Editing Aladdin (1992 Disney film)

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{{Infobox film
| name        = Aladdin
| image       = Aladdin (1992 Disney film) poster.jpg
| alt         = A hand holds an oil lamp and another rubs it, and glowing dust starts coming off the lamp's nozzle. The text "Walt Disney Pictures presents: Aladdin" is atop the image, with the tagline "Imagine if you had three wishes, three hopes, three dreams and they all could come true." scrawling underneath it.
| caption     = Theatrical release poster by [[John Alvin]]
| director    = {{Plainlist|
* [[John Musker]]
* [[Ron Clements]]
}} 
| producer    = {{Plainlist|
* John Musker
* Ron Clements
}} 
| screenplay  = {{Plainlist|
* Ron Clements
* John Musker
* [[Ted Elliott (screenwriter)|Ted Elliott]]
* [[Terry Rossio]]
}} 
| story       = {{unbulleted list|[[Burny Mattinson]]|[[Roger Allers]]|[[Daan Jippes]]|Kevin Harkey|[[Sue Nichols]]|[[Francis Glebas]]|[[Darrell Rooney]]|Larry Leker|James Fujii|Kirk Hanson|[[Kevin Lima]]|Rebecca Rees|David S. Smith|[[Chris Sanders]]|[[Brian Pimental]]|Patrick A. Ventura}}
| based_on    = {{based on|"[[Aladdin|Aladdin and the Magic Lamp]]" from ''[[One Thousand and One Nights]]''{{efn|name=Origins|"[[Aladdin and the Magic Lamp]]" was authored by [[Hanna Diyab]];<ref name=":2">{{cite web|first=Arafat A. |last=Razzaque |url=https://ajammc.com/2017/09/14/who-wrote-aladdin/ |title=Who "wrote" Aladdin? The Forgotten Syrian Storyteller |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525110047/https://ajammc.com/2017/09/14/who-wrote-aladdin/ |archive-date=May 25, 2019 |url-status=live |work=Ajam Media Collective |date=September 14, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Horta">{{cite book |last1=Horta |first1=Paulo Lemos |title=Aladdin: A New Translation |year=2018 |publisher=[[Liveright Publishing]] |isbn=9781631495175 |pages=8–10 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=im1SDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT8 |access-date=May 23, 2019 |archive-date=September 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925092601/https://books.google.com/books?id=im1SDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT8 |url-status=live }}</ref> it was added to the ''One Thousand and One Nights'' by [[Antoine Galland]], appearing in his French translation ''[[Les mille et une nuits]]''.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Volume 16, Tome I: Kierkegaard's Literary Figures and Motifs: Agamemnon to Guadalquivir|last1=Nun|first1=Katalin|last2=Stewart|first2=Dr Jon|year=2014|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.|page=31}}</ref>}}
}}
| starring    = {{plainlist|
* [[Scott Weinger]]
* [[Robin Williams]]
* [[Linda Larkin]]
* [[Jonathan Freeman (actor)|Jonathan Freeman]]
* [[Frank Welker]]
* [[Gilbert Gottfried]]
* [[Douglas Seale]]
}}
| music       = [[Alan Menken]]<!-- Do not add Howard Ashman or Tim Rice, the credit asks for music, not lyrics -->
| editing     = [[H. Lee Peterson]]
| production_companies = [[Walt Disney Feature Animation]]{{efn|The 2019 reissue was produced under its current name, [[Walt Disney Animation Studios]].}}
| distributor = [[Buena Vista Pictures Distribution]]{{efn|name=Disney|Distributed by [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures|Buena Vista Pictures Distribution]] through the [[Walt Disney Pictures]] banner. The 2019 reissue was distributed under its current name, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.}}
| released    = {{Film date|1992|11|11|ref1=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://the-numbers.com/movie/Aladdin-(1992)#tab=summary |title=Aladdin (1992) |website=The Numbers |access-date=April 21, 2022 |archive-date=October 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001174009/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Aladdin-(1992)#tab=summary |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
| runtime     = 90 minutes<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aladdin |url=https://movies.disney.com/aladdin |access-date=2025-05-02 |website=Disney}}</ref>
| country     = United States
| language    = English
| budget      = $28&nbsp;million<ref name="boxoffice">{{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=aladdin.htm |title=Aladdin (1992) |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=March 17, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215092824/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=aladdin.htm |archive-date= February 15, 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| gross       = $504.1&nbsp;million<ref name="boxoffice"/>
}}
'''''Aladdin''''' is a 1992 American animated [[Musical film|musical]] [[fantasy film]] produced by [[Walt Disney Feature Animation]] and released by [[Buena Vista Pictures Distribution]] under [[Walt Disney Pictures]]. The film was produced and directed by [[John Musker]] and [[Ron Clements]]. Based on the Arabic folktale "[[Aladdin]]" from ''[[One Thousand and One Nights]]'', the [[screenplay]] was co-written by Musker and Clements alongside [[Ted Elliott (screenwriter)|Ted Elliott]] and [[Terry Rossio]]. The voice cast includes [[Scott Weinger]], [[Robin Williams]], [[Linda Larkin]], [[Jonathan Freeman (actor)|Jonathan Freeman]], [[Frank Welker]], [[Gilbert Gottfried]], and [[Douglas Seale]], with [[Lea Salonga]] performing Jasmine's singing voice. The story follows the titular character, [[Aladdin (Disney character)|Aladdin]], an Arabian [[street urchin]] who discovers a magic lamp containing a [[Genie (Disney)|genie]], with whose help he disguises himself as a wealthy prince and tries to impress the Sultan of Agrabah to win the heart of his free-spirited daughter, Princess [[Jasmine (Aladdin)|Jasmine]], as the Sultan's evil [[vizier]], [[Jafar (Aladdin)|Jafar]], plots to steal the magic lamp.

Lyricist [[Howard Ashman]] pitched the idea to Disney Studios president, [[Jeffrey Katzenberg]], and the screenplay went through three drafts before Katzenberg would agree to its production. The animators based their designs on the work of caricaturist [[Al Hirschfeld]], and computers were used for both [[Traditional animation#Digital ink and paint|finishing the artwork]] and creating some animated elements. Composed by [[Alan Menken]], the musical score features six songs with lyrics written by both Ashman and [[Tim Rice]] (who took over following Ashman's death).

''Aladdin'' was released on November 11, 1992. It received positive reviews from critics—particularly for Williams' performance as the genie—and was a commercial success, becoming the [[1992 in film#Highest-grossing films|highest-grossing film of 1992]], with an earning of over $504&nbsp;million in worldwide box-office revenue. On release, it became the first animated feature to reach the half-billion-dollar mark, and was the [[List of highest-grossing films|fifth highest-grossing film]] at the time of its release and the [[List of highest-grossing animated films#Timeline of highest-grossing animated films|highest-grossing animated film of all time]] until it was surpassed by ''[[The Lion King]]'' (1994).

''Aladdin'' garnered two [[Academy Awards]], as well as other accolades for its [[soundtrack]], which had the first number from a Disney feature to earn a [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year]], for the film's "[[A Whole New World]]", sung by [[Peabo Bryson]] and [[Regina Belle]]. The film's home [[VHS]] release set a sales record, grossing approximately $500{{nbsp}}million in the United States. {{nowrap|''Aladdin''{{'}}s}} success led to various derived works and other material inspired by the film, including two [[direct-to-video]] sequels, ''[[The Return of Jafar]]'' and ''[[Aladdin and the King of Thieves]]'', an [[Aladdin (animated TV series)|animated television series]], and a [[Aladdin (2011 musical)|Broadway adaptation]]. A [[Aladdin (2019 film)|live-action film adaptation]] directed by [[Guy Ritchie]] was released on May 24, 2019.

== Plot ==
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[[Jafar (Aladdin)|Jafar]], a sorcerer and the royal [[vizier]] of the [[Middle East]]ern city of [[Agrabah]], seeks a magic lamp hidden within the Cave of Wonders that only "the diamond in the rough" can retrieve. Meanwhile, [[Jasmine (Aladdin)|Princess Jasmine]] is unsatisfied with her sheltered life in the palace, so she escapes and encounters a young [[Street children|street urchin]] named [[Aladdin (Disney character)|Aladdin]], and his pet monkey, Abu. As a bond between Aladdin and Jasmine develops, Jafar has the palace guards capture and imprison Aladdin, who learns Jasmine's identity. Jasmine demands that Jafar release Aladdin, but he instead says that Aladdin has already been beheaded.

Jafar, disguised as an elderly beggar, frees Aladdin and Abu and orders them to retrieve the lamp from the cave. The cave's guardian grants Aladdin entry, but warns him to touch only the lamp. Aladdin finds both the lamp and a flying [[magic carpet]] inside, but Abu grabs a large jewel and triggers a cave-in. They flee to the entrance and give the lamp to Jafar, who throws the pair into the cave. While trapped underground, Abu reveals to Aladdin that he stole the lamp back. Aladdin rubs the lamp, from which the [[Genie (Disney)|Genie]] emerges. The Genie grants Aladdin three wishes, although Aladdin tricks him into freeing them from the cave without using a wish. Upon learning the Genie's desire to be released from servitude, Aladdin promises to use his last wish to free him. To woo Jasmine, Aladdin uses his first wish to become a prince.

At the suggestion of his parrot sidekick, [[Iago (Aladdin)|Iago]], Jafar plans to marry Jasmine and then kill both her and her father, the Sultan. Meanwhile, Aladdin arrives in Agrabah as Prince Ali, but Jasmine is uninterested in his advances. That night, Aladdin takes Jasmine on a romantic ride on the carpet. After she deduces that Aladdin is the boy she had met earlier, he lies that he sometimes dresses as a commoner to escape palace life. Aladdin brings Jasmine home, but Jafar has the guards capture him and throw him into the sea, where the Genie uses Aladdin's second wish to rescue him. Returning to the palace, Aladdin reveals Jafar's plot to Jasmine and the Sultan, but Jafar realizes Aladdin's identity and escapes from the guards.

With everything seemingly resolved, the Genie requests his freedom; Aladdin declines, worried that he needs the Genie's facade to stay with Jasmine. The frustrated Genie retreats into his lamp, which is later stolen by Iago and brought to Jafar. Now the Genie's master, Jafar uses his first two wishes to become sultan, then a powerful sorcerer, and sends Aladdin to a frozen wasteland. Using the magic carpet, Aladdin escapes and returns to Agrabah, where he fights Jafar for the lamp. Aladdin taunts Jafar for being less powerful than the Genie, tricking him into using his last wish to become a genie himself. This causes Jafar to become trapped in his new lamp, taking Iago with him. The Genie throws Jafar's lamp into the Cave of Wonders.

The Genie encourages Aladdin to use his third wish to regain his royal title and legally marry Jasmine. Aladdin instead decides to keep his promise, wishing the Genie free. The Sultan allows Jasmine to marry whomever she chooses, and she gladly chooses Aladdin. The Genie bids the group a fond farewell and leaves to explore the world, while Aladdin and Jasmine start their new life together.

