A ƙarshe, lokacin da Walt Disney Productions ya ci gaba da sakin fina-finai na abokantaka na iyali a cikin shekarun 1970s, kamar Tserewa zuwa Witch Mountain (1975) da Freaky Juma'a (1976), fina-finai ba su da kyau a ofishin akwatin kamar kayan da suka gabata. Duk da haka, gidan wasan kwaikwayo na fim ya ga nasara tare da Robin Hood (1973), Masu Ceto (1977), da Fox da Hound (1981). A matsayin shugaban ɗakin studio, Miller ya yi ƙoƙari ya yi fina-finai don fitar da kasuwar matasa masu riba waɗanda galibi sun wuce kallon fina-finan Disney.
18 ga Afrilu, 1983