A decade after his passing, Robin Williams leaves behind an amazing Disney legacy!

A new high before another breakup

With things seemingly cooling down, Williams agreed to another big starring Disney role in 1997's Flubber. A remake of the classic The Absent-Minded Professor, Williams played a bumbling professor who creates a special version of rubber and is soon involved in hijinks. The movie wasn't a critical success, but it made $178 million and became a good hit for Williams.

That same year, Williams starred in Disney-owned Miramax's Good Will Hunting. In the movie that made both Ben Affleck and Matt Damon stars, Williams got a great dramatic turn as the professor trying to help young genius Damon with his various issues. The film was one of the year's biggest hits and finally earned Williams that overdue Oscar, for Best Supporting Actor. 

Sadly, the Williams-Disney relationship hit another rough patch with 1999's Bicentennial Man. It was a unique sci-fi film with Williams as Andrew, an android who proves to have his own personality and fights to be accepted as a person. The movie did have a good turn in Williams slowly becoming more human as it went. However, it received a mixed critical reaction and only grossed $87 million against a $100 million budget.

Williams put the blame on Disney for bad marketing and some budget cuts that eliminated what he claimed were scenes that would have helped the movie. That led to another long break to the point that the 2004 Aladdin DVD release had no input from Williams. 

Thankfully, the two sides came together again for Williams to become a Disney Legend in 2009. He also made one more movie released by the studio, the 2009 comedy Old Dogs with John Travolta, which was a surprise box-office success.