== Voice cast ==
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*[[Scott Weinger]] as [[Aladdin (Disney character)|Aladdin]], a poor yet kind-hearted Agrabah thief. For his audition, Weinger sent a homemade audition tape as Aladdin, with his mother playing the Genie,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.scottweinger.net/article13.html |title=As Genie, mom helped grant son's wish for 'Aladdin' role |author=Abbott, Jim |date=January 5, 1993 |work=[[St. Paul Pioneer Press]] |access-date=May 26, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602043724/http://www.scottweinger.net/article13.html |archive-date=June 2, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and after several callbacks, found out six months later that he had been cast as the title character.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.scottweinger.net/article15.html |title=Aladdin's Voice Speaks |author=Caporaso, Jenna |author2=Trucks, Leigh |author3=Pompa, Andrew |date=February 27, 1994 |work=[[The Charlotte Observer]] |access-date=May 26, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416063832/http://www.scottweinger.net/article15.html |archive-date=April 16, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Aladdin's supervising animator was [[Glen Keane]].
**[[Brad Kane]] provides Aladdin's singing voice.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e1RTP8thtR0C&pg=PA112|title=Disney Voice Actors: A Biographical Dictionary|first=Thomas S.|last=Hischak|publisher=McFarland|year=2011|isbn=978-0-7864-6271-1|page=112|access-date=September 21, 2016|archive-date=July 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729131227/https://books.google.com/books?id=e1RTP8thtR0C&pg=PA112|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Robin Williams]] as [[Genie (Disney)|the Genie]], a hyperactive [[jinn]]i with great power that can be exercised only when his master wishes it. He serves as the film's [[comic relief]]. Clements and Musker had written the role of the Genie for Robin Williams, but when met with resistance, created a reel of a Williams's [[Stand-up comedy|stand-up]] animation of the Genie. The directors asked [[Eric Goldberg (animator)|Eric Goldberg]], the Genie's supervising animator, to animate the character over one of Williams's old stand-up comedy routines to pitch the idea to the actor. The resulting test, in which Williams's stand-up about schizophrenia was translated to the Genie growing another head to argue with himself, made Williams "laugh his ass off", and convinced him to sign for the role. Williams's appearance in ''Aladdin'' marked the beginning of a transition in animation to use celebrity voice actors rather than specifically trained voice actors.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/10/how-celebrities-took-over-cartoon-voice-acting/247481|title=How Celebrities Took Over Cartoon Voice Acting|author=Meslow, Scott|work=The Atlantic|date=October 28, 2011|access-date=May 3, 2015|archive-date=May 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150506124752/http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/10/how-celebrities-took-over-cartoon-voice-acting/247481/|url-status=live}}</ref>
**Williams also voices a peddler who appears at the beginning of the film, whom the directors intended to be the same Genie in disguise narrating the story.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 17, 2015 |last=Buchanan |first=Rose T. |title=Peddler at beginning of Aladdin is the Genie, directors finally confirm |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/peddler-at-beginning-of-aladdin-is-the-genie-directors-finally-confirm-a6697826.html |access-date=January 1, 2023 |website=The Independent |language=en |url-status=live |archive-date=February 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240228122016/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/peddler-at-beginning-of-aladdin-is-the-genie-directors-finally-confirm-a6697826.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=October 17, 2015 |first=Nick |last=Romano |title='Aladdin': Genie, peddler theory confirmed by directors |url=https://ew.com/article/2015/10/17/aladdin-fan-theory-genie/ |access-date=January 1, 2023 |website=EW.com |language=en |url-status=live |archive-date=November 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241129195329/https://ew.com/article/2015/10/17/aladdin-fan-theory-genie/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=October 18, 2015 |title=Fan Theory About Aladdin's Genie Confirmed True by the Movie's Directors |first=Jaime |last=Lutz |url=https://www.glamour.com/story/aladdins-genie-theory-true |access-date=January 1, 2023 |website=Glamour |language=en-US |url-status=live |archive-date=January 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101054901/https://www.glamour.com/story/aladdins-genie-theory-true}}</ref> The peddler's singing voice was provided by [[Bruce Adler]].
*[[Linda Larkin]] as [[Jasmine (Aladdin)|Jasmine]], the beautiful princess of Agrabah and daughter of the Sultan, who is bored with life in the royal palace. Larkin was chosen for the role of Jasmine nine months after her audition, and had to adjust and lower her high-pitched voice to reach the voice that the filmmakers were looking for in the character.<ref name=popup/> Jasmine's supervising animator was [[Mark Henn]].
**[[Lea Salonga]] provides Jasmine's singing voice.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://d23.com/lea-salonga/|title=Disney Legends: Lea Salonga|publisher=Disney.com|access-date=December 26, 2011|archive-date=February 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223025852/https://d23.com/lea-salonga/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Jonathan Freeman (actor)|Jonathan Freeman]] as [[Jafar (Aladdin)|Jafar]], the power-hungry [[Grand vizier]] of Agrabah. Freeman was the first actor cast, and spent 21 months recording his dialogue. He eventually readjusted his voice after Weinger and Larkin were cast, as he felt that "Jafar had to be seen as a real threat to Aladdin and Jasmine",<ref>{{cite web |last=Hill |first=Jim |url=http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2011/06/13/jonathan-freeman-returns-as-jafar-in-new-stage-musical-version-of-disney-s-quot-aladdin-quot.aspx |title=Jonathan Freeman returns as Jafar in new stage musical version of Disney's "Aladdin"|website=Jim Hill Media|date=June 13, 2011|access-date=December 26, 2011|archive-date=August 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820184415/http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2011/06/13/jonathan-freeman-returns-as-jafar-in-new-stage-musical-version-of-disney-s-quot-aladdin-quot.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> as he was originally envisioned as an irritable character, but the directors decided that a calm villain would be scarier.<ref name=popup/> Jafar's supervising animator was [[Andreas Deja]], while Jafar's beggar and snake forms were animated by Kathy Zielinski.<ref name=comm1/>
*[[Frank Welker]] as [[List of Disney's Aladdin characters#Abu|Abu]], Aladdin's [[kleptomaniac]] pet monkey with a [[falsetto]] voice. Welker also voices Jasmine's tiger, Rajah, and the Cave of Wonders.<ref name=comm1/> Duncan Marjoribanks was the supervising animator for Abu, [[Aaron Blaise]] was the supervising animator for Rajah, and Goldberg was the supervising animator for the Cave of Wonders.
*[[Gilbert Gottfried]] as [[Iago (Aladdin)|Iago]], Jafar's sardonic, hot-tempered parrot sidekick. [[Will Finn]] was the supervising animator for Iago.
*[[Douglas Seale]] as [[List of Disney's Aladdin characters#The Sultan|the Sultan]], the naïve yet friendly ruler of Agrabah, who desperately tries to find a suitor for his daughter, Jasmine. The Sultan's supervising animator was [[David Pruiksma]].
*[[Jim Cummings]] as [[List of Disney's Aladdin characters#Razoul|Razoul]], the Captain of the Guards. Phil Young and Chris Wahl animated him and the other guards.
*[[Charlie Adler]] as [[List of Disney's Aladdin characters#Gazeem|Gazeem]], a thief who Jafar sends into the Cave of Wonders at the beginning of the film, but is trapped inside for being unworthy. Gazeem was animated by T. Daniel Hofstedt.
*[[Corey Burton]] as [[List of Disney's Aladdin characters#Prince Achmed|Prince Achmed]], an arrogant prince who Jasmine rejects as a suitor.

== Production ==
=== Script and development ===
In 1988, lyricist [[Howard Ashman]] had [[Pitch (filmmaking)|pitched]] the idea of an animated musical adaptation of ''[[Aladdin]]''. Ashman had written a 40-page [[film treatment]], remaining faithful to the plot and characters of the original story but envisioned as a campy 1930s-style musical with a popular 1930s-style Genie.<ref name="Rhodes">{{cite news |title=What Would Walt Say? |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-11-08-ca-4-story.html |last=Rhodes |first=Joe |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=November 8, 1992 |access-date=July 11, 2015 |archive-date=July 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712195754/http://articles.latimes.com/1992-11-08/entertainment/ca-4_1_walt-disney-studios |url-status=live }}</ref> With partner, [[Alan Menken]], Ashman composed several songs and added original characters to the story, such as Aladdin's friends, Babkak, Omar and Kassim.<ref name="Mouse Under Glass">{{cite book |last=Koenig |first=David |url=https://archive.org/details/mouseunderglasss0000koen |title=Mouse Under Glass: Secrets of Disney Animation & Theme Parks |chapter=Aladdin |location=[[Irvine, California]] |publisher=Bonadventure Press |pages=216–226 |isbn=978-0-964-06051-7 |year=1997 |url-access=registration}}</ref>{{rp|216}}<ref name="time">{{cite magazine|url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,158290,00.html|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|title=Aladdin's Magic |author=Corliss, Richard |author2=Cole, Patrick E. |author3=Smilgis, Martha |author-link=Richard Corliss |date=November 9, 1992 |access-date=March 16, 2007 |quote=Chuck Jones' verdict is judicious: ''Aladdin'' is "the funniest feature ever made." It's a movie for adults – if they can keep up with its careering pace – and, yes, you can take the kids. It juggles a '90s impudence with the old Disney swank and heart. |archive-date=October 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025203702/http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,158290,00.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

However, [[Michael Eisner]] did not think that a story set in the Middle East would be commercially appealing,<ref>{{cite book|last=Stewart|first=James B.|title=DisneyWar|year=2005|url=https://www.archive.org/details/disneywar00jame_0/|publisher=Simon & Schuster|location=New York|page=[https://archive.org/details/disneywar00jame_0/page/106/mode/1up 106]|isbn=0-684-80993-1|author-link=James B. Stewart|url-access=registration}}</ref> and their project was removed from active development. Ashman and Menken were soon recruited to compose songs for ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1992/11/25/ashmans-words-were-music-to-his-ears/ |title=Ashman's words were music to his ears |last=Hunter |first=Stephen |newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |date=November 25, 1992 |access-date=July 11, 2015 |archive-date=August 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801234847/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1992-11-25/features/1992330079_1_alan-menken-ashman-howard | url-status=live}}</ref> [[Linda Woolverton]], who had also worked on ''Beauty and the Beast'', used their treatment and developed a draft with inspired elements from ''[[The Thief of Bagdad (1940 film)|The Thief of Bagdad]]'', such as a villain named Jaf'far, an aged sidekick retired human thief named Abu, and a human handmaiden for the princess.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://howardashman.com/blog/john-musker-question-countdown-number-9/ |title=John Musker Question Countdown – Number 9 |date=February 21, 2012 |access-date=July 11, 2015 |archive-date=April 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406212441/http://howardashman.com/blog/john-musker-question-countdown-number-9/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://animatedviews.com/2005/aladdin-crew-reunion/|first=Christian|last=Ziebarth|title=Aladdin: Crew Reunion|website=Animated Views|date=April 23, 2005|access-date=May 31, 2009|archive-date=November 19, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101119185940/http://animatedviews.com/2005/aladdin-crew-reunion/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Directors [[Ron Clements]] and [[John Musker]] joined the production, picking ''Aladdin'' from three projects offered; the other two were an adaptation of ''[[Swan Lake]]'' and ''King of the Jungle'', which eventually became ''[[The Lion King]]''.<ref>{{cite podcast|url=http://animationpodcast.com/ronandjohn-part-three/|title=Show 009 – Ron and John, Part Three|website=The Animation Podcast|date=November 1, 2005|access-date=May 31, 2009|archive-date=March 9, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100309041355/http://animationpodcast.com/ronandjohn-part-three/|url-status=live}}</ref> Before Ashman's death in March 1991, he and Menken composed "Arabian Nights", "Friend Like Me", "[[Prince Ali (song)|Prince Ali]]" and Ashman's last song, "Humiliate the Boy".<ref>{{cite news |title=Lyricist's life ended on poignant note |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1991/11/22/lyricists-life-ended-on-poignant-note/ |work=Los Angeles Daily News |publisher=The Baltimore Sun |date=November 22, 1991 |access-date=July 11, 2015 |archive-date=November 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107233721/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1991-11-22/entertainment/1991326070_1_alan-menken-ashman-song-we-wrote | url-status=live}}</ref>

Musker and Clements wrote a draft of the screenplay, and delivered a [[Storyboard#Animatics|story reel]] to studio chief [[Jeffrey Katzenberg]] in April 1991.<ref name="time" /> Katzenberg thought that the script "didn't engage", and on a day known by the staff as "Black Friday", he demanded that the entire story be rewritten without rescheduling the film's November 25, 1992, release date.<ref>{{cite AV media |people=John Musker, Ron Clements, Eric Goldberg, Amy Pell, Ed Gombert, Terry Rossio, Ted Elliot |title=Reflections On Black Friday |at=Disc 2 |type=DVD |publisher=Walt Disney Home Entertainment |year=2004}}</ref> Katzenberg requested for Clements and Musker to not be heavily dependent on Ashman's vision,<ref name="Mouse Under Glass" />{{rp|217}} and the removal of Aladdin's mother, remarking: "[[86 (term)|Eighty-six]] the mother. The mom's a zero."<ref>{{cite news |title=Retread country |last=Steyn |first=Mark |newspaper=[[The Spectator]] |url=http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/18th-october-1997/76/cinema |date=October 17, 1997 |access-date=July 11, 2015 |archive-date=April 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409171334/http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/18th-october-1997/76/cinema |url-status=live}}</ref>

Katzenberg also influenced changing the plot element about Jasmine's marriage, which originally had her to be married by age sixteen as required by law, to remove the age—the Sultan says only, "your next birthday"—and make it more specific that her suitor needed to be a prince, which would also set up the ending in which the Sultan, inspired by Aladdin's altruism, changes the law to make it legal for Jasmine to able to marry anyone she deems worthy.<ref name="making" />

