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1998 in home video

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Years in home video: 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Centuries: 19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades: 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
Years: 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

1998 is nearing the end of the dominance of the VHS format with the DVD overtaking tape sales by the early 2000s.[1] The so-called format wars are almost over with Sony's Betamax format ending production at about this same time.[2] The VHS format does not die out quickly because of its recording function, so many homes were adding a DVD player rather than replacing their VCRs. 1998 is a boom time for the brick and mortar video rental industry.[3]

Industry milestones[edit]

April[edit]

May[edit]

October[edit]

  • October – Full DVD launch in Europe.[4]

Movie releases[edit]

The following movies were released on video on the following dates:

This film, television or video-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it with reliably sourced additions.
U.S./Canada
release date
Title Studio Format/Notes
January 6 Ghosts of Mississippi Columbia TriStar Home Video VHS releases
Masterminds
187 Warner Home Video VHS releases
Anna Karenina
Fire Down Below
Hoodlum MGM/UA Home Video VHS releases
January 13 Money Talks New Line Home Video VHS and DVD release
Picture Perfect (1997) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment VHS releases
Soul Food
Wishmaster Live Home Video DVD release
January 20 Nothing to Lose Touchstone Home Video VHS release
Anaconda Columbia TriStar Home Video DVD release
Buddy VHS and DVD release
The Mirror Has Two Faces DVD release
Death Becomes Her MCA/Universal Home Video DVD releases
Kindergarten Cop
Leave It to Beaver VHS and DVD release
Liar Liar DVD releases
The Nutty Professor
Timecop
January 27 Event Horizon Paramount Home Video VHS release
Kull the Conqueror Universal Studios Home Video VHS release
February 3 Air Bud Walt Disney Home Video DVD release
The Barefoot Executive VHS releases; part of the Walt Disney Film Classics: The Kurt Russell Collection
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
Hercules (1997) VHS and LaserDisc release; part of the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection
final Walt Disney Animation Studios film released on LaserDisc
The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit VHS releases; part of the Walt Disney Film Classics: The Kurt Russell Collection
The Strongest Man in the World
G.I. Jane Hollywood Pictures Home Video VHS release
Excess Baggage (1997) Columbia TriStar Home Video VHS release
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie Warner Home Video VHS release; part of the Warner Bros. Family Entertainment Collection
All Dogs Go to Heaven MGM Home Entertainment VHS releases; part of the MGM Family Entertainment Collection
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2
Courage of Lassie
The Princess Bride
The Secret of NIMH
February 10 Air Force One Columbia TriStar Home Video VHS, LaserDisc and DVD release
Cold Around the Heart 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment VHS release
February 17 Good Burger Paramount Home Video VHS release
Most Wanted New Line Home Video VHS release
The Game PolyGram Video VHS release
February 24 The Devil's Own Columbia TriStar Home Video DVD releases
Fools Rush In
The Devil's Advocate Warner Home Video VHS releases
Mad City
The Man Who Knew Too Little
March 3 The Moon-Spinners Walt Disney Home Video VHS and LaserDisc release; part of the Walt Disney Film Classics: The Hayley Mills Collection
Peter Pan VHS and LaserDisc releases; part of the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection
Robin Hood
Summer Magic VHS release; part of the Walt Disney Film Classics: The Hayley Mills Collection
March 10 In & Out Paramount Home Video VHS release
The Peacemaker DreamWorks Home Entertainment VHS release
Radioland Murders IMAGE Entertainment DVD release
March 17 That Darn Cat Walt Disney Home Video VHS and DVD re-release; part of the Walt Disney Film Classics: The Hayley Mills Collection
Mimic Dimension Home Video VHS release
The Assignment Columbia TriStar Home Video VHS release
The Chipmunk Adventure MCA/Universal Home Video VHS release
The Full Monty 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment VHS release
Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might Pioneer Home Entertainment VHS and DVD release
March 20 Mary Poppins Walt Disney Home Video DVD release, part of the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection
March 24 Metro Touchstone Home Video DVD release
A Thousand Acres VHS release
I Know What You Did Last Summer Columbia TriStar Home Video VHS release
The Man Who Knew Too Little Warner Home Video DVD release
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag MGM Home Entertainment VHS release
