Instead, Pocahontas only narrowly defeated Batman Forever (then in its second week) at the box office, and won only two Oscars, for Best Musical or Comedy Score and Best Original Song, for "Colors of the Wind." Animators even turned down work on other Disney projects like The Lion King, thinking Pocahontas would be more prestigious than other movies in production. ![]() Studio chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg predicted that, not only would Pocahontas be a commercial hit, it would earn an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture, like Beauty and the Beast just a few years before it. Before the 1995 release of Pocahontas, Disney executives had high hopes for the film.
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