Screenwriting duo [[Ted Elliott (screenwriter)|Ted Elliott]] and [[Terry Rossio]] were brought in to rework the story,<ref name="time" /> and the changes they made included the removal of Aladdin's mother, the strengthening of the character of Princess Jasmine, and the deletion of several of Ashman and Menken's songs.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/1992/12/04/unsung-aladdin-songs |title=Unsung ''Aladdin'' songs |last=Daly |first=Steve |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=December 4, 1992 |access-date=July 11, 2015 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924010322/http://www.ew.com/article/1992/12/04/unsung-aladdin-songs |url-status=live }}</ref> Aladdin's personality was rewritten to be "a little rougher, like a young [[Harrison Ford]]";<ref name="time" /><ref name="ultimate">{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdizzy.com/aladdin.html|title=Aladdin DVD review|website=DVDizzy.com|access-date=March 20, 2007|archive-date=June 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629191947/http://www.dvdizzy.com/aladdin.html|url-status=live}}</ref> the parrot, Iago, originally conceived as an uptight British archetype, was reworked to a comic role after the filmmakers saw [[Gilbert Gottfried]] in ''[[Beverly Hills Cop II]]'', who was cast for the role.<ref>{{cite AV media |people=John Musker, Ron Clements |title=Aladdin: Platinum Edition |at=Disc 2 |type=DVD |publisher=Walt Disney Home Entertainment |year=2004}}</ref> By October 1991, Katzenberg was satisfied with the new version of ''Aladdin''.<ref name="Rhodes" /> As with Woolverton's screenplay, several characters and plot elements were based on ''The Thief of Bagdad'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fosteronfilm.com/fantasy/thiefbagdad.htm|title=Fantasy: The Thief of Bagdad|publisher=Foster On Film|access-date=May 31, 2009|archive-date=March 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302070727/http://fosteronfilm.com/fantasy/thiefbagdad.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Visions of the East|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q2_E_gl9BbYC|author=Bernstein, Matthew|author2=Studlar, Gaylyn|publisher=I.B.Tauris|year=1997|isbn=978-1-86064-305-7|access-date=September 21, 2016|archive-date=January 11, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111212045/http://books.google.com/books?id=q2_E_gl9BbYC|url-status=live}}</ref> although the location of the film was changed from [[Baghdad]] to the fictional Arabian city of Agrabah due to the [[Gulf War]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Johnson|first=Zach|title=Disney Myths Debunked by Ron Clements and John Musker, Directors of The Little Mermaid, Aladdin and Hercules|url=http://www.eonline.com/uk/news/706239/disney-myths-debunked-by-ron-clements-and-john-musker-directors-of-the-little-mermaid-aladdin-and-hercules|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=October 15, 2015|access-date=December 19, 2015|archive-date=February 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216221731/http://www.eonline.com/uk/news/706239/disney-myths-debunked-by-ron-clements-and-john-musker-directors-of-the-little-mermaid-aladdin-and-hercules|url-status=live}}</ref> Because the war prevented them from travelling to Baghdad for research, most of their research took place at the Saudi Arabian expo at the Los Angeles Convention Center.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-05-18/the-director-who-shook-up-disney-and-hollywood-animation-with-a-mermaid-a-genie-from-a-lamp-and-a-polynesian-princess.html |title=The director who shook up Disney and Hollywood animation with a mermaid, a genie from a lamp and a Polynesian princess |last=Jiménez |first=Eneko R. |date=May 18, 2024 |work=[[El País]] |url-status=live |archive-date=December 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241201235931/https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-05-18/the-director-who-shook-up-disney-and-hollywood-animation-with-a-mermaid-a-genie-from-a-lamp-and-a-polynesian-princess.html}}</ref>

According to a 1994 article in ''[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]]'', Katzenberg asked [[Thomas Schumacher]], an openly [[gay]] producer, if any of the gay references in the film offended him, such as a scene in which the Genie becomes an "[[effeminacy|effeminate]] [[Cloth merchant|clothier]]", and another in which he tells Aladdin: "I really like you too, kid, but that doesn't mean I want to pick out curtains with you." Schumacher responded that such references were in "good fun", remarking: "I know we all argue amongst ourselves, but why try to deny the fact that swishy [[fashion designers]] exist? They do! What are we running from? Show me ten hairdressers; I'll show you eight gay men."<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Tom |last=Provenzano |title=The Lion in Summer |magazine=[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]] |page=71 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L2MEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA71 |date=1994-06-28 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>

=== Design and animation ===
[[File:Aladdin Disney lg.gif|thumb|alt=A style guide, depicting above the characters, and below the geometrical shapes they follow. Notes on design, such as "High hip" for Jasmine and "Broad shoulders" for Jafar are scattered through the page. Atop the page is written "0514 – Aladdin Style"|[[Style guide]] depicting the main characters. The animators designed each character based on a different geometrical shape.<ref>{{cite video |people=John Musker, Ron Clements |title=Art Review |location=Aladdin: Platinum Edition |at=Disc 2 |medium=DVD |publisher=Walt Disney Home Entertainment |year=2004}}</ref>]]

The design for most characters is based on the work of caricaturist [[Al Hirschfeld]],<ref name="diamond"/> which production designer, [[Richard Vander Wende]], also considered appropriate to the theme, due to similarities to the flowing and swooping lines found in [[Arabic calligraphy]].<ref name="making">{{cite book|title=Disney's Aladdin The Making of an Animated Film|last=Culhane|first=John|date=August 15, 1993|publisher=Disney Editions|isbn=978-1-56282-757-1}}</ref> Jafar's design was not based on Hirschfeld's work, because Jafar's supervising animator, [[Andreas Deja]], wanted the character to be contrasting.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://tech.mit.edu/V112/N64/aladdin.64a.html|title=Aladdin animator used subtlety to design strong villain|date=November 20, 1992|newspaper=[[The Tech (newspaper)|The Tech]]|access-date=May 28, 2009|archive-date=October 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005013140/http://tech.mit.edu/V112/N64/aladdin.64a.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Each character was animated alone, with the animators consulting with each other to make scenes with interrelating characters.

Because Aladdin's animator, [[Glen Keane]], was working in the California branch of [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Feature Animation]], and Jasmine's animator, [[Mark Henn]], was in Florida at [[Disney's Hollywood Studios|Disney-MGM Studios]], they had to frequently phone, fax or send designs and discs to each other.<ref name="making" /> The animators filmed monkeys at the [[San Francisco Zoo]] to study their movements for Abu's character.<ref name="popup" /> Iago's supervising animator, [[Will Finn]], tried to incorporate some aspects of Gottfried's appearance into the parrot's design, especially his semi-closed eyes and the always-appearing teeth.<ref name="popup" /> Some aspects of the Sultan were inspired by the [[Wizard of Oz (character)|Wizard of Oz]], to create a bumbling authority figure.<ref name="popup" />

Andreas Deja, Jafar's supervising animator, tried to incorporate Jonathan Freeman's facial expressions and gesturing into the character.<ref name="diamond" /> Animator [[Randy Cartwright]] described working on the Magic Carpet as challenging, since it is only a rectangular shape that expresses itself through [[pantomime]]—"It's sort of like acting by [[origami]]".<ref name="making" /> Cartwright kept folding a piece of cloth while animating to see how to position the Carpet.<ref name="making" /> After the [[character animation]] was done, the carpet's surface design was applied digitally.<ref name="diamond" />

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Designed by a team led by supervising animator, [[Glen Keane]], Aladdin was initially going to be as young as thirteen, and was originally made to resemble actor [[Michael J. Fox]]. During production, it was decided that the design was too boyish and lacked appeal, so the character was made "seventeen to eighteen", and redesigned to add elements derived from actor [[Tom Cruise]] and [[Calvin Klein]] models.<ref name="thomas"/><ref name="ew"/>

For the scenery design, various architectural elements seen in 19th-century orientalist paintings and photographs of the [[Arab world]] were used for guidance.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Emperor's Old Groove: Decolonizing Disney's Magic Kingdom|last=Ayres|first=Brenda|year=2003|publisher=P. Lang|isbn=9780820463636|page=181|language=en}}</ref> Other inspirations for design were [[List of Disney theatrical animated feature films|Disney's animated films]] from the [[Golden age of American animation|1940s and '50s]] and the 1940 film ''The Thief of Bagdad''.<ref name=making/> The coloring was done with the computerized [[Computer Animation Production System|CAPS]] process, and the color motifs were chosen according to the personality—the protagonists use light colors, such as blue, the antagonists darker ones, such as red and black, and Agrabah and its palace use the neutral color, yellow.<ref name=popup/><ref name=diamond/> [[Computer animation]] was used for several elements of the film, such as the tiger entrance of the Cave of Wonders and the scene in which Aladdin tries to escape the collapsing cave.<ref name="diamond">{{cite video|location=''Aladdin'' Platinum Edition |at=Disc 2|title=Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin|medium=DVD|publisher=Walt Disney Home Entertainment|year=2004}}</ref> Some of the software that was used was [[Pixar]]'s [[Pixar RenderMan|RenderMan]].

Musker and Clements created the Genie with Robin Williams in mind; although Katzenberg suggested actors such as [[John Candy]], [[Steve Martin]] and [[Eddie Murphy]], Williams was approached and eventually accepted the role. Williams came for voice recording sessions during breaks while filming two films he was making at the time, ''[[Hook (film)|Hook]]'' and ''[[Toys (film)|Toys]]''. Unusual for an animated film, much of Williams's dialogue was [[Ad libitum|ad-libbed]]. For some scenes, Williams was given topics and dialogue suggestions, but allowed to improvise his lines.<ref name="diamond"/><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=August 12, 2014 |title=How Robin Williams became 'Aladdin's' Genie |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-robin-williams-genie-aladdin-20140812-story.html |access-date=June 14, 2023 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> It is estimated that Williams improvised 52 characters.<ref>{{cite episode |people=James Lipton (host) |year=2001 |series=[[Inside the Actors Studio]] |title=Robin Williams |network=[[Bravo (American TV network)|Bravo]]}}</ref> [[Eric Goldberg (animator)|Eric Goldberg]], the supervising animator for the Genie, reviewed Williams's recorded dialogue, and selected the best gags and lines that his crew would create character animation to match.<ref name="diamond"/>

The producers added many [[in-joke]]s and references to Disney's previous works in the film, such as a "cameo appearance" from directors, Clements and Musker, and drawing some characters based on Disney workers.<ref name="comm1">{{cite AV media |people=Ron Clements, John Musker, Amy Pell |title=Aladdin [[Audio commentary]] |location=''Aladdin'' Platinum Edition |at=Disc 1 |medium=DVD |publisher=Walt Disney Home Entertainment |year=2004}}</ref> [[Beast (Disney character)|Beast]], [[List of The Little Mermaid characters#Sebastian|Sebastian]] and [[Pinocchio (1940 film)|Pinocchio]] make brief appearances,<ref name="popup">{{cite video|title=Pop Up Fun Facts|location=''Aladdin'' Platinum Edition Disc 1|medium=DVD|year=2004|publisher=Walt Disney Home Video}}</ref> and the wardrobe of the Genie at the end of the film—a [[Goofy]] hat, a Hawaiian shirt, and sandals—are a reference to a [[The Magic of Disney Animation|short film]] that Robin Williams did for the Disney-MGM Studios tour in the late 1980s.<ref name="comm1"/>

=== Robin Williams's conflicts with the studio ===
[[File:Robin Williams 1996.jpg|thumb|upright|Initially, Robin Williams voiced the Genie under the condition that his voice not be used for excessive marketing or merchandising.]]
In gratitude for his success with [[Touchstone Pictures]]'s ''[[Good Morning, Vietnam]]'', Robin Williams voiced the Genie for [[Screen Actors Guild|SAG]] scale pay ($75,000) instead of his usual asking fee of $8&nbsp;million, on the condition that neither his name nor image be used for marketing, and that his character take no more than 25% of space on advertising artwork, since Williams's film, [[Toys (film)|''Toys'']], was scheduled for release one month after ''Aladdin''{{'}}s debut. For financial reasons, the studio reneged on both counts, especially in poster art, by having the Genie in 25% of the image but having other major and supporting characters portrayed considerably smaller. The [[Disney Publishing Worldwide|Disney Hyperion]] book, ''Aladdin: The Making of an Animated Film'', lists both of Williams's characters, "the Peddler" and "the Genie", ahead of main characters, but was forced to refer to him as only "the actor signed to play the Genie".<ref name="ew">{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/1992/12/04/aladdin-gamble/ |title=Disney's Got A Brand-New Baghdad 1 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=September 4, 1992 |access-date=March 16, 2007 |first=Steve |last=Daly |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110806042954/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C312562%2C00.html |archive-date=August 6, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/1992/12/04/aladdin-gamble/ |title=Disney's Got A Brand-New Baghdad 2 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=September 4, 1992 |access-date=March 16, 2007 |first=Steve |last=Daly |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025122146/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C312562_2%2C00.html |archive-date=October 25, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/ew/article/0,,312562_3,00.html |title=Disney's Got A Brand-New Baghdad 3 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=September 4, 1992 |access-date=March 16, 2007 |first=Steve |last=Daly |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025122132/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C312562_3%2C00.html |archive-date=October 25, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The Genie Has a Gripe With Disney : Movies: Robin Williams goes public with his beef with Disney over 'Aladdin' marketing and says he won't work for 'the Mouse' again.|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-11-25-ca-60882-story.html}}</ref>

Disney, while not using Williams's name in commercials as per the contract, used his voice for the Genie in the commercials and used the Genie character to sell toys and fast food tie-ins, without having to pay Williams additional money. Williams unhappily quipped at the time, "You realize when you work for Disney why the mouse has only four fingers--because he can’t pick up a check." Williams explained to ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'' magazine that his previous ''[[Mork & Mindy]]'' merchandising was different because "the image is theirs. But the voice, that's me; I gave them myself. When it happened, I said, 'You know I don't do that.' And they [Disney] apologized; they said it was done by other people."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-11-25-ca-60882-story.html|title=The Genie Has a Gripe With Disney|last=Welkos|first=Robert W.|date=November 25, 1993|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=February 12, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035|archive-date=March 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190318071017/http://articles.latimes.com/1993-11-25/entertainment/ca-60882_1_robin-williams|url-status=live}}</ref>

