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Okay, if Balto was apparently "not that successful", how come they had enough money to fund for two sequals?

Answere me THAT!

Balto was not successful in theaters, but thanks to word of mouth, it was a success on home video. That's why Universal decided to revive the franchise with a direct-to-video sequel.

Also, remember that they were very low budget sequels, much lower than the Disney ones.

mmm, sorry what is a sequel ?

The movies that come after the first one. Balto 2: Wolf Quest and Balto 3: Wings of Change are both sequels.

How did you know that they were low budget?

I knw that their animation wasn't as good as the first film or Disney films (including its sequels), but I couldn't see WOC or WQ as low budget cartoons. (But not high budget either)

I don't know.....

From the director (Phil weinstein) or his associate (DWK), I think they said they costed something around 3 or 4 millions $ (which IS pretty low, compared to any animated film) I think I saw somewhere that TLK 1 1/2 costed something like 15-20 millions $...

Can anyone tell me the relation between Balto and Disney?