but I have high hopes for Repunzel just because we've all heard of that one.

Disney should do a "classic" fairy tale every other movie and do an indepedent story on the odd years, a nice blend of each I'd say.

I do think that "Enchanted" is/will be another winner for Disney and be called the begining of a rebirth for Disney.