Disney attempted to assuage Williams by sending him a [[Pablo Picasso]] painting worth more than $1&nbsp;million, but this move failed to repair the damaged relationship, as the painting was a self-portrait of Picasso as [[Vincent van Gogh]], and apparently really "clashed" with the Williams's wilder home decor.<ref>{{cite web|last=Weisman|first=Aly|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/robin-williams-disney-feud-picasso-gift-2014-11|title=Robin Williams Once Got So Upset With Disney That The Company Sent Him A$1 Million Picasso Peace Offering|website=[[Business Insider]]|date=November 19, 2014|access-date=May 5, 2017|archive-date=March 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321133407/http://www.businessinsider.com/robin-williams-disney-feud-picasso-gift-2014-11|url-status=live}}</ref> Williams refused to sign for the 1994 direct-to-video sequel ''[[The Return of Jafar]]'', and he was replaced by [[Dan Castellaneta]] as the Genie's voice actor. When [[Jeffrey Katzenberg]] was replaced by [[Joe Roth]] as chairman at Walt Disney Studios, Roth organized a public apology to Williams.<ref>{{cite news|last=Welkos|first=Robert|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-10-24-ca-54095-story.html|title=Abracadabra: Disney, Robin Williams Quit Feud|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=October 24, 1994|access-date=July 12, 2017|archive-date=June 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614154408/http://articles.latimes.com/1994-10-24/entertainment/ca-54095_1_robin-williams|url-status=live}}</ref> In turn, Williams would reprise the role in the second sequel, ''[[Aladdin and the King of Thieves]]'', in 1996.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-09-27-ca-50412-story.html | title=Genie Grants Disney's Video Wish : Marketing: Robin Williams will reprise his 'Aladdin' role in 'King of Thieves,' continuing the emergence of direct-to-video projects as an industry gold mine. | last=Cerone | first=Daniel Howard | newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=September 27, 1995 | access-date=August 15, 2014 | archive-date=May 12, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512082228/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-09-27-ca-50412-story.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Music ===
{{main|Aladdin (1992 soundtrack)}}
''Aladdin'' was the third—after ''The Little Mermaid'' and ''Beauty and the Beast''—and final Disney film that Alan Menken and Howard Ashman had collaborated on, with [[Tim Rice]] as lyricist after Ashman had died in March 1991.<ref>{{Cite video|location=''Aladdin'' Platinum Edition, Disc 2|title=Alan Menken: Musical Renaissance Man|medium=DVD|year=2004|publisher=Walt Disney Home Entertainment}}</ref> Although fourteen songs were written for ''Aladdin'', only seven are featured in the film, three by Ashman and four by Rice.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/1992/12/04/unsung-aladdin-songs/ |title=Unsettled score |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |author=Daly, Steve |date=December 4, 1992 |access-date=June 12, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110806042928/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C312563%2C00.html |archive-date=August 6, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> Menken, Ashman and Rice were praised for creating a [[soundtrack]] that is "consistently good, rivaling the best of Disney's other animated musicals from the '90s".<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r110157|pure_url=yes}}|title=Aladdin soundtrack review|website=Allmusic|author=Phares, Heather|access-date=March 18, 2007}}</ref>

The Special Edition soundtrack released in 2004 included four songs in early animation tests and a music video of one, "[[Proud of Your Boy]]", performed by [[Clay Aiken]],<ref name="ign">{{cite web|url=http://dvd.ign.com/articles/549/549036p1.html|title=Aladdin: Ultimate DVD review|website=IGN|date=September 17, 2004|access-date=March 16, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312234759/http://dvd.ign.com/articles/549/549036p1.html|archive-date=March 12, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> which also appears on the album, ''[[Disneymania 3]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://disneymusic.disney.go.com/albums/disneymania3.html |title=DisneyMania 3 |publisher=Disney |access-date=May 25, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090519070127/http://disneymusic.disney.go.com/albums/disneymania3.html |archive-date=May 19, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The pop duo version of the song, "[[A Whole New World]]", performed by [[Peabo Bryson]] and [[Regina Belle]], which plays over the end credits, is, {{as of|2024|lc=yes}}, the only Disney song to win a [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year]].<ref name=":0">{{cite news|last=Pareles|first=Jon|date=March 2, 1994|title=Top Grammy to Houston; 5 for 'Aladdin'|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/02/movies/top-grammy-to-houston-5-for-aladdin.html|url-status=live|access-date=May 25, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602224016/http://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/02/movies/top-grammy-to-houston-5-for-aladdin.html|archive-date=June 2, 2009}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite web |title=36th Grammy Awards - 1994 |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1994/grammys.htm |access-date=May 1, 2022 |website=Rock On The Net}}</ref>

== Themes ==
{{Quote box|width =33%|quote="The original story was sort of a winning the lottery kind of thing&nbsp;...&nbsp;Like having anything you could wish for would be the greatest thing in the world and having it taken away from you is bad, but having it back is great. We didn't really want that to be the message of the movie."|source=–Ron Clements<ref name="making"/>}}
The filmmakers thought that the moral message of the original tale was inappropriate, and decided to "put a spin on it" by making the [[Wish fulfillment|fulfillment of wishes]] seem like a great solution, but eventually becoming a problem.<ref name="making"/> Another major theme was avoiding an attempt to be what the person is not—both Aladdin and Jasmine get into trouble pretending to be different people,<ref name=popup/> and Prince Ali's persona fails to impress Jasmine, who falls for Aladdin only when she finds out who he truly is.<ref>{{cite book|title=[[Disney A to Z: The Official Encyclopedia]]|author=Smith, Dave | author-link = Dave Smith (archivist) |publisher=Disney Editions|date=August 15, 1996|isbn=978-0-7868-6223-8}}</ref> Being "imprisoned" is also presented, a fate that occurs to most of the characters—Aladdin and Jasmine are limited by their lifestyles, while the Genie is attached to his lamp, and Jafar to the Sultan—and is represented visually by the prison-like walls and bars of the Agrabah palace and the scene involving caged birds, which Jasmine eventually frees.<ref name=popup/> Jasmine is also depicted as a different type of [[Disney Princess]], being rebellious against the royal life and the social structure.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AKd6mZSGsVUC&pg=PA276|title=The Arabian Nights reader|first=Ulrich|last=Marzolph|publisher=Wayne State University Press|year=2006|isbn=978-0-8143-3259-7|access-date=September 21, 2016|archive-date=May 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512082153/https://books.google.com/books?id=AKd6mZSGsVUC&pg=PA276|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Release ==
=== Box office ===
A large promotion campaign preceded ''Aladdin''{{'}}s debut in theaters, with the film's trailer attached to most Disney [[VHS]] releases (including ''[[One Hundred and One Dalmatians]]'' in April 1992 and ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' in October that year), and numerous tie-ins and licensees being released.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/1993/03/12/marketing-aladdin/ |title=Arabian Sheikdown |author=Daly, Steve |author2=Ascher-Walsh, Rebecca |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=March 12, 1993 |access-date=August 30, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091218052528/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C305817%2C00.html |archive-date=December 18, 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> ''Aladdin'' was released on November 11, 1992, in two theaters (the [[El Capitan Theatre]] in Los Angeles and the City Cinemas 1, 2 and 3rd Avenue in New York City), and grossed $196,664 in its first 5 days.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=November 16, 1992|title='Aladdin' rides magic carpet to B.O. stratosphere|last=Pendleton|first=Jennifer|url=https://variety.com/1992/film/news/aladdin-rides-magic-carpet-to-b-o-stratosphere-100007/|access-date=September 12, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=1992&wknd=46&p=.htm|title=Weekend Box Office Results for November 13–15, 1992|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=May 26, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090603094552/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=1992&wknd=46&p=.htm| archive-date= June 3, 2009 | url-status=live}}</ref> The film expanded to 1,131 theaters on November 25, 1992, grossing $19.2&nbsp;million for the weekend, finishing second at the U.S. box office, behind ''[[Home Alone 2: Lost in New York]]''.<ref name="Opening BOM">{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/1992/film/news/holiday-b-o-gobbles-up-big-bucks-101610/|title=Holiday B.O. gobbles up big bucks|work=Variety|date=November 30, 1992|last=Natale|first=Richard|access-date=June 12, 2009|archive-date=March 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306131958/http://variety.com/1992/film/news/holiday-b-o-gobbles-up-big-bucks-101610/|url-status=live}}</ref> It took eight weeks for the film to surpass ''Beauty and the Beast'' as the most successful animated Disney film at the domestic box office (surpassed by ''[[The Lion King]]'' in 1994).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-01-26-ca-2081-story.html|title='Aladdin' Finally Hits No. 1 and a Record in Sales Too|work=Los Angeles Times|last=Fox|first=David J.|date=January 26, 1993|access-date=June 12, 2009|archive-date=July 25, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090725182821/http://articles.latimes.com/1993-01-26/entertainment/ca-2081_1_weekend-box-office|url-status=live}}</ref>

For its eighth week of release, ''Aladdin'' collected $15.6&nbsp;million and reached the number one spot at the box office, beating ''[[A Few Good Men]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114331990/aladdin-glides-into-no-1-spot-at-the/ |title='Aladdin' glides into No. 1 spot at the box office |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211021350/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114331990/aladdin-glides-into-no-1-spot-at-the/ |date=January 5, 1993 |access-date=December 11, 2022 |archive-date=December 11, 2022 |page=63 |publisher=[[The Boston Globe]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live }} {{Open access}}</ref> By February 1993, it surpassed ''[[Batman Returns]]'' to become the highest-grossing 1992 film domestically.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fox |first=David J. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-02-17-ca-187-story.html |title=Presidents' Day Weekend Box Office : 'Groundhog' Has Its Day |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=February 17, 1993}}</ref> In the United States, the film held the top spot five times weekly and breaks the record for the week between Christmas and New Year's Eve, with $32.2&nbsp;million during its 22-week run.<ref>{{cite web|title=Aladdin (1992) – Domestic Weekly Box Office Results|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl4148200961/weekly/?ref_=bo_rl_tab#tabs|access-date=July 17, 2021|website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref> ''Aladdin'' was the most successful film of 1992, grossing $217&nbsp;million in the United States, and over $504&nbsp;million worldwide.<ref name="boxoffice"/> It was the biggest gross for an animated film until ''The Lion King'' two years later, and was the first full-length animated film to gross $200&nbsp;million in the United States and Canada. Additionally, it was the first film to cross that mark since ''[[Terminator 2: Judgment Day]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Fox|first=David J.|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-04-21-ca-25327-story.html|title='Aladdin' Becomes a $200-Million Genie for Disney|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=April 21, 1993|access-date=December 28, 2015}}</ref>