March 31 Alice in Wonderland Walt Disney Home Video VHS re-releases; part of the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection
Dumbo
The Little Mermaid VHS and LaserDisc release; part of the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection
Mary Poppins VHS re-releases; part of the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection
Pete's Dragon
Robin Hood
The Sword in the Stone
Double Team Columbia TriStar Home Video DVD releases
High School High
Slappy and the Stinkers VHS release
U Turn VHS and DVD release
McHale's Navy (1964) Universal Studios Home Video VHS releases; part of the Universal Comedy Classics Collection
McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force
The Perfect Furlough
Vertigo DVD release
Mad City Warner Home Video DVD release
Bean PolyGram Video VHS release
Charlie Strapp and Froggy Ball Flying High Alliance Video VHS release; Canada only
April 4 We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story Universal Studios Home Video VHS release
April 7 Seven Years in Tibet (1997) Columbia TriStar Home Video VHS release
Boogie Nights New Line Home Video VHS release
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation VHS and DVD release
April 14 Kiss the Girls (1997) Paramount Home Video VHS release
L.A Confidential Warner Home Video VHS release
The Ice Storm 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment VHS release
April 21 101 Dalmatians (1996) Walt Disney Home Video DVD release
The Apple Dumpling Gang VHS releases; part of the Walt Disney Film Classics: The Don Knotts Collection
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
Flubber VHS release
Gus VHS releases; part of the Walt Disney Film Classics: The Don Knotts Collection
No Deposit, No Return
RocketMan VHS release
Nothing to Lose (1997) Touchstone Home Video DVD release
G.I. Jane Hollywood Pictures Home Video DVD release
Cop Land Miramax Home Entertainment VHS release
April 28 The 6th Man Touchstone Home Video VHS release
The Jackal Universal Studios Home Video VHS release
The Jerk DVD release
Red Corner MGM Home Entertainment VHS release
Anastasia (1997) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment VHS release
May 5 Gattaca Columbia TriStar Home Video VHS and DVD release
Mouse Hunt DreamWorks Home Entertainment VHS release
Tomorrow Never Dies MGM Home Entertainment VHS release
May 7 The Fearless Four Warner Home Video VHS release
May 12 Close Encounters of the Third Kind Columbia TriStar Home Video Collector's Edition VHS release
A Rat's Tale Warner Home Video VHS release; part of the Warner Bros. Family Entertainment Collection
12 Angry Men MGM Home Entertainment VHS release
May 19 Little Indian, Big City Touchstone Home Video VHS release
As Good as It Gets Columbia TriStar Home Video VHS and DVD release
May 26 My Girl Columbia TriStar Home Video DVD release
The Brass Bottle (1964) Universal Studios Home Video VHS release; part of the Universal Comedy Classics Collection
The Getaway (1994) DVD release
The Major and the Minor VHS releases; part of the Universal Comedy Classics Collection
The Pink Jungle
Sea of Love DVD releases
Street Fighter
You Gotta Stay Happy VHS release; part of the Universal Comedy Classics Collection
Deconstructing Harry New Line Home Video VHS and DVD release
Firestorm 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment VHS release
Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest Pioneer Home Entertainment VHS and DVD release
May 27 Passenger 57 Warner Home Video DVD release
June 2 Melody Time Walt Disney Home Video VHS release; part of the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection
Desperate Measures Columbia TriStar Home Video VHS release
Starship Troopers VHS and DVD release
The Rainmaker (1997) Paramount Home Video VHS release
Alien Resurrection 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment VHS and LaserDisc releases
Home Alone 3
June 9 An American Werewolf in Paris Hollywood Pictures Home Video VHS and DVD release
A Simple Wish MCA/Universal Home Video VHS and DVD release
June 16 Flubber Walt Disney Home Video DVD release
Fun and Fancy Free LaserDisc release
I Know What You Did Last Summer Columbia TriStar Home Video DVD release
Spice World VHS release
Switchback Paramount Home Video VHS release
Fallen Warner Home Video VHS and DVD release
The Mighty Kong VHS release; part of the Warner Bros. Family Entertainment Collection
Joey (1997) MGM Home Entertainment VHS release; part of the MGM Family Entertainment Collection
June 18 Ghost in the Shell Manga Entertainment DVD release
June 23 The Swan Princess / The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain Columbia TriStar Home Video 25th Anniversary Special Limited Edition 2-Pack VHS release
Grease Paramount Home Video 20th Anniversary VHS and LaserDisc re-release
The Postman Warner Home Video VHS release
June 30 The Replacement Killers Columbia TriStar Home Video VHS and DVD release
Half Baked Universal Studios Home Video VHS release
Amistad DreamWorks Home Entertainment VHS release
