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by judge2020 1597 days ago
Bambi lost $200k USD (as a result of being released during WW2) in 1942 when it released[0], the equivalent of ~$3.4 Million USD today, so I'm sure they were cutting necessary costs. It only recouped the losses with subsequent re-releases, which had the benefit of access to the European market.

0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney#:~:text=The%20mili...