Outside of the United States and Canada, the film grossed $200&nbsp;million in 1993,<ref>{{cite news |title=Aladdin' still dominates in Europe |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1994/01/03/Aladdin-still-dominates-in-Europe/2248757573200/ |access-date=June 22, 2019 |work=[[United Press International]] |date=January 3, 1994 |archive-date=June 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190623051348/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1994/01/03/Aladdin-still-dominates-in-Europe/2248757573200/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and $250&nbsp;million by January 1994.<ref>{{cite news |title=A Perfect World' tops 'Aladdin' in Europe |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1994/01/24/A-Perfect-World-tops-Aladdin-in-Europe/1483759387600/ |access-date=June 22, 2019 |work=[[United Press International]] |date=January 24, 1994 |archive-date=June 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190623051356/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1994/01/24/A-Perfect-World-tops-Aladdin-in-Europe/1483759387600/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In Europe, ''Aladdin'' defeated ''[[Jurassic Park (film)|Jurassic Park]]'' to become the continent's box-office leader for the week of November 26.<ref>{{cite news |title=Aladdin' rides high in Europe |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/11/29/Aladdin-rides-high-in-Europe/8039754549200/ |access-date=February 10, 2022 |work=[[United Press International]] |date=November 29, 1993 |archive-date=February 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210142914/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/11/29/Aladdin-rides-high-in-Europe/8039754549200/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It set an opening weekend record in [[South Africa]].<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Daily Variety]]|date=September 21, 1993|title='Park' conquers Italy|page=18|last=Groves|first=Don}}</ref> By 2002, the film grossed $287&nbsp;million overseas and $504 million worldwide.<ref name="DisneyWW">{{cite magazine |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |title=Cartoon Coffers – Top-Grossing Disney Animated Features at the Worldwide B.O. |date=October 27, 2003 |page=6 |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Tooned+in%3A+Disney%27s+ani+classics+set+the+bar+and+lit+the+way+for...-a0110473946 |access-date=June 22, 2019 |archive-date=November 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104215642/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Tooned+in%3a+Disney%27s+ani+classics+set+the+bar+and+lit+the+way+for...-a0110473946 |url-status=live }}</ref> It sold an estimated 52.4{{nbsp}}million tickets in the United States and Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=aladdin.htm&adjust_yr=1&p=.htm|title=Aladdin (1992)|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=May 30, 2016|archive-date=August 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804115427/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=aladdin.htm&adjust_yr=1&p=.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> When adjusted for inflation (in 2022 dollars), its domestic gross totaled $491.4{{nbsp}}million.<ref>{{cite web |title=Top Lifetime Adjusted Grosses |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/chart/top_lifetime_gross_adjusted/?adjust_gross_to=2022 |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=September 28, 2022 |archive-date=September 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928135431/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/chart/top_lifetime_gross_adjusted/?adjust_gross_to=2022 |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Home media ===
The film was first released in [[VHS]] on September 29, 1993, as part of the [[Walt Disney Classics]] line, although it was not officially advertised until October 1.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last1=McCullaugh|first1=Jim|last2=Goldstein|first2=Seth|date=October 9, 1993|title=Disney Uncorks A Monster Hit With 'Aladdin'|page=6|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1993/BB-1993-10-09.pdf|access-date=August 21, 2021}}</ref> In its first three days of availability, ''Aladdin'' sold 10.8&nbsp;million copies,<ref name="SD">{{cite journal |title=Movie-game links continue to get stronger |journal=[[Screen Digest]] |year=1993 |page=272 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M1nvAAAAMAAJ |publisher=Screen Digest Limited |quote=Major video game players Nintendo and Sega are both pushing hard to cash in on game spin-offs from Disney blockbuster animated feature ''Aladdin''. In US, Sega (...) shipped 800,000 units of Virgin-developed ''Aladdin'' for Genesis/Mega Drive in same week as some 30m sell-through video units hit the street (10.8m selling through in three days).}}</ref> setting the fastest sales record<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/ew/article/0,,308423,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425210651/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C308423%2C00.html |archive-date=April 25, 2009 |title=Arabian Might |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=October 15, 1993 |access-date=May 25, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and grossing about {{US$|265,000,000|long=no|1993|round=-6}} in the United States.<ref>{{cite news|title=Aladdin' reports strong early video sales|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/10/04/Aladdin-reports-strong-early-video-sales/5892749707200/ph|access-date=May 27, 2018|work=[[United Press International]]|date=October 4, 1993|language=en|archive-date=May 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180528215358/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/10/04/Aladdin-reports-strong-early-video-sales/5892749707200/ph|url-status=live}}</ref> In less than three weeks, the VHS release of ''Aladdin'' sold more than 16{{nbsp}}million units and grossed over {{US$|400,000,000|long=no|1993|round=-7}} in the United States.<ref>{{cite news|title=Aladdin' home-video sales top 16 million|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/10/20/Aladdin-home-video-sales-top-16-million/1596751089600/|access-date=May 27, 2018|work=[[United Press International]]|date=October 20, 1993|archive-date=May 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180529053824/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/10/20/Aladdin-home-video-sales-top-16-million/1596751089600/|url-status=live}}</ref> On release of the [[Disney's Aladdin (Sega Genesis video game)|Sega Genesis video game adaptation]] in November, ''Aladdin'' sold approximately 30&nbsp;million home video units,<ref name="SD"/> earning more than {{US$|500,000,000|long=no|1993|round=-7}} in the United States.<ref>{{cite news|title=Aladdin' sales top 21 million|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/12/16/Aladdin-sales-top-21-million/3823756018000/|access-date=May 27, 2018|work=[[United Press International]]|date=December 16, 1993|archive-date=July 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725014734/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/12/16/Aladdin-sales-top-21-million/3823756018000/|url-status=live}}</ref> It was the [[List of best-selling films in the United States|best-selling home video]] release until a record broken by ''The Lion King''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movieweb.com/disney-rubs-aladdins-lamp/|title=Disney Rubs Aladdin's Lamp|date=February 6, 2004|publisher=Movie Web|access-date=March 20, 2007|archive-date=July 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723154748/http://movieweb.com/disney-rubs-aladdins-lamp/|url-status=live}}</ref> This VHS edition entered [[moratorium (entertainment)|moratorium]] on April 30, 1994.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/20/arts/home-video-149802.html|title=Home Video|work=The New York Times|date=May 20, 1994|access-date=March 20, 2007|first=Peter M.|last=Nichols|archive-date=July 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710041313/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/20/arts/home-video-149802.html|url-status=live}}</ref> A [[THX]]-certified widescreen [[LaserDisc]] was issued on September 21, 1994,<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=McGowan |first=Chris |date=May 21, 1994 |title=Disney Titles Expected To Join laserdisc's Top Sellers |page=60 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1994/BB-1994-05-21-N.pdf |access-date=May 2, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/05799/1662-CS/Aladdin|title=LaserDisc Database - Aladdin [1662 CS]|website=LaserDisc Database|language=en-US|access-date=July 17, 2020|archive-date=July 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718011426/https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/05799/1662-CS/Aladdin|url-status=live}}</ref> and a Spanish-dubbed VHS for the American market was released on April 14, 1995.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/HISTORIC+SPANISH-LANGUAGE+DEBUT;+DISNEY%27S+%27SNOW+WHITE%27+AND+%27ALADDIN%27...-a016806752 |title=Historic Spanish-Language Debut; Disney's 'Snow White' and 'Aladdin' Plus Five Addition Hits Come to Home Video Beginning April 14 |via=TheFreeLibrary.com|access-date=February 14, 2017}}{{dead link|date=September 2022}}</ref> In Japan, 2.2{{nbsp}}million home video units were sold by 1995.<ref>{{cite news |title=「ブエナ・ビスタ 「アラジン」220万本 「白雪姫」は180万本」 |work=[[Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun]] |date=January 23, 1995}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=進化するアニメ・ビジネス―世界に羽ばたく日本のアニメとキャラクター (Shinkasuru anime bijinesu: Sekai ni habataku Nihon no anime to kyarakutā) |year=2000 |publisher=[[Nikkei BP]] |isbn=4822225542 |page=42}}</ref>

On October 5, 2004, ''Aladdin'' was re-released onto VHS and for the first time released on [[DVD]], as part of Disney's Platinum Edition line. The DVD release featured retouched and cleaned-up animation, which had been prepared for the film's planned but ultimately cancelled [[IMAX]] reissue in 2003,<ref>{{cite web |last=Hill |first=Jim |url=http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2004/10/12/478.aspx |title="Aladdin" Platinum Edition sets the gold standard for Disney DVD |date=October 12, 2004 |access-date=April 5, 2007 |archive-date=July 25, 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090725154432/http://jimhillmedia.com/blogs/jim_hill/archive/2004/10/11/478.aspx |url-status=dead}}</ref> and a second disc with bonus features. Accompanied by a $19&nbsp;million marketing campaign,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001011344 |title=Best sellers |first=Thomas K. |last=Arnold |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=August 9, 2005 |access-date=May 27, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602063539/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001011344 |archive-date=June 2, 2009 |url-status=live |df=mdy }}</ref> the DVD sold about 3&nbsp;million units in its first month.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.homemediamagazine.com/news/dvd-player-penetration-drives-october-sales-growth-6917|title=DVD Player Penetration Drives October Sales Growth|author=McCourt, Judith|date=December 2, 2004|access-date=September 19, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090604013717/http://www.homemediamagazine.com/news/dvd-player-penetration-drives-october-sales-growth-6917|archive-date=June 4, 2009|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The film's soundtrack was available in its original [[Dolby 5.1]] track or in a new Disney Enhanced Home Theater Mix.<ref name="ign" /> The DVD went into moratorium in January 2008 with its sequels.<ref>{{cite web| work=DVDizzy.com| title=Out of Print Disney DVDs| url=http://www.dvdizzy.com/disneyvault.html| access-date=September 24, 2006| archive-date=September 8, 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908163433/http://www.dvdizzy.com/disneyvault.html| url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment]] released the film on a Diamond Edition [[Blu-ray]] on October 13, 2015. The film was released on [[Digital copy|Digital HD]] on September 29, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Disney's 'Aladdin' Never Looked Better Than in This 'Diamond Edition' Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)|url=http://news.moviefone.com/2015/02/05/disneys-aladdin-diamond-edition-blu-ray-digital/|access-date=February 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207064049/http://news.moviefone.com/2015/02/05/disneys-aladdin-diamond-edition-blu-ray-digital|archive-date=February 7, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Pre-Order Disney's ALADDIN Diamond Edition Blu-ray & DVD, Set To Be Released 10/13|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Pre-Order-Disneys-ALADDIN-Diamond-Edition-Blu-ray-DVD-Set-To-Be-Released-1013-20150608|access-date=June 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150612020831/http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Pre-Order-Disneys-ALADDIN-Diamond-Edition-Blu-ray-DVD-Set-To-Be-Released-1013-20150608|archive-date=June 12, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title='Aladdin' Trailer Offers Peek at New Robin Williams Outtakes as Genie|date=September 17, 2015 |url=https://www.yahoo.com/movies/aladdin-trailer-offers-peek-at-new-robin-129290396592.html|access-date=September 29, 2015|archive-date=October 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001155101/https://www.yahoo.com/movies/aladdin-trailer-offers-peek-at-new-robin-129290396592.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In its first week of release on home media in the United States, the film topped the Blu-ray sales chart and debuted at number 2 at the [[Nielsen Media Research|Nielsen]] [[Nielsen VideoScan|VideoScan]] First Alert chart, which tracks overall disc sales behind the disaster film, ''[[San Andreas (film)|San Andreas]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/san-andreas-shakes-up-dvd-blu-ray-disc-sales-charts-1201623841/|title='San Andreas' Shakes Up DVD, Blu-ray Disc Sales Charts|author=Thomas K. Arnold|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=October 22, 2015|access-date=October 22, 2015|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304230403/http://variety.com/2015/film/news/san-andreas-shakes-up-dvd-blu-ray-disc-sales-charts-1201623841/|url-status=live}}</ref> The film's Blu-ray release sold 1.81{{nbsp}}million units and grossed $39&nbsp;million, {{as of|2017|lc=y|df=US}}.<ref name="jp-aladdin">{{cite web |title=Aladdin (1992) |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=4791&view=31 |website=JP's Box Office |access-date=November 26, 2018 |archive-date=November 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127234408/http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=4791&view=31 |url-status=live }}</ref>

''Aladdin'' was re-released on HD and [[4K resolution|4K]] digital download on August 27, 2019, with a physical media re-release on Blu-ray and [[Ultra HD Blu-ray]] on September 10, 2019, as part of the [[Walt Disney Signature Collection]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Prange|first=Stephanie|title=Disney to Bow Live-Action 'Aladdin' and Animated Classic on Digital Aug. 27, Disc Sept. 10 Including 4K|url=https://www.mediaplaynews.com/disney-to-bow-live-action-aladdin-and-animated-classic-on-digital-aug-27-disc-sept-10-including-4k/|website=Media Play News.com|date=July 25, 2019 |access-date=March 26, 2023}}</ref>

== Reception ==
=== Critical reception ===
Upon release, ''Aladdin'' received positive reviews from film critics.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last1=Ascher-Walsh |first1=Rebecca |last2=Daly |first2=Steve |date=March 12, 1993 |title=Marketing 'Aladdin' |url=https://ew.com/article/1993/03/12/marketing-aladdin/ |access-date=January 22, 2025 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |quote=critical acclaim and word of mouth have played important parts in the film’s success.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=January 31, 2018 |title=Aladdin - Howard Ashman |url=https://www.howardashman.com/howards-work/aladdin |access-date=January 22, 2025 |website=Howard Ashman}}</ref> The [[review aggregator]] website, [[Rotten Tomatoes]], reports that {{RT data|score}} of {{RT data|count}} critics give the film a positive review, with an average rating of {{RT data|average}}. The site's consensus reads: "A highly entertaining entry in Disney's renaissance era, ''Aladdin'' is beautifully drawn, with near-classic songs and a cast of scene-stealing characters."<ref name="RTfresh">{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/disneys_aladdin|title=Aladdin (1992)|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]]|access-date={{RT data|access date}}|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200916155448/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1042582_aladdin|archive-date=September 16, 2020|url-status=live}}{{RT data|edit}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a weighted average score of 86 out of 100, based on 25 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/aladdin |title=Aladdin Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=October 11, 2018 |archive-date=October 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181011211145/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/aladdin |url-status=live }}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film a rare "A+" grade, on a scale of A+ to F.<ref>{{Cite web |first=Pamela |last=McClintock |title=Why CinemaScore Matters for Box Office |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/why-cinemascore-matters-box-office-225563/ |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=August 19, 2011 |access-date=December 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719145918/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/why-cinemascore-matters-box-office-225563/ |archive-date=July 19, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Most critics praised Robin Williams's performance as the Genie,<ref name="RTfresh"/> with [[Janet Maslin]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' declaring that children "needn't know precisely what Mr. Williams is evoking to understand how funny he is".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/11/11/movies/review-film-disney-puts-its-magic-touch-on-aladdin.html|title=Disney Puts Its Magic Touch on 'Aladdin'|work=The New York Times|first=Janet|last=Maslin|author-link=Janet Maslin|date=November 11, 1992|access-date=June 12, 2009|archive-date=August 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220828130757/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/11/11/movies/review-film-disney-puts-its-magic-touch-on-aladdin.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Brian Lowry of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' praised the cast of characters, describing the expressive magic carpet as "its most remarkable accomplishment", and considered that "''Aladdin'' overcomes most story flaws thanks to sheer technical virtuosity".<ref>{{cite news
| url = https://variety.com/review/VE1117900071.html?categoryid=31&cs=1 |title=Aladdin|work=Variety |first=Brian|last=Lowry |date=November 4, 1992 |access-date=May 26, 2009 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090602052954/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117900071.html?categoryid=31&cs=1| archive-date= June 2, 2009 | url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Peter Travers]] of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' stated that the film's comedic aspect made it accessible to both children and adults,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/5947957/review/5947958/aladdin|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080618163432/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/5947957/review/5947958/aladdin|archive-date=June 18, 2008|title=Aladdin|author=Travers, Peter | author-link = Peter Travers |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|issue=644|date=November 1992|url-status=dead|access-date=May 26, 2009 }}</ref> a vision shared with [[Desson Howe]] of ''[[The Washington Post]]'', who also said that "kids are still going to be entranced by the magic and adventure".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/aladdinghowe_a0af3c.htm|title=Aladdin|first=Desson|last=Howe|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=November 27, 1992|access-date=May 26, 2009|archive-date=December 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211220819/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/aladdinghowe_a0af3c.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Warner Bros. Cartoons]] director [[Chuck Jones]] called the film "the funniest feature ever made",<ref name="time" /> and [[James Berardinelli]] gave the film three and a half stars out of four, praising the "crisp visuals and wonderful song-and-dance numbers".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://preview.reelviews.net/movies/a/aladdin.html|title=Aladdin|author=Berardinelli, James|author-link=James Berardinelli|publisher=Reelviews|year=1992|access-date=May 26, 2009|archive-date=August 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831014747/http://preview.reelviews.net/movies/a/aladdin.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' awarded the film 3 stars out of 4, and commented that Williams and animation "were born for one another." However, he considered the music to be inferior to ''[[The Little Mermaid (1989 film)|The Little Mermaid]]'' and ''Beauty and the Beast'', and claimed that Aladdin and Jasmine were "pale and routine". He criticized what he saw as the film's use of ethnic stereotypes, writing, "Most of the Arab characters have exaggerated facial characteristics—hooked noses, glowering brows, thick lips—but Aladdin and the princess look like white American teenagers."<ref name="Ebert, Roger">{{cite news |author=Ebert, Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |url=https://rogerebert.com/reviews/aladdin-1992 |title=Aladdin review |date=November 25, 1992 |access-date=March 17, 2007 |work=Chicago Sun-Times |archive-date=April 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130412115500/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/aladdin-1992 |url-status=live }}</ref> Olly Richards of ''[[Empire Magazine]]'' awarded the film 5 stars out of 5, and said "The movie that brought a hip new sensibility to animated features and which still stands up in the age of Pixar and DreamWorks thanks largely to a blistering improv turn from Robin Williams."<ref>{{cite news |author=Olly Richards |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/aladdin-review/ |title=Aladdin Review |date=January 1, 2000 |access-date=May 12, 2025 |work=Empire Magazine }}</ref>

