Editing Disney Channel (section)

===Movie library===
{{Main|List of Disney Channel original films}}

[[Television film]]s have also been produced for broadcast on Disney Channel since its launch under the banner of ''Disney Channel Premiere Films'', with the first film released being ''[[Tiger Town]]'' in 1983, until October 1997, which is when they stopped using the "Premiere Films" label and renamed it the "[[List of Disney Channel original films|Disney Channel Original Movies]]" (DCOM) thereafter. The first movie to be released under the Disney Channel Original Movie category was ''[[Under Wraps (1997 film)|Under Wraps]]'', a Halloween themed movie that aired for the first time on Disney Channel on October 25, 1997.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Salute to Disney Channel: Disney Channel time line |url=https://kidscreen.com/1998/04/01/21442-19980401/ |access-date=2023-02-01 |archive-date=15 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815213719/https://kidscreen.com/1998/04/01/21442-19980401/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=What Is The Best Disney Channel Original Movie Of All Time? Vote Now |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/xyxyva/best-dcom-of-all-time-ranking-dcom |access-date=2023-02-01 |website=MTV |language=en |archive-date=1 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201151928/https://www.mtv.com/news/xyxyva/best-dcom-of-all-time-ranking-dcom |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Disney Channel Premiere Films |url=https://d23.com/a-to-z/disney-channel-premiere-films/ |access-date=2023-02-01 |website=D23 |language=en-US |archive-date=1 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201150424/https://d23.com/a-to-z/disney-channel-premiere-films/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Under Wraps (television) |url=https://d23.com/a-to-z/under-wraps-television/ |access-date=2023-02-01 |website=D23 |language=en-US |archive-date=1 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201150427/https://d23.com/a-to-z/under-wraps-television/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The most successful original film under the banner in terms of popularity and accolades is ''[[High School Musical 2]]'', which debuted on August 17, 2007, to 17.2 million viewers and set a current longstanding record for the highest-rated television premiere in the history of the channel.<ref name="variety">{{cite news |author=Rick Kissell |author2=Michael Schneider |date=August 18, 2007 |title='High School Musical 2' huge hit |periodical=Variety |publisher=Reed Business Information |url=https://variety.com/2007/scene/markets-festivals/high-school-musical-2-aces-test-1117970479/ |access-date=August 18, 2007 |archive-date=23 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070823105546/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117970479.html?categoryid=14&cs=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> Following ''High School Musical 2'', the movie that had the second highest-rated Disney Channel Original Movie (DCOM) premiere was ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie]]'', followed by ''[[Camp Rock]]'', ''[[Descendants 2]]'', ''[[Princess Protection Program]]'', ''[[Teen Beach Movie]]'', and ''[[Jump In!]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Highest-Rated Disney Channel Original Movie (DCOM) Premieres |url=https://www.listchallenges.com/highest-rated-disney-channel-original-movie |access-date=2023-02-01 |website=List Challenges |archive-date=1 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201150427/https://www.listchallenges.com/highest-rated-disney-channel-original-movie |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Crupi |first=Anthony |date=August 31, 2009 |title=Disney's 'Wizards' Conjures Up 11.4 Million Viewers |url=https://www.adweek.com/convergent-tv/disneys-wizards-conjures-114-million-viewers-113240/ |access-date=2023-02-01 |website=www.adweek.com |language=en-US |archive-date=1 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201150427/https://www.adweek.com/convergent-tv/disneys-wizards-conjures-114-million-viewers-113240/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It also set a basic cable record for the single most-watched television program until December 3, 2007, when corporate sister channel, [[ESPN]], surpassed it with the telecast of an [[National Football League|NFL]] [[American football|game]] between the [[New England Patriots]] and [[Baltimore Ravens]] on its ''[[Monday Night Football]]'' programme by 0.3 million viewers more (17.5 million viewers). ''[[The Cheetah Girls (franchise)|The Cheetah Girls]]'' media franchise was also notably successful in terms of merchandise and sales for its concert tours and soundtrack albums. Its debut film from 2003, being the first Disney Channel original musical television film, premiered to over 84 million global viewers and [[The Cheetah Girls 2|its sequel]] premiered to 8.1 million American viewers and in the process became the most successful of the film series. An 86-date concert tour featuring [[The Cheetah Girls (group)|the eponymous girl group]] was ranked as one of the top 10 concert tours of 2006, smashing the record at the [[Houston Rodeo]] previously set by [[Elvis Presley]] in 1973, selling out with 73,500 tickets in three minutes at one point.

In addition to its original television films, Disney Channel has rights to theatrically released feature films, with some film rights shared with sister network, [[Freeform (TV channel)|Freeform]]. Alongside films released by [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures]] (mainly consisting of releases from [[Walt Disney Pictures]], [[Walt Disney Animation Studios]] and [[Pixar]]), the channel also maintains rights to films from other studios. Some films released by [[Bagdasarian Productions]] (such as ''[[The Chipmunk Adventure]]'' and ''[[Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein]]'') have also aired on Disney Channel, although most of them are not currently owned by any of the Walt Disney Company's divisions.