1986

Events

 * The company officially changes its name from Walt Disney Productions to The Walt Disney Company.

Feature Films

 * January 31 - Down and Out in Beverly Hills (Touchstone Pictures; first R-rated release under that label)
 * March 7 - Sleeping Beauty (re-issue)
 * June 27 - Ruthless People (Touchstone)
 * July 2 - The Great Mouse Detective
 * July 30 - Flight of the Navigator
 * October 17 - The Color of Money (Touchstone)
 * November 21 - Song of the South (re-issue)
 * December 19 - Lady and the Tramp (re-issue)

Shorts

 * August 17 - Luxo Jr.

Television

 * Feb. 2 - After 3 years of being off the air, the Disney weekly anthology series returns to TV under the name The Disney Sunday Movie. The series airs on Sunday nights on ABC. The series had not had a host since the passing of Walt Disney himself in 1966, but as of this incarnation, Michael Eisner takes over the hosting duties. The first installment is a TV-movie comedy entitled Help Wanted: Kids, featuring Cindy Williams and Micheal McKean. [1 ]