The film did not go without criticism. In a scathing review, Ed Gonzalez of ''[[Slant Magazine]]'' described the film as racist, ridiculous, and a "narcissistic circus act" from Robin Williams.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://slantmagazine.com/film/review/aladdin | title=Aladdin | work=[[Slant Magazine]] | date=September 23, 2004 | access-date=June 16, 2015 | author=Gonzalez, Ed | archive-date=June 27, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627095413/http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review/aladdin | url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Accolades ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! colspan="6" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | List of awards and nominations
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[65th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]]
| [[Alan Menken]]
| {{won}}
| rowspan="5" align="center"| <ref name="Oscars1993">{{Cite news |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1993 |title=The 65th Academy Awards (1993) Nominees and Winners |access-date=October 22, 2011 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]]
| "[[A Whole New World]]" <br /> Music by Alan Menken; <br /> Lyrics by [[Tim Rice]]
| {{won}}
|-
| "[[Friend Like Me]]" <br /> Music by Alan Menken; <br /> Lyrics by [[Howard Ashman]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Sound|Best Sound]]
| [[Terry Porter (sound engineer)|Terry Porter]], [[Mel Metcalfe]], [[David J. Hudson]], and [[Doc Kane]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Sound Editing|Best Sound Effects Editing]]
| [[Mark Mangini]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[21st Annie Awards|Annie Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Annie Award for Best Animated Feature|Best Animated Feature]]
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://annieawards.org/legacy/21st-annie-awards |title=21st Annual Annie Awards |publisher=[[Annie Awards]] |access-date=June 6, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers|ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards]]
| Top Box Office Films
| Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, and Tim Rice
| {{won}}
| rowspan="2" align="center"| 
|-
| {{nowrap|Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures}}
| "A Whole New World" <br /> Music by Alan Menken; <br /> Lyrics by Tim Rice
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[BMI Film & TV Awards]]
| Film Music Award
| Alan Menken
| {{won}}
| rowspan="2" align="center"| 
|-
| Most Performed Song from a Film
| "A Whole New World" <br /> Music by Alan Menken; <br /> Lyrics by Tim Rice
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| {{nowrap|[[47th British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]}}
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Original Music|Best Score]]
| Alan Menken
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="2" align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1994/film |title=BAFTA Awards: Film in 1994 |publisher=[[BAFTA]] |year=1994 |access-date=September 16, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects|Best Special Visual Effects]]
| Don Paul and Steve Goldberg
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association|Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="2" align="center"| 
|-
| colspan="2"| [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film|Best Animated Film]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="6"| [[50th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]]
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="6" align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/aladdin |title=Aladdin |publisher=[[Golden Globe Awards]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref> 
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]]
| Alan Menken
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]]
| "A Whole New World" <br /> Music by Alan Menken; <br /> Lyrics by Tim Rice
| {{won}}
|-
| "Friend Like Me" <br /> Music by Alan Menken; <br /> Lyrics by Howard Ashman
| {{nom}}
|-
| "[[Prince Ali (song)|Prince Ali]]" <br /> Music by Alan Menken; <br /> Lyrics by Howard Ashman
| {{nom}}
|-
| Special Achievement Award
| [[Robin Williams]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Motion Picture Sound Editors#Golden Reel Awards|Golden Reel Awards]]
| [[Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR for Animated Feature Film|Best Sound Editing – Animated Feature]]
| Doc Kane, Vince Caro, and Mark Mangini
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| colspan="3"| [[Goldene Leinwand|Golden Screen Awards]]
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| rowspan="8"| [[36th Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Awards]]
| [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]]
| "A Whole New World" – [[Peabo Bryson]], [[Regina Belle]], and [[Walter Afanasieff]]
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="8" align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/36th-annual-grammy-awards |title=36th Annual GRAMMY Awards |publisher=[[Grammy Awards]] |access-date=May 1, 2011}}</ref>
|-
| [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]]
| "A Whole New World" – Alan Menken and Tim Rice
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals|Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals]]
| "A Whole New World" – Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Grammy Award for Best Musical Album for Children|Best Musical Album for Children]]
| ''[[Aladdin (1992 soundtrack)|Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]'' – Various Artists
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children|Best Spoken Word Album for Children]]
| ''Aladdin Sound & Story Theatre'' – Various Artists
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media|Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television]]
| ''Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' – Alan Menken
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media|Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television]]
| "A Whole New World" – Alan Menken and Tim Rice
| {{won}}
|-
| "Friend Like Me" – Alan Menken and Howard Ashman
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Hugo Award]]s
| [[Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation|Best Dramatic Presentation]]
| [[Ron Clements]], [[John Musker]], [[Ted Elliott (screenwriter)|Ted Elliott]], [[Terry Rossio]], [[Burny Mattinson]], [[Roger Allers]], [[Daan Jippes]], Kevin Harkey, [[Sue Nichols]], [[Francis Glebas]], [[Darrell Rooney]], Larry Leker, James Fujii, Kirk Hanson, [[Kevin Lima]], Rebecca Rees, David S. Smith, [[Chris Sanders]], [[Brian Pimental]], and Patrick A. Ventura
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1993-hugo-awards/ |publisher=[[Hugo Award]]s |title=1993 Hugo Awards |date=July 26, 2007 |access-date=November 1, 2008}}</ref>
|-
| ICG Publicists Awards
| colspan="2"| Maxwell Weinberg Publicist Showmanship Award
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.icg600.com/ABOUT-US/Awards/Publicists-Awards/Maxwell-Weinberg-Publicist-Showmanship-Awards |title=Maxwell Weinberg Publicist Showmanship Award |publisher=ICG Publicists Awards |access-date=May 15, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[1992 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards|Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards]]
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film|Best Animation]]
| John Musker and Ron Clements
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lafca.net/Years/1992.php |title=The 18th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards |publisher=[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[1993 MTV Movie Awards|MTV Movie Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[MTV Movie Award for Movie of the Year|Best Movie]]
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="3" align="center"| 
|-
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance|Best Comedic Performance]]
| Robin Williams
| {{won}}
|-
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best Musical Moment|Best Song From a Movie]]
| Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle – "A Whole New World"
| {{nom}}
|-
| Online Film & Television Association Awards
| colspan="2"| Film Hall of Fame: Productions
| {{won|Inducted}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oftaawards.com/film-hall-of-fame/film-hall-of-fame-productions/ |title=Film Hall of Fame: Productions |publisher=Online Film & Television Association |access-date=May 15, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[9th Golden Satellite Awards|Satellite Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Satellite Award for Outstanding Youth Blu-Ray/DVD|Outstanding Youth DVD]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/awards2005a.shtml |title=International Press Academy website – 2005 9th Annual SATELLITE Awards |publisher=[[International Press Academy]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080201175700/http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/awards2005a.shtml |archive-date=February 1, 2008}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[19th Saturn Awards|Saturn Awards]] {{small|(1992)}}
| colspan="2"| [[Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film|Best Fantasy Film]]
| {{won}}
| rowspan="5" align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html |title=Past Saturn Awards |publisher=[[Saturn Awards]] |access-date=May 7, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914184217/http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html |archive-date=September 14, 2008 |df=mdy}}</ref>
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| Robin Williams
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor|Best Performance by a Younger Actor]]
| [[Scott Weinger]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Music|Best Music]]
| Alan Menken
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[31st Saturn Awards|Saturn Awards]] {{small|(2004)}}
| colspan="2"| [[Saturn Award for Best Classic Film DVD Release|Best Classic Film DVD Release]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
| colspan="2"| Best Picture
| {{draw|3rd place}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sefca.net/winners#/1992 |title=1992 SEFA Awards |publisher=Southeastern Film Critics Association |access-date=May 15, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[14th Youth in Film Awards|Young Artist Awards]]
| colspan="2"| Outstanding Family Entertainment of the Year
| {{won}}{{efn|Tied with ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]''.}}
| align="center"| <ref name="Young Artist Awards">{{cite web |url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/pastnoms14.htm |title=14th Annual Youth in Film Awards |access-date=March 31, 2011 |publisher=[[Young Artist Award]]s |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140409024401/http://www.youngartistawards.org/pastnoms14.htm |archive-date=April 9, 2014}}</ref>
|}

=== Controversies ===
One of the verses of the opening song "Arabian Nights", in which the speaker uses the lyric "where they cut off your ear if they don't like your face" to describe his homeland, was altered to "where it's flat and immense and the heat is intense" following complaints from the [[American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee]] (ADC). The revision first appeared on the 1993 video release.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fox |first=David J. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-07-10-ca-11747-story.html |title=Disney Will Alter Song in 'Aladdin' |work=Los Angeles Times |date=July 10, 1993 |access-date=September 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922162834/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-07-10-ca-11747-story.html |archive-date=September 22, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="adc">{{cite web|url=http://www.adc.org/index.php?id=283|title=Arab Stereotypes and American Educators|website=[[American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee]]|access-date=March 16, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070405005650/http://www.adc.org/index.php?id=283|archive-date=April 5, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> The original lyric was intact on the initial [[Compact disc|CD]] soundtrack release, but the rereleases use the edited lyric. The [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] adaptation also uses the edited line.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://adamjacobs.net/aladdin-gets-big-changes-broadway-debut/|title=Aladdin gets big changes for Broadway debut|first=Gregory|last=Miller|work=[[New York Post]]|date=March 9, 2014|access-date=May 8, 2016|archive-date=August 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816093003/http://adamjacobs.net/aladdin-gets-big-changes-broadway-debut/|url-status=live}}</ref> The subsequent line, however, "It's barbaric, but hey, it's home", was left intact.