The Devil's Advocate Warner Home Video DVD release
July 7 Good Will Hunting Miramax Home Entertainment VHS release
Beethoven's 2nd Universal Studios Home Video DVD release
Palmetto Warner Home Video VHS release
July 14 Phantoms Dimension Home Video VHS release
Swept from the Sea Columbia TriStar Home Video VHS and DVD release
Sphere Warner Home Video VHS and DVD release
Oscar and Lucinda 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment VHS release
Caught Up Artisan Entertainment DVD release
July 21 Mr. Magoo Walt Disney Home Video VHS, LaserDisc and DVD release
Krippendorf's Tribe Touchstone Home Video VHS release
Scream 2 Dimension Home Video VHS release
Kissing a Fool Universal Studios Home Video VHS release
U.S. Marshals Warner Home Video VHS releases
Zero Effect
Great Expectations 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment VHS release
Camelot: The Legend GoodTimes Home Video VHS release
July 28 Hard Rain Paramount Home Video VHS release
Little Men Warner Home Video VHS release; part of the Warner Bros. Family Entertainment Collection
Dark City (1998) New Line Home Video VHS releases
Wag the Dog
Chairman of the Board Trimark Home Video VHS release
August 4 The Black Cauldron Walt Disney Home Video VHS release; part of the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection
Meet the Deedles VHS release
Jackie Brown Miramax Home Entertainment VHS release
Blues Brothers 2000 Universal Studios Home Video VHS release
The Wedding Singer New Line Home Video VHS release
August 11 Senseless Dimension Home Video VHS release
Oliver! Columbia TriStar Home Video 30th Anniversary VHS and DVD release; part of the Columbia TriStar Family Collection
An American Tail / An American Tail: Fievel Goes West Universal Studios Home Video 2-Pack VHS release; part of the Universal Family Features Collection
Balto VHS releases; part of the Universal Family Features Collection
Casper
The Little Rascals
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
Mr. Nice Guy (1997) New Line Home Video VHS release
The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) MGM Home Entertainment VHS releases
Napoleon (1995)
August 18 The Apostle Universal Studios Home Video VHS release
The Newton Boys 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment VHS release
Planet of the Apes 30th Anniversary VHS re-release
The Big Lebowski PolyGram Video VHS releases
The Borrowers
August 25 Big Red Walt Disney Home Video VHS releases; part of the Walt Disney Film Classics: The Animal Adventures Series
Greyfriars Bobby
The Legend of Lobo
Old Yeller
Kundun Touchstone Home Video VHS release
September 1 Kiki's Delivery Service Buena Vista Home Video VHS and LaserDisc release
3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain Columbia TriStar Home Video VHS releases
Dream for an Insomniac
Titanic (1997) Paramount Home Video VHS and LaserDisc release
Barney's Great Adventure PolyGram Video VHS and DVD release
Grave of the Fireflies (Dubbed) Central Park Media VHS release
September 8 Wild Things Columbia TriStar Home Video VHS and DVD release
Primary Colors Universal Studios Home Video VHS and DVD release
The Thing DVD release
The Object of My Affection 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment VHS release
September 15 Lady and the Tramp Walt Disney Home Video Fullscreen and Widescreen VHS and LaserDisc releases; part of the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection
He Got Game Touchstone Home Video VHS release
Wide Awake Miramax Home Entertainment VHS release
Hush Columbia TriStar Home Video VHS and DVD release
American Graffiti Universal Studios Home Video Special Edition VHS and Collector's Edition DVD release
Mercury Rising VHS release
Scrooge 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment VHS release; part of the 20th Century Fox Family Features Collection
September 22 Nightwatch Dimension Home Video VHS release
My Giant Warner Home Video VHS release
September 29 Deep Rising Hollywood Pictures Home Video VHS and DVD release
Blackjack Dimension Home Video VHS re-release
Paulie DreamWorks Home Entertainment VHS release
The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest Warner Home Video VHS release; part of the Warner Bros. Family Entertainment Collection
City of Angels VHS release
My Giant DVD release
Silkwood MGM Home Entertainment VHS release
October 6 The Santa Clause Walt Disney Home Video VHS re-release
How the Toys Saved Christmas Buena Vista Home Video VHS re-release
The Spanish Prisoner Columbia TriStar Home Video VHS and DVD release
Face/Off Paramount Home Video DVD release
Kiss the Girls VHS releases
Twilight
Lost in Space New Line Home Video VHS and DVD release
October 7 Grave of the Fireflies Central Park Media DVD release
October 13 I Got the Hook-Up Dimension Home Video VHS releases
Ride
Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 Columbia TriStar Home Video VHS and DVD releases
In God's Hands
Animal House Universal Studios Home Video Special Edition VHS and Collector's Edition DVD release
