M&A Deal Summary

Walt Disney Acquires Lucasfilm

On October 30, 2012, Walt Disney acquired media company Lucasfilm for 4.1B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Walt Disney’s 5th transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Walt Disney’s 5th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Walt Disney’s 13th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Walt Disney’s 9th transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2012-10-30
Target Lucasfilm
Sector Media
Buyer(s) Walt Disney
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 4.1B USD

Target

Lucasfilm

San Francisco, California, United States
Lucasfilm is an entertainment company. In addition to its motion-picture and television production operations, the company's global activities include Industrial Light & Magic and Skywalker Sound, serving the digital needs of the entertainment industry for visual-effects and audio post-production; LucasArts, a leading developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software worldwide; Lucas Licensing, which manages the global merchandising activities for Lucasfilm's entertainment properties; Lucasfilm Animation; and Lucas Online creates Internet-based content for Lucasfilm's entertainment properties and businesses.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Walt Disney

Burbank, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 1923
Sector Media
Employees173,250
Revenue 88.9B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to The Walt Disney Company's headquarters in Burbank, California.
Entrance to The Walt Disney Company's headquarters in Burbank, California.

Walt Disney is a diversified worldwide entertainment company. Walt Disney operates in five business segments. These include Media Networks, Parks and Resorts, Studio Entertainment, Consumer Products and Interactive. The Media Networks segment includes international and domestic cable television networks, a domestic broadcast television network, television production operations, domestic and international television distribution, domestic television stations, domestic broadcast radio networks and stations, and publishing and digital operations. Walt Disney was founded in 1923 and is based in Burbank, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 17 of 21
Sector (Media) 5 of 6
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 17 of 20
State (California) 9 of 10
Country (United States) 13 of 16
Year (2012) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 5 of 12
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-11-14 Babble Media

New York, New York, United States

Babble Media Inc. is a parenting site that features advice about pregnancy, child development, and other advice.

Buy $40M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-03-24 Maker Studios

Culver City, California, United States

Maker Studios is an online media company principally focused on producing short-film videos distributed on YouTube. Maker offers its partners development, production, promotion, distribution, sales, and marketing services.

Buy $950M
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