The film has also been subject to criticism for its use of [[Orientalism|Orientalist]] stereotypes that depict Arab societies as exotic and foreign.<ref name="h476">{{cite web | title=Arab Stereotypes and American Educators | website=ADC - Truly Arab, Fully American. | date=November 18, 2009 | url=https://adc.org/arab-stereotypes-and-american-educators/ | access-date=May 17, 2024}}</ref> The [[American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee|ADC]] has pointed out that the characters in the movie that the viewer is supposed to identify and sympathize with are generally presented with more [[White people|white]] features, while the villains are presented with more [[Arab]] features.<ref name="h476"/> Other people have pointed out that the movie is quite inaccurate in its depictions of Arab societies. The main palace is inspired by [[Mughal architecture]], but many of the clothes are [[Ottoman Empire|Turkish]] in origin, and the outside environment is closer to that of the [[Arabian Desert]].<ref name="j430">{{cite web | title=Orientalism in Film: Aladdin Over the Last Century. – Orientalism in Pop Culture | website=Orientalism in Pop Culture – Christina, Angelissa, Grace, Diamond | date=November 29, 2020 | url=https://wgst2013.domains.drew.edu/christina-bevianos-post/film-aladdin/ | access-date=May 17, 2024}}</ref>

''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' ranked ''Aladdin'' in a list of the most controversial films in history due to this incident.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/ew/article/0,,1202224,00.html |title=The 25 Most Controversial Movies Ever |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=March 16, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070314000859/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C1202224%2C00.html |archive-date=March 14, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The number has been described in reviews as "simultaneously glamorizing and barbarizing the Arab world".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/69162/Soundtrack-Disney-Aladdin/|title=Soundtrack (Disney) - Aladdin (album review) {{!}} Sputnikmusic|website=www.sputnikmusic.com|access-date=August 11, 2018|archive-date=May 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512082213/https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/69162/Soundtrack-Disney-Aladdin/|url-status=live}}</ref> The ADC also complained about the portrayal of the lead characters, Aladdin and Jasmine. They accused the filmmakers of [[anglicize]]ing their features and giving them Anglo-American accents, in contrast to the other characters, which have "foreign accents, grotesque facial features, and appear villainous or greedy".<ref name="adc" /> In October 2020, in response to the criticism and in acknowledgment of racial stereotypes in the wake of the [[George Floyd protests]], Disney added a disclaimer to many of their features, including ''Aladdin'', on [[Disney+]], acknowledging the content as racist.<ref>{{Cite news |last=O'Kane |first=Caitlin |date=October 19, 2020 |title=Disney adding disclaimer about racist stereotypes to some old movies |work=[[CBS News]] |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/disney-disclaimer-racist-stereotypes-old-movies/ |access-date=October 8, 2023}}</ref>

Another scene in which Aladdin is threatened by the tiger Rajah on the palace balcony was controversial as well. In the scene, some viewers reported hearing Aladdin quietly utter the phrase, "Good teenagers, take off your clothes",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snopes.com/disney/info/aladwsj.htm |archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20091001072715/http://www.snopes.com/disney/info/aladwsj.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 1, 2009 |title=Take Off Your Clothes! |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=October 25, 1995 |access-date=April 2, 2013 |publisher=[[Snopes]] }}</ref> which they considered a [[subliminal message|subliminal reference]] to [[promiscuity]]. However, according to the commentary track on the 2004 [[DVD]], while Musker and Clements did admit that Scott Weinger [[Ad libitum#Drama|ad-libbed]] during the scene, they claimed that "we did not record that, we would not record that", and said that the line was, "Good tiger, take off and go...", and that the word, "tiger", is overlapped by Rajah's snarl.<ref>Ron Clements and John Musker, "Filmmaker's Commentary". ''Aladdin: Platinum Edition'' DVD, Disc 1, Bonus Features, Backstage Disney, Walt Disney Home Entertainment.</ref> After the word "tiger", a second voice can be heard that can be assumed to have been accidentally grafted into the soundtrack.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snopes.com/disney/films/aladdin.asp|title=Disney (Take Off Your Clothes!)|date=April 24, 2000 |publisher=[[Snopes]]|access-date=March 24, 2007}}. The source compiles and cites four major newspaper references.</ref> Later editions of the movie edit the line to avoid further speculation.

Animation enthusiasts have noticed similarities between ''Aladdin'' and [[Richard Williams (animator)|Richard Williams]]'s unfinished film, ''[[The Thief and the Cobbler]]'' (also known as ''The Princess and the Cobbler'' under [[Allied Filmmakers]] and ''Arabian Knight'' under [[Miramax]] Films). These similarities include a similar plot, similar characters, scenes, and background designs, and the antagonist Zig-Zag's resemblance to character design and mannerisms to the Genie and Jafar.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdsnapshot.com/January07Review/ThiefAndCobbler.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216141735/http://www.dvdsnapshot.com/January07Review/ThiefAndCobbler.html|archive-date=December 16, 2008|title=The Thief and the Cobbler review|publisher=DVD snapshot|author=Savino, Cris}}</ref><ref name="nytimes">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/26/movies/film-review-a-late-finisher-about-old-araby.html|title=A Late Finisher About Old Araby|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 26, 1995|first=Caryn|last=James|access-date=February 14, 2017|archive-date=July 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717100319/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/26/movies/film-review-a-late-finisher-about-old-araby.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Although ''Aladdin'' was released first, ''The Thief and the Cobbler'' initially began production in the 1960s, and was mired in difficulties, including financial problems, copyright issues, story revisions and late production times caused by separate studios trying to finish the film after Richard Williams was fired from the project for lack of finished work.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://movies.tvguide.com/movie-news/Best-Animated-Movie-7953.aspx|title=The Best Animated Movie You've Never Heard Of|magazine=[[TV Guide]]|date=November 28, 2006|access-date=March 17, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615171326/http://movies.tvguide.com/movie-news/Best-Animated-Movie-7953.aspx|archive-date=June 15, 2012}}</ref> The late release, coupled with Miramax purchasing and re-editing the film, has sometimes resulted in ''The Thief and the Cobbler'' being labeled a rip-off of ''Aladdin''.<ref name="nytimes" />

==Legacy==
Alongside its role in the [[Disney Renaissance]], ''Aladdin'' is often credited as the catalyst in the rise of [[Voice acting in the United States#Rise in use of film actors for voice roles|casting film stars as voice actors]] in [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]]-animated films with the success of Robin Williams's Genie performance.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bevilacqua|first1=Joe|title=Celebrity Voice Actors: The New Sound of Animation|url=https://www.awn.com/animationworld/celebrity-voice-actors-new-sound-animation|access-date=November 28, 2020|work=[[Animation World Network]]|publisher=AWN, Inc.|date=April 1, 1999|quote=One of the current trends in the American animation industry is to cast major movie stars to voice animated characters. From Robin Williams in ''Aladdin''...|archive-date=December 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201207221523/https://www.awn.com/animationworld/celebrity-voice-actors-new-sound-animation|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Butler|first=Robert W.|title=Animated films need big names for marketing|url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/151985|access-date=November 28, 2020|work=[[Taiwan News]]|publisher=[[I-Mei Foods|I-Mei Foods Co., Ltd]]|date=August 11, 2006|archive-date=December 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206172638/https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/151985|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="TAMeslow">{{cite news|last=Meslow|first=Scott|title=How Celebrities Took Over Cartoon Voice Acting|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/10/how-celebrities-took-over-cartoon-voice-acting/247481/|access-date=November 28, 2020|work=[[The Atlantic]]|publisher=The Atlantic Monthly Group LLC|date=October 28, 2011|quote=As it turns out, the rise of the celebrity voice actor can be traced to a single film: Disney's 1992 breakout animated hit ''Aladdin''.|archive-date=July 31, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731120907/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/10/how-celebrities-took-over-cartoon-voice-acting/247481/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Stewart|first=Sara|title=Big-name stars are stealing voice actors' jobs|url=https://nypost.com/2018/06/07/big-name-stars-are-stealing-voice-actors-jobs/|access-date=November 28, 2020|work=[[New York Post]]|publisher=NYP Holdings, Inc.|date=June 7, 2018|archive-date=December 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206124726/https://nypost.com/2018/06/07/big-name-stars-are-stealing-voice-actors-jobs/|url-status=live}}</ref> Entertainment writer Scott Meslow wrote that, compared with the character of Aladdin, "Williams's Genie is the character audiences responded to, and—more importantly to Disney—its most marketable character by far", which he concluded led to the "celebrification" of later animated films, such as ''[[Shark Tale]]'' and ''[[Puss in Boots (2011 film)|Puss in Boots]]''.<ref name="TAMeslow"/>

===Sequels and spin-offs===
Before the theatrical release of ''Aladdin'', Disney commissioned [[Tad Stones]] and [[Alan Zaslove]] to produce [[Aladdin (animated TV series)|an animated series of ''Aladdin'']], following the recently developed one of ''[[The Little Mermaid (TV series)|The Little Mermaid]]''.<ref name="Cashcrop">{{cite web|last=Strike|first=Joe|url=https://www.awn.com/animationworld/disney-s-animation-cash-crop-direct-video-sequels|title=Disney's Animation Cash Crop — Direct-to-Video Sequels|publisher=[[Animation World Network]]|date=March 28, 2005|access-date=October 30, 2018}}</ref> Stones liked the character of Iago and wanted him in the cast, so he came up with an idea for a followup story that would free him from Jafar to join Aladdin.<ref name=stones>{{cite interview|title=The Tad Stones Interview|url=https://www.awn.com/animationworld/tad-stones-interview-part-3|page=[https://www.awn.com/animationworld/tad-stones-interview-part-3 3]|subject=Tad Stones|interviewer=Joe Strike|date=August 12, 2004|access-date=October 30, 2018}}</ref> Stones suggested turning it into a wholesale direct-to-video sequel, as opposed to an hourlong television special, and ''[[The Return of Jafar]]'' was released in June 1994.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,293806,00.html | title=Wish Fulfillment | last=Daly | first=Steve | magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] | date=August 23, 1996 | access-date=August 15, 2014 | archive-date=October 16, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016114716/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,293806,00.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> The film saw the debut of a new character, [[Abis Mal]], voiced by [[Jason Alexander]], and all of the original cast returned, except for Robin Williams, replaced by Dan Castellaneta, and Douglas Seale, replaced by [[Val Bettin]].

The plot focuses mainly on Jafar seeking revenge on Aladdin. However, this time, with Iago on Aladdin's side, Abis Mal becomes Jafar's new henchman.<ref name="sequels">{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimatedisney.com/aladdinsequels.html|title=Aladdin II & III Collection DVD Review|publisher=Ultimate Disney|access-date=May 25, 2009}}</ref> Aside from a preview on [[Disney Channel|The Disney Channel]] in early 1994,<ref>''The Disney Channel Magazine'', Vol. 12, no. 2, February/March 1994: pp. 24–26, 32.</ref> the ''Aladdin'' TV series followed in September on the syndicated [[The Disney Afternoon]] block. The episodes focused on Aladdin's adventures after the events of the second film.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/1994/11/25/top-10-best-and-worst-shows-kid-viewers/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220151610/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,304602,00.html|archive-date=February 20, 2009|title=Screen Test|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=November 25, 1994|url-status=live|access-date=May 25, 2009}}</ref> In 1996, the final sequel to ''Aladdin'', ''[[Aladdin and the King of Thieves]]'' was released on video. The story concludes as Aladdin and Jasmine are about to be married and Aladdin discovers that his father is still alive, but is the king of all thieves in Agrabah.<ref name="sequels" /><ref name="stones" />

The ''Aladdin'' characters made a crossover with ''[[Hercules: The Animated Series]]'',<ref>{{cite episode
| title        = Hercules and the Arabian Night
| url          = 
| series       = Hercules: The Animated Series
| network      = ABC
| airdate      = October 9, 1999
| season       = 2
| number       = 57
| transcript   = Hatan
| transcript-url= http://www.aladdincentral.org/transcripts/hatan/index.html
}}</ref> and were featured as guests in the television series, ''[[House of Mouse]]'', and related works to those series—Jafar was the leader of the villains in ''[[Mickey's House of Villains]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ultimatedisney.com/houseofvillains.html|title=Mickey's House of Villains DVD Review|publisher=Ultimate Disney|access-date=May 25, 2009}}</ref>

The film also inspired a [[Disney On Ice]] presentation,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19980306/2738043/aladdin-takes-fans-on-an-icy-magic-carpet-ride|title='Aladdin' Takes Fans On An Icy 'Magic-Carpet Ride'|work=[[The Seattle Times]]|date=March 6, 1998|first=Jan|last=Deknock|access-date=June 4, 2009|archive-date=November 27, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241127233142/https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19980306/2738043/aladdin-takes-fans-on-an-icy-magic-carpet-ride|url-status=live}}</ref> and two attractions in [[Walt Disney Parks and Resorts|Disney's theme parks]]: "[[The Magic Carpets of Aladdin]]", a [[Dumbo the Flying Elephant (ride)|Dumbo the Flying Elephant]]-like ride at both [[Magic Kingdom]] at [[Walt Disney World Resort]], [[Walt Disney Studios Park]] at [[Disneyland Resort Paris]] and [[Tokyo DisneySea]];,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/parks/magic-kingdom/attractions/magic-carpets-of-aladdin/|title=The Magic Carpets of Aladdin|publisher=Walt Disney World|access-date=May 26, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://parks.disneylandparis.co.uk/walt-disney-studios-park/lots/toon-studio/attractions/les-tapis-volants.xhtml|title=Les Tapis Volants&nbsp;— Toon Studio&nbsp;— Disneyland Resort Paris|publisher=Disneyland Resort Paris|access-date=May 26, 2009|archive-date=August 22, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080822130155/http://parks.disneylandparis.co.uk/walt-disney-studios-park/lots/toon-studio/attractions/les-tapis-volants.xhtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> the show ''[[Disney's Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular]]'' at [[Disney's California Adventure Park]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://disneyland.disney.go.com/disneyland/en_US/parks/entertainment/detail?name=AladdinEntertainmentPage|title=Disney's Aladdin&nbsp;— A Musical Spectacular|publisher=Disney's California Adventure Park|access-date=May 26, 2009|archive-date=June 4, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090604224312/http://disneyland.disney.go.com/disneyland/en_US/parks/entertainment/detail?name=AladdinEntertainmentPage|url-status=dead}}</ref> and The Magic Lamp Theater at Tokyo DisneySea.