Major League: Back to the Minors Warner Home Video VHS release
Quest for Camelot VHS release; part of the Warner Bros. Family Entertainment Collection
Casablanca MGM Home Entertainment Special Edition VHS release
The Edge 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment VHS releases
The X-Files
October 20 Warren Miller: Snowriders Warren Miller Entertainment VHS releases
Warren Miller: Snowriders 2
The Big Hit Columbia TriStar Home Video VHS release
In & Out Paramount Home Video DVD release
The Odd Couple II VHS and DVD release
Black Dog Universal Studios Home Video VHS release
Quest for Camelot Warner Home Video DVD release; part of the Warner Bros. Family Entertainment Collection
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang MGM Home Entertainment 30th Anniversary VHS and LaserDisc release
Note: The VHS release is part of the MGM Family Entertainment Collection
Species II VHS release
October 27 Gone with the Wind MGM Home Entertainment Digitally restored picture and soundtrack VHS, LaserDisc and DVD re-release
The Big Lebowski PolyGram Video DVD release
November 3 Godzilla (1998) Columbia TriStar Home Video VHS and DVD release
Les Misérables VHS release
A Perfect Murder Warner Home Video VHS and DVD release
Home Alone 3 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment DVD release
Hope Floats VHS and DVD release
Jingle All the Way DVD releases
Speed (1994)
Young Frankenstein
November 10 The Horse Whisperer Touchstone Home Video VHS and DVD release
Babe Universal Studios Home Video VHS re-releases; part of the Universal Family Features Collection
Beethoven
Beethoven's 2nd
The Chipmunk Adventure
For Richer or Poorer VHS release
Leave It to Beaver VHS re-release; part of the Universal Family Features Collection
Small Soldiers DreamWorks Home Entertainment VHS release
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang MGM Home Entertainment DVD release
I Went Down Artisan Entertainment VHS release
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie GoodTimes Home Video VHS and DVD release
November 17 The Big One Miramax Home Entertainment VHS release
Can't Hardly Wait Columbia TriStar Home Video VHS releases
The Opposite of Sex
The Rainmaker Paramount Home Video DVD release
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Universal Studios Home Video VHS and DVD release
Passion in the Desert New Line Home Video VHS release
Casablanca MGM Home Entertainment Special Edition DVD release
Dirty Work VHS release
The Secret of NIMH DVD release
The Land Girls PolyGram Video VHS release
November 24 Dr. Dolittle 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment VHS release
December 1 Armageddon (1998) Touchstone Home Video VHS release
The Mask of Zorro Columbia TriStar Home Video VHS and DVD release
Breakdown (1997) Paramount Home Video DVD release
Sliding Doors VHS release
Switchback DVD release
The Land Before Time Universal Studios Home Video VHS and LaserDisc re-releases; part of the Universal Family Features Collection
The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure
The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving
The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists
The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island
December 8 The Parent Trap (1998) Walt Disney Home Video VHS and DVD release
The Wind in the Willows VHS release
Six Days, Seven Nights Touchstone Home Video VHS and DVD release
Good Will Hunting Miramax Home Entertainment DVD release
Scream (1996) Dimension Home Video DVD release
Mouse Hunt DreamWorks Home Entertainment DVD releases
The Peacemaker (1997)
Small Soldiers
December 15 Air Bud: Golden Receiver Walt Disney Home Video VHS release
Hav Plenty Miramax Home Entertainment VHS release
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later Dimension Home Video VHS release
Madeline Columbia TriStar Home Video VHS release; part of Family Collection
Manhattan Murder Mystery DVD release
Deep Impact Paramount Home Video VHS, DVD and LaserDisc release
Escape from L.A. DVD releases
Event Horizon
Hard Rain
Patriot Games
Private Parts (1997)
Junior Universal Studios Home Video DVD release
Lethal Weapon 4 Warner Home Video VHS and DVD releases
The Negotiator
Earth Girls are Easy Artisan Entertainment DVD release
Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle Funimation Productions VHS release
December 22 Can't Hardly Wait Columbia TriStar Home Video DVD release
Almost Heroes Warner Home Video VHS releases
Wrongfully Accused
Blade New Line Home Video VHS and DVD release
Cousin Bette (1998) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment VHS release
Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss Trimark Home Video DVD release
December 29 Knock Off Columbia TriStar Home Video VHS release
BASEketball Universal Studios Home Video VHS and DVD release
High Art VHS release
The Avengers (1998) Warner Home Video VHS releases
Why Do Fools Fall in Love
Mr. Jealousy BMG Independents VHS release

