<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $31 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $74.2 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Oliver & Company is a 1988 American animated musical comedy - drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released on November 18, 1988, by Walt Disney Pictures . The 27th Disney animated feature film, the film is inspired by the classic Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist, which has been adapted many other times for the screen . In the film, Oliver is a homeless kitten who joins a gang of dogs to survive in the streets . Among other changes, the setting of the film was relocated from 19th century London to late 1980s New York City, Fagin's gang is made up of dogs (one of which is Dodger), and Sykes is a loan shark . </P> <P> Oliver & Company began production around 1987 as Oliver and the Dodger . The film was re-released in the United States, Canada, and the UK on March 29, 1996 . It was then released to video later that same year, and again in 2002 and 2009 on DVD . The film was released on Blu - ray Disc in 2013, commemorating its 25th Anniversary . </P>

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