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He focused the studio on the production of adult-oriented comedies through its [[Touchstone Pictures]] banner, including films such as ''[[Down and Out in Beverly Hills]]'', ''[[Three Men and a Baby]]'', ''[[Good Morning, Vietnam]]'', ''[[Dead Poets Society]]'', and ''[[Pretty Woman]]''. By 1987, Disney had become the number-one studio at the box office.<ref name="wakingsleepingbeauty">{{Cite video | people = [[Don Hahn|Hahn, Don]] | title = [[Waking Sleeping Beauty]] | medium = Documentary film | publisher = Stone Circle Pictures/Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | location = Burbank, California | date = 2009 }}</ref> Katzenberg expanded Disney's film portfolio by launching [[Hollywood Pictures]] with Eisner and overseeing the acquisition of [[Miramax|Miramax Films]] in 1993.<ref name="bit the mouse"/> Katzenberg also oversaw [[ABC Signature|Touchstone Television]], which produced television series such as ''[[The Golden Girls]]'', ''[[Empty Nest]]'' and ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]''.
Katzenberg was also charged with turning around Disney's ailing [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Feature Animation]] unit, creating some intrastudio controversy when he personally edited a few minutes out of a completed Disney animated feature, ''[[The Black Cauldron (film)|The Black Cauldron]]'' (1985), shortly after joining the company.<ref name="cauldron">{{cite book |last=Thomas |first=Bob |year=1991 |title=Disney's Art of Animation: From Mickey Mouse to Beauty and the Beast |url=https://archive.org/details/disneysartofanim00thom |url-access=registration |publisher= Hyperion |location=New York. |page=[https://archive.org/details/disneysartofanim00thom/page/114 114] |isbn=1-56282-899-1 }}</ref> Under his management, the animation department eventually began creating [[Disney Renaissance|some of Disney's most critically acclaimed and highest grossing animated features]]. These films include ''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]'' (1986), ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'' (1988), ''[[Oliver
Concerns arose internally at Disney, particularly from Eisner and [[Roy E. Disney]], about Katzenberg taking too much credit for the success of Disney's animated releases.<ref name="Waking">{{Cite video | people = [[Don Hahn|Hahn, Don]] | title = [[Waking Sleeping Beauty]] | medium = Documentary film | publisher = Stone Circle Pictures/Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | location = Burbank, California | date = 2009 }}</ref><ref name="Stewart">{{cite book |last1=Stewart |first1=James B. |author-link=James B. Stewart |title=DisneyWar |date=2006 |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |location=New York |isbn=978-0-7432-6709-0 |url=https://archive.org/details/disneywar00stew |access-date=February 8, 2023}}</ref>{{rp|166-168}} In 1993, Katzenberg discussed with Eisner the possibility of being promoted to president of the company, which would mean moving [[Frank Wells]] from president to vice chairman. Eisner responded that Wells would feel "hurt" in that scenario and then, according to Katzenberg, assured him that he would get the job if Wells vacated the position. After Wells died in a helicopter crash in 1994, Eisner assumed his duties instead of promoting Katzenberg.<ref name="THR2">{{cite news |title=The Epic Disney Blow-Up of 1994: Eisner, Katzenberg and Ovitz 20 Years Later |last1=Masters |first1=Kim |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/epic-disney-blow-up-1994-694476/ |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=April 9, 2014 |accessdate=February 8, 2023}}</ref> In an interview with ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'', Eisner said that [[Roy E. Disney|Roy Disney]], [[Walt Disney]]'s nephew and an influential member of the Disney board, did not like Katzenberg and threatened to start a [[proxy fight]] if Katzenberg was promoted to president.<ref name="THR3">{{cite news |title=Michael Eisner on Former Disney Colleagues, Rivals and Bob Iger’s Successor |last1= |first1= |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/michael-eisner-disney-colleagues-rivals-914841/ |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=July 27, 2016 |accessdate=February 8, 2023}}</ref> Tensions between Katzenberg, Eisner and Disney resulted in Katzenberg leaving Disney upon conclusion of his work contract with the company in October 1994.<ref>{{cite news|work=The New York Times|last=Weinraub|first=Bernard|title= Chairman of Disney Studios Resigns|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/08/25/business/chairman-of-disney-studios-resigns.html|date=25 August 1994}}</ref><ref name="Stewart">{{cite book |last1=Stewart |first1=James B. |author-link=James B. Stewart |title=DisneyWar |date=2006 |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |location=New York |isbn=978-0-7432-6709-0 |url=https://archive.org/details/disneywar00stew |access-date=February 8, 2023}}</ref>{{rp|183, 185}} Disney board member Stanley Gold said Katzenberg had been brought low by "his ego and almost pathological need to be important."<ref name="THR2" /> Katzenberg sued Disney for money he asserted he was owed, and settled out of court for an estimated $250 million in 1999.<ref name="Guardian1"/>
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