TV show releases[edit]

The following television shows were released on video on the following dates:

U.S./Canada
release date
Title Studio Format(s) Season # Notes
January 2 Biography A&E DVD+R various
January 9 Stickin' Around Cinepix Film Properties VHS A Very Hip Presentation released only in Canada
A Magical Adventure
January 13 Barney Barney Home Video
Lyrick Studios
VHS It's Time for Counting Direct-to-video special
Big Bad Beetleborgs 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment VHS Metallix the Movie
The Busy World of Richard Scarry PolyGram Video VHS Be My Valentine
Hey Arnold! Nickelodeon
Paramount Home Video
VHS Love Stinks
Rugrats Diapered Duo
Dr. Tommy Pickles
January 27 George Wallace TNT
Warner Home Video
VHS
February 3 Sesame Street CTW
Sony Wonder
VHS Fiesta! Direct-to-video specials
Big Bird Gets Lost
The Simpsons 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment VHS The Best of the Simpsons: Vol. 4
The Best of the Simpsons: Vol. 5
The Best of the Simpsons: Vol. 6
February 10 Arthur Random House Home Video VHS Arthur's New Puppy
D.W.'s Blankie
Arthur's Chicken Pox
Cinderella (1997) Walt Disney Home Video VHS
Oliver Twist (1997)
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends Anchor Bay Entertainment VHS Thomas and His Friends Get Along
February 17 The Magic School Bus KidVision VHS Getting Energized
Out of This World
Mystery Science Theater 3000 Rhino Home Video VHS Gunslinger
Manos: The Hands of Fate
Poopie! VHS re-release
February 24 Adventures from the Book of Virtues PBS Home Video
Turner Home Entertainment
VHS Vol. 11: Loyalty
Vol. 12: Respect
Vol. 13: Perseverance
The Busy World of Richard Scarry PolyGram Video VHS The First Easter Egg Ever
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Universal Studios Home Video DVD
Young Hercules
March 3 The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh Walt Disney Home Video VHS Three Cheers for Eeyore and Rabbit
Imagine That, Christopher Robin!
Spot the Dog Spot and His Grandparents Go to the Carnival
March 17 Barney Barney Home Video
Lyrick Studios
VHS In Outer Space Direct-to-video special
March 24 Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater MGM Home Entertainment VHS Kitty and the Beast
Wizard of Paws
Hope TNT
Warner Home Video
VHS
March 31 VeggieTales Lyrick Studios
Big Idea Productions
VHS Where's God When I'm S-Scared? VHS re-releases
Are You My Neighbor?
Buffalo Soldiers TNT
Warner Home Video
VHS
April 7 Allegra's Window Nick Jr.
Paramount Home Video
VHS Sing Along with Allegra & Lindi
Gullah Gullah Island Feelings
Little Bear Parties & Picnics
Rugrats Nickelodeon
Paramount Home Video
VHS Mommy Mania
The Flintstones Warner Home Video VHS Bedrock 'n' Roll
Dino's Two Tales
Hooray for Hollyrock
Rocky Bye Babies
Life with Louie 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment VHS For Pete's Sake part of the Fox Kids Video Collection
The Masked Chess Boy
Mummies Alive! Buena Vista Home Video
DIC Toon-Time Video
VHS The Legend Begins
April 14 Arthur Random House Home Video VHS Arthur's First Sleepover
D.W. Rides Again
Arthur Makes the Team
Sesame Street CTW
Sony Wonder
VHS Elmopalooza! TV special
April 21 Adventures in Odyssey Tommy Nelson VHS "A Stranger Among Us"
Stomp Out Loud HBO Home Video VHS
April 28 I Yabba-Dabba Do! Warner Home Video VHS
May 5 South Park Rhino Home Video VHS Volume 1
Volume 2
Volume 3
May 12 The Busy World of Richard Scarry PolyGram Video VHS Making Progress
Practice Makes Perfect
May 19 Angels in the Endzone Walt Disney Home Video VHS
The Philadelphia Phenomenon
Toothless
Barney Barney Home Video
Lyrick Studios
VHS Big Surprise!: Live on Stage
Hogan's Heroes 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
CBS Video
VHS Vol. 1: "The Informer / Kommandant of the Year"
Vol. 2: "The Great Impersonation / It Takes a Thief...Sometimes"
Spider-Man (1994) Marvel Video VHS Neogenic Nightmare
May 26 The Simpsons 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment VHS The Best of The Simpsons: Vol. 7
The Best of the Simpsons: Vol. 8
The Best of The Simpsons: Vol. 9
June 3 Sesame Street CTW
Sony Wonder
DVD Elmopalooza! TV special
June 9 Blue's Clues Nick Jr.
Paramount Home Video
VHS Story Time
Arts And Crafts
Rugrats Nickelodeon
Paramount Home Video
VHS Angelica Knows Best
June 23 Groundling Marsh Lyrick Studios VHS Vol. 1: Treasures Are For Sharing
Vol. 2: Courageous Adventures
Two for Texas TNT
Warner Home Video
VHS
June 30 Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment VHS "East Meets West" (Parts 1–5)
Madeline Golden Books Family Entertainment VHS Madeline and the 40 Thieves
Madeline and the New House
Madeline's Rescue
Madeline and the Bad Hat
Madeline in London
Madeline and the Gypsies
Madeline and the Dog Show
Madeline at Cooking School
Madeline and the Soccer Star
July 7 Sesame Street CTW
Sony Wonder
VHS The Great Numbers Game Direct-to-video specials
The Alphabet Jungle Game
July 14 Best of the Wonder Years Delta Home Video DVD
The Wonder Years – Best of the Christmas Wonder Years
Franklin PolyGram Video VHS Franklin Plays the Game