===Video games===
With the film's release, three different [[video game]]s based on ''Aladdin'' were released, [[Disney's Aladdin (Sega Genesis video game)|one by]] [[Virgin Interactive]] for the [[Mega Drive]], [[Game Boy]] ([[porting|ported]] to the [[Game Boy Color]]), [[Nintendo Entertainment System]], [[Amiga]] and [[IBM PC compatible]]s;<ref name=moby>{{cite web|url=http://www.mobygames.com/game/disneys-aladdin|title=Disney's Aladdin|publisher=[[MobyGames]]|access-date=May 25, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.inverse.com/gaming/aladdin-sega-genesis-30-year-anniversary|title=How Sega Turned a Beloved Movie Into One of the Most Frustrating Games Ever Made|work=Inverse|author=Mozuch, Mo|date=November 12, 2023|access-date=November 12, 2023}}</ref> [[Disney's Aladdin (1994 video game)|another by]] [[SIMS Co., Ltd.|SIMS]] for the [[Game Gear]] and [[Master System]];<ref name=moby/><ref>{{Cite web|title=Behind the Design: Disney's Aladdin|publisher=Sega-16|date=March 11, 2014|author=Ken Horowitz|url=http://www.sega-16.com/2014/03/behind-the-design-disneys-aladdin/|access-date=July 13, 2014}}</ref> and [[Disney's Aladdin (SNES video game)|a third by]] [[Capcom]] for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super NES]] (ported to the [[Game Boy Advance]] in 2002).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/gba/action/disneysaladdin/news.html?sid=6097907|title=Disney's Aladdin Company Line|publisher=[[GameSpot]]|date=May 12, 2004|access-date=May 25, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Stewart|first=Marcus|url=https://www.gameinformer.com/2021/09/23/the-expanded-disney-classic-games-collection-includes-the-jungle-book-and-snes-aladdin |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923235940/https://www.gameinformer.com/2021/09/23/the-expanded-disney-classic-games-collection-includes-the-jungle-book-and-snes-aladdin |url-status=live |archive-date=September 23, 2021 |title=The Expanded ''Disney Classic Games'' Collection Includes ''The Jungle Book'' And SNES ''Aladdin'' |magazine=[[Game Informer]] |date=September 23, 2021 |access-date=September 27, 2021}}</ref>

The television series inspired another game by [[Argonaut Games]], entitled ''[[Disney's Aladdin in Nasira's Revenge|Aladdin: Nasira's Revenge]]'' and released in 2000 for the [[PlayStation]] and PC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/ps/action/aladdinnasirasrevenge/index.html|title=Aladdin Nasira's Revenge gamespace|publisher=GameSpot|access-date=March 16, 2007}}</ref> Also, in 2004 [[Vivendi|Vivendi Universal]] released ''Disney's Aladdin Chess Adventures'', a [[chess]] computer game with the Aladdin license.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pc.ign.com/objects/683/683949.html|title=Disney's Aladdin Chess Adventures gamespace|publisher=IGN|access-date=March 17, 2007}}</ref>

The ''[[Kingdom Hearts (series)|Kingdom Hearts]]'' series features a playable ''Aladdin'' world known as [[Universe of Kingdom Hearts#Agrabah|Agrabah]].<ref name="KH-StrategyGuide">{{cite book| last= Birlew| first= Dan| year = 2003| title = Kingdom Hearts Official Strategy Guide| publisher = [[BradyGames]] | isbn= 0-7440-0198-6}}</ref> In ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' and ''[[Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories]]'', the plotline is loosely related to the storyline of the original film.<ref name="KH-StrategyGuide" /><ref>{{cite book| last=Hollinger| first=Elizabeth| year=2004| title=Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories Official Strategy Guide| publisher=[[BradyGames]] Publishing| isbn=0-7440-0473-X}}</ref> In ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'', it is a mixture of ''Aladdin'' and ''The Return of Jafar''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hollinger|first=Elizabeth|year=2006|title=Kingdom Hearts II Official Strategy Guide|publisher=[[BradyGames]] Publishing|isbn=0-7440-0526-4}}</ref> The Genie is also a recurring [[Gameplay of Final Fantasy#Magic|summon]] in the series.<ref name="KH-StrategyGuide"/>

=== Live-action adaptation ===
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On July 15, 2015, the studio announced the development of a live-action comedy adventure prequel called ''Genies''. The film was being written by [[Mark Swift and Damian Shannon]], while [[Tripp Vinson]] was on board to produce via his Vinson Films banner. It was intended to serve as a lead to the live-action ''Aladdin'' film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/aladdin-live-action-prequel-works-808895|title='Aladdin' Live-Action Prequel in the Works at Disney (Exclusive)|work=The Hollywood Reporter|last=Kit|first=Borys|date=July 15, 2015|access-date=December 11, 2019|archive-date=November 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122135419/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/aladdin-live-action-prequel-works-808895|url-status=live}}</ref> On November 8, Disney revealed that it had originally planned to use Robin Williams's unused lines from the 1991–92 recording sessions for the film, but that his will prohibited the studio from using his likeness for 25 years after his death in 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title=Robin Williams' will prevents use of outtakes for 'Aladdin' sequel|last=Putnam|first=Lindsay|url=https://nypost.com/2015/11/08/robin-williams-will-prevents-use-of-outtakes-for-aladdin-sequel/|work=[[New York Post]]|date=November 8, 2015|access-date=November 14, 2015|archive-date=November 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151114211509/http://nypost.com/2015/11/08/robin-williams-will-prevents-use-of-outtakes-for-aladdin-sequel/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In October 2016, it was reported that Disney was developing a [[List of remakes and adaptations of Disney animated films|live-action adaptation]] of ''Aladdin'', with [[Guy Ritchie]] signed to direct the film. [[John August]] wrote the script, which retains the musical elements of the original film, while [[Dan Lin]] is attached as producer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/10/aladdin-guy-ritchie-disney-live-action-film-sherlock-holmes-1201834102/|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|title=Guy Ritchie To Direct Live Action 'Aladdin' For Disney|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=October 10, 2016|date=October 10, 2016|archive-date=October 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010194406/http://deadline.com/2016/10/aladdin-guy-ritchie-disney-live-action-film-sherlock-holmes-1201834102/|url-status=live}}</ref> Lin revealed that they were looking for a diverse cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/aladdin-live-action-movie-diverse-cast/|title=Disney's Live-Action 'Aladdin' Won't Be 'Prince of Persia', Says Producer; Promises Diverse Cast|website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]|access-date=February 8, 2017|date=February 8, 2017|archive-date=February 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208215611/http://collider.com/aladdin-live-action-movie-diverse-cast/|url-status=live}}</ref> In April 2017, [[Will Smith]] entered talks to play the Genie.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/04/will-smith-genie-role-aladdin-disney-1202072355/|title=Will Smith in Talks For Genie Role in Disney's Live-Action 'Aladdin'|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=April 19, 2017|date=April 19, 2017|archive-date=April 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421010613/http://deadline.com/2017/04/will-smith-genie-role-aladdin-disney-1202072355/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Alan Menken]] said that filming was slated to begin in August 2017.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7825906/alan-menken-interview-songwriters-hall-of-fame|title=Alan Menken Talks Working With Guy Ritchie on Live-Action 'Aladdin,' Progress of 'Little Mermaid'|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=June 13, 2017|date=June 12, 2017|archive-date=June 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613010201/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7825906/alan-menken-interview-songwriters-hall-of-fame|url-status=live}}</ref>

Production had originally been scheduled to begin in July, but was delayed due to Disney having trouble finding the right people to play Aladdin and Jasmine. British actress [[Naomi Scott]] and Indian actress [[Tara Sutaria]] were being considered to play Jasmine. For the role of Aladdin, British actors [[Riz Ahmed]] and [[Dev Patel]] were initially considered, but it was decided that a newcomer should be cast in the role.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/aladdin-movie-disney-struggles-find-stars-1019690|last1=Ford|first1=Rebecca|last2=Galuppo|first2=Mia|title='Aladdin': Disney Struggles to Find Stars for Its Live-Action Movie|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=July 11, 2017|date=July 11, 2017|archive-date=July 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170711155829/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/aladdin-movie-disney-struggles-find-stars-1019690|url-status=live}}</ref> In July 2017, it was announced that Egyptian-Canadian actor [[Mena Massoud]] had been cast as Aladdin, Scott as Jasmine, and Smith as the Genie.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/aladdin-will-smith-naomi-scott-jasmine-cast-mena-massoud-d23-1202496767/|title='Aladdin': Disney Casts Will Smith, Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott|website=Variety|date=July 15, 2017|access-date=December 10, 2017|archive-date=July 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170715232330/http://variety.com/2017/film/news/aladdin-will-smith-naomi-scott-jasmine-cast-mena-massoud-d23-1202496767/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.accesshollywood.com/articles/aladdin-disney-announces-live-action-cast-including-will-smith-as-genie-/|title='Aladdin': Disney Announces Live-Action Cast Including Will Smith As Genie|website=Access Hollywood|access-date=July 15, 2017|archive-date=July 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170717013528/http://www.accesshollywood.com/articles/aladdin-disney-announces-live-action-cast-including-will-smith-as-genie-/|url-status=live}}</ref> At the 2017 [[D23 (Disney)|D23 Expo]], Menken announced that he would be cowriting new songs for the film with [[Academy Award]] winners [[Pasek and Paul]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/VIDEO-Pasek-Paul-to-Team-with-Menken-on-Live-Action-ALADDIN-Miranda-Confirmed-for-LITTLE-MERMAID-20170717|title=VIDEO: Pasek & Paul to Team with Menken on Live-Action ALADDIN; Miranda Confirmed for LITTLE MERMAID|website=Broadway World|access-date=July 17, 2017|archive-date=August 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822180708/https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/VIDEO-Pasek-Paul-to-Team-with-Menken-on-Live-Action-ALADDIN-Miranda-Confirmed-for-LITTLE-MERMAID-20170717|url-status=live}}</ref> while [[Vanessa Taylor]] would rewrite the script.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/disney-live-action-aladdin-rewrite-game-of-thrones/|title=Disney's Live-Action Aladdin is Getting a Rewrite|website=screenrant|date=July 17, 2017|access-date=December 11, 2019|archive-date=September 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919095851/http://screenrant.com/disney-live-action-aladdin-rewrite-game-of-thrones/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In August 2017, [[Marwan Kenzari]], [[Nasim Pedrad]] and [[Numan Acar]] joined the cast as Jafar, Dalia and Hakim, respectively.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/disneys-live-action-aladdin-finds-jafar-1026545 |title=Disney's Live-Action 'Aladdin' Finds Its Jafar (Exclusive) |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=August 4, 2017 |access-date=August 5, 2017 |archive-date=August 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804210636/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/disneys-live-action-aladdin-finds-jafar-1026545 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=N'Duka|first1=Amanda|title=Numan Acar Cast in Disney's 'Aladdin' Remake|url=https://deadline.com/2017/08/numan-acar-disney-aladdin-remake-1202152768/|access-date=August 21, 2017|work=Deadline|date=August 21, 2017|archive-date=December 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230160155/https://deadline.com/2017/08/numan-acar-disney-aladdin-remake-1202152768/|url-status=live}}</ref> The following month, [[Billy Magnussen]] and [[Navid Negahban]] were cast as Prince Anders and the Sultan, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/disneys-live-action-aladdin-casts-billy-magnussen-as-new-character-1035329|title=Disney's Live-Action 'Aladdin' Casts Billy Magnussen as New Character (Exclusive)|website=Hollywoodreporter.com|date=September 5, 2017|access-date=June 24, 2019|archive-date=September 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906045349/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/disneys-live-action-aladdin-casts-billy-magnussen-as-new-character-1035329|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/09/navid-negahban-disney-aladdin-remake-1202162634/|title=Navid Negahban Cast As The Sultan in Disney's 'Aladdin' Remake|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=September 6, 2017|access-date=February 21, 2020|archive-date=September 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907031454/http://deadline.com/2017/09/navid-negahban-disney-aladdin-remake-1202162634/|url-status=live}}</ref> Filming began September 6, 2017, at [[Longcross Studios]] and concluded January 24, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://comingsoon.net/movies/news/885263-aladdin-filming#/slide/1|title=Aladdin Filming Begins as the First Set Photo is Revealed|website=Comingsoon.net|date=September 6, 2017|access-date=December 11, 2019|archive-date=August 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813105528/https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/885263-aladdin-filming#/slide/1|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://comingsoon.net/movies/news/916663-disneys-live-action-aladdin-has-wrapped-production|title=Disney's Live-Action Aladdin Has Wrapped Production|date=January 24, 2018|work=Comingsoon.net|access-date=April 21, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=May 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503093922/http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/916663-disneys-live-action-aladdin-has-wrapped-production|url-status=live}}</ref> The film was released May 24, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://comingsoon.net/movies/news/887043-walt-disney-studios-sets-release-dates-for-aladdin-artemis-fowl-and-more#/slide/1|title=Walt Disney Studios Sets Release Dates for Aladdin, Artemis Fowl, and More|author=Spencer Perry|website=Comingsoon.net|access-date=September 13, 2017|date=September 12, 2017|archive-date=September 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913002725/http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/887043-walt-disney-studios-sets-release-dates-for-aladdin-artemis-fowl-and-more#/slide/1|url-status=live}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of Disney animated films based on fairy tales]]
* [[Lists of animated films]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
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* {{IMDb title|0103639|Aladdin}}
* [http://toonopedia.com/aladdin.htm Aladdin] in folklore and popular culture, at [[Don Markstein's Toonopedia]]. [https://archive.today/20151222042238/http://toonopedia.com/aladdin.htm Archived] from the original on August 31, 2015.

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