Franklin and the Secret Club
July 21 Mystery Science Theater 3000 Rhino Home Video VHS Angels Revenge
Shorts, Vol. 1
VeggieTales Word Entertainment
Big Idea Productions
VHS Madame Blueberry
July 28 Arthur Random House Home Video VHS Arthur's Tooth
D.W. the Picky Eater
Hey Arnold! Nickelodeon
Paramount Home Video
VHS Partners
Kolchak: The Night Stalker Anchor Bay Entertainment DVD The Night Stalker/The Night Strangler
August 11 Beavis and Butt-head MTV Home Video
Sony Music Entertainment
VHS Troubled Youth
Space Goofs 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment VHS Vol. 1: Alien Antics
Vol. 2: Cartoon Tales
Vol. 3: Animal Crack-Ups
August 18 Barney Barney Home Video
Lyrick Studios
VHS Halloween Party Direct-to-video special
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends Anchor Bay Entertainment VHS A Big Day for Thomas
Thomas Comes to Breakfast
August 25 Around the World with Willy Fog Plaza VHS 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea VHS re-releases
Around the World in 80 Days
Journey to the Center of the Earth
The World of Little Twins Buena Vista Home Video VHS The Magic of Giving
Tales of Enchantment
Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh Walt Disney Home Video VHS VHS re-releases
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh Frankenpooh
Spookable Pooh
The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Other Stories
Schoolhouse Rock Money Rock
Casper's Halloween Special Warner Home Video VHS Casper Saves Halloween
National Geographic Kids Video "Creepy Creatures"
VeggieTales Lyrick Studios
Big Idea Productions
VHS Rack, Shack & Benny VHS re-releases
Dave and the Giant Pickle
September 1 The Busy World of Richard Scarry PolyGram Video VHS The First Halloween Ever
Madeline Golden Books Family Entertainment VHS Madeline's Christmas
Madeline's Winter Vacation
Madeline and the Toy Factory
Sesame Street CTW
Sony Wonder
VHS The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street Direct-to-video special
Elmo Saves Christmas VHS re-releases
Elmo Says BOO!
Teletubbies Warner Home Video VHS Vol. 1: Here Come the Teletubbies
Vol. 2: Dance with the Teletubbies
The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper Universal Studios Home Video VHS Vol. 5: Four Funerals and a Wedding & Free Goldie
Vol. 6: Rats! & Hat Sick
Franklin PolyGram Video VHS Franklin's Halloween
September 8 Blue's Clues Nick Jr.
Paramount Home Video
VHS Blue's Birthday
Gullah Gullah Island Christmas
Little Bear Goodnight Little Bear
The Tommyknockers Trimark Home Video DVD
September 15 Bear in the Big Blue House Columbia TriStar Home Video VHS Vol. 1
Vol. 2
The Day Lincoln Was Shot Warner Home Video VHS
Merlin Artisan Entertainment DVD
September 29 Barney and the Backyard Gang Barney Home Video
Lyrick Studios
VHS Waiting for Santa VHS re-release
The Christmas Toy Columbia TriStar Home Video VHS
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
A Muppet Family Christmas
National Geographic Kids Video Warner Home Video VHS "Animal Holiday" VHS re-release
Casper's First Christmas VHS re-release
The Jetsons "A Jetson Christmas Carol" VHS re-release
October 6 101 Dalmatians: The Series Walt Disney Home Video VHS 101 Dalmatians Christmas
Spot the Dog Spot's Magical Christmas VHS re-release
Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too
VeggieTales Lyrick Studios
Big Idea Productions
VHS The Toy That Saved Christmas VHS re-release
October 20 Adventures in Odyssey Tommy Nelson VHS "Baby Daze"
South Park Rhino Home Video VHS Volume 4
Volume 5
Volume 6
DVD Volume 1
October 27 Ebenezer Plaza VHS
South Park Warner Home Video DVD Vol. 2
Vol. 3
Spider-Man (1994) Marvel Video VHS Forgotten Warriors
November 3 Barney & Friends Barney Home Video
Lyrick Studios
VHS Good Clean Fun
Oh Brother! She's My Sister
Todd McFarlane's Spawn HBO Home Video DVD Vol. 2
November 10 From the Earth to the Moon HBO Home Video DVD
November 17 Dr. Seuss Classics 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment VHS The Cat in the Hat & The Hoober-Bloob Highway
Green Eggs and Ham & Other Stories & Grinch Night
Musikladen Pioneer Entertainment DVD Best of Musikladen: America
November 24 The Twilight Zone (1959) Artisan Entertainment DVD More Treasures of the Twilight Zone
VeggieTales Word Entertainment
Big Idea Productions
VHS The End of Silliness?
Pokémon Pioneer Home Entertainment VHS Vol. 1: I Choose You! Pikachu!
November 25 Quantum Leap Artisan Entertainment DVD The Pilot Episode
December 1 Bear in the Big Blue House Columbia TriStar Home Video VHS Vol. 3
Vol. 4
The Monkees Rhino Home Video DVD Our Favorite Episodes
Everything That Rises TNT
Warner Home Video
VHS
December 8 The Last Don Trimark Home Video DVD
December 13 Pokémon Pioneer Home Entertainment VHS/DVD Vol. 1: I Choose You! Pikachu!
December 15 Jay Jay the Jet Plane PorchLight Entertainment VHS Vol. 1: Super Sonic Jay Jay
Vol. 2: Hero Herky
Best of Musikladen: T-Rex/Roxy Music Pioneer Home Entertainment DVD
December 29 The Twilight Zone (1959) Image Entertainment DVD Vol. 1
Vol. 2
Vol. 3

Documentary home video releases[edit]

The following documentary home videos were released on the following dates:

U.S./Canada
release date
Title Studio Notes
January 13 Anyplace Wild: Desert Hiking PBS Home Video VHS release
January 27 The Morehouse Men PBS Home Video VHS release
February 10 Full Circle with Michael Palin PBS Home Video VHS release (5-Tape Set)
February 17 The Adventurers: Neil Armstrong: Reluctant Hero PBS Home Video VHS release
The Adventurers: Richard Byrd – Alone in Antarctica VHS release
Secrets of the Ocean Realm VHS release (5-Tape Set)
March 3 The Art of Magic PBS Home Video VHS release
April 14 American Experience: Influenza 1918 PBS Home Video VHS release
American Experience: A Midwife's Tale VHS release
American Experience: Mr. Miami Beach VHS release
April 28 A Science Odyssey PBS Home Video VHS release
American Experience: Surviving the Dust Bowl VHS release
May 1 Frontline: From Jesus to Christ – The First Christians PBS Home Video VHS release (4-Tape Set)
May 5 In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great PBS Home Video VHS release (2-Tape Set)
May 19 The Men Who Sailed the Liberty Ships PBS Home Video VHS re-release
June 9 American Experience: Reagan PBS Home Video VHS release
Liberty! The American Revolution VHS release
July 7 In the Wild: Baby Animals with Whoopi Goldberg at the San Diego Zoo PBS Home Video VHS release
In the Wild: The Elephants of India with Goldie Hawn VHS release
In the Wild: In the Lion's Den with Anthony Hopkins VHS release
In the Wild: Lemurs with John Cleese VHS release
In the Wild: Orangutans with Julia Roberts VHS release
August 4 The Living Edens: Bhutan: The Last Shangri-La PBS Home Video VHS release
The Living Edens: Etosha: Africa's Untamed Wilderness VHS release
The Living Edens: Manu: Peru's Hidden Rain Forest VHS release
August 11 NOVA: Crocodiles PBS Home Video VHS release
NOVA: Wild Wolves VHS release
September 8 Full Circle with Michael Palin PBS Home Video DVD release (5-Disc Set)
Secrets of the Ocean Realm DVD release (5-Disc Set)
September 22 The U.S.-Mexican War PBS Home Video VHS release (2-Tape Set)
October 6 Denyce Graves – A Cathedral Christmas PBS Home Video VHS release
Legendary Lighthouse VHS release (3-Tape Set)
October 13 American Experience: The Great War PBS Home Video VHS release
Stealing Time: The New Science of Aging VHS release (3-Tape Set)
November 3 Frontline: The Farmer's Wife PBS Home Video VHS release
November 10 American Experience: America 1900 PBS Home Video VHS release
Frank Lloyd Wright VHS release
November 17 NOVA: Ice Mummies WGBH Boston Video VHS release
November 24 The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom with Suze Orman PBS Home Video VHS release
December 1 Africans in America WGBH Boston Video VHS release (4-Tape Set)
Nerds 2. 0. 1. PBS Home Video VHS release (3-Tape Set)

Direct-to-video releases[edit]

U.S./Canada
release date
Title Studio Format(s) Episode(s) Notes
January 1 Moses: Egypt's Great Prince UAV Corporation VHS
The Secret of Mulan
January 6 Hercules and Xena – The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus MCA/Universal Home Video VHS
January 23 The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit Buena Vista Home Video VHS
February 1 Baby Einstein: Baby Mozart I Think I Can Productions VHS
February 17 Belle's Magical World Walt Disney Home Video VHS
Enchanted Tales Sony Wonder VHS "Camelot"
February 24 Ernest in the Army Touchstone Home Video VHS
March 3 You're Invited to Mary-Kate & Ashley's: Ballet Party Warner Home Video VHS
You're Invited to Mary-Kate & Ashley's: Camp Out Party
March 17 Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero Warner Home Video VHS Family Entertainment
FernGully 2: The Magical Rescue 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment VHS
March 31 Slappy and the Stinkers Columbia TriStar Home Video VHS
May 12 Streets Is Watching Universal Studios Home Video VHS
May 19 The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars Walt Disney Home Video VHS
May 26 The Chosen One: Legend of the Raven Troma Team Video VHS
Enchanted Tales Sony Wonder VHS "The Legend of Su-Ling"
June 16 The Mighty Kong Warner Home Video VHS Family Entertainment
June 21 Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror Dimension Home Video VHS
June 30 Watchers Reborn New Horizons Home Video VHS
July 14 Dennis the Menace Strikes Again Warner Home Video VHS Family Entertainment
The Spirit of Mickey Walt Disney Home Video VHS
July 28 Disney Sing-Along Songs: Honor to Us All Walt Disney Home Video VHS
August 4 The Swan Princess III: The Mystery of the Enchanted Treasure Columbia TriStar Home Video VHS
August 11 Enchanted Tales Sony Wonder VHS "A Tale of Egypt"
August 25 Disney Sing-Along Songs: Happy Haunting – Party at Disneyland Walt Disney Home Video VHS
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
September 18 Trance Trimark Home Video VHS
September 22 Addams Family Reunion Warner Home Video VHS Family Entertainment
Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island
Casper Meets Wendy 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment VHS
Rusty: The Great Rescue
September 27 Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms Paramount Home Video VHS
September 29 The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story Walt Disney Home Video VHS
October 6 The Bear (1998) Buena Vista Home Video VHS
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas[5] Walt Disney Home Video VHS (Special Edition)
Disney Sing-Along Songs: The Twelve Days of Christmas VHS (re-release)
Disney Sing-Along Songs: Very Merry Christmas Songs
A Walt Disney Christmas
October 9 The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald Klasky Csupo VHS "Scared Silly"
October 13 Buster & Chauncey's Silent Night Columbia TriStar Home Video VHS
The Lost World Sterling Home Entertainment VHS
Phantasm IV: Oblivion MGM Home Entertainment VHS
October 20 Best of the Best 4: Without Warning Dimension Home Video VHS
October 27 Cats (1998) PolyGram Video VHS
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride Walt Disney Home Video VHS
November 3 Baby Einstein: Baby Bach Aigner-Clark Productions VHS
The First 9½ Weeks Sterling Home Entertainment VHS
Richie Rich's Christmas Wish Warner Home Video VHS Family Entertainment
November 10 Billboard Dad Warner Home Video VHS
November 17 An All Dogs Christmas Carol MGM Home Entertainment VHS and DVD
December 1 The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock Universal Studios Home Video VHS
December 15 Point Blank (1998) Sterling Home Entertainment VHS
December 18 Summer of the Monkeys Walt Disney Home Video VHS
December 22 The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue MGM Home Entertainment VHS
No Month Rock 'N Learn Alphabet Rock 'N Learn VHS

References[edit]

  1. "DVD sales top VHS sales for first time". Silicon Valley Business Journal. 9 January 2002. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  2. "June 4, 1977: VHS Comes to America". Wired magazine. 2010-06-04. Retrieved 2014-07-29.
  3. Smiley, Brett (31 August 2010). "An Authoritative History Of The Movie Rental Industry". MTV. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  4. "Discount stores are a video lover's channel of choice". Discount Store News (via findarticles.com). 10 August 1998. Archived from the original on 1 October 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2008. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  5. "Beauty and The Beast : The Enchanted Christmas". Amazon. 6 October 1998. Retrieved 14 July 2018.

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