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This list covers all the titles in Disney's Beauty and the Beast franchise released on home video from 1992 to 20062003.
 
== History ==
'''NOTICE: Direct-to-video programs based on the franchise that were in the Sing-Along Songs line are listed on [[List of Disney's Sing-Along Songs video releases]].'''
Disney's Beauty and the Beast merchandise covers a wide variety of products, among them storybook versions of the film's story, a comic book based on the film published by Disney Comics, toys, children's costumes, and other items. In addition, the character of Belle has been integrated into the Disney Princess line of Disney's Consumer Products division, and appears on merchandise related to that franchise. In 1995, a live-action children's series entitled Sing Me a Story with Belle began airing in syndication, remaining on the air through 1999 (though the last episode of the series originally aired in 1996). Three direct-to-video followups (which take place during the timeline depicted in the original film) were also released, such as Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas on November 11, 1997, Belle's Magical World on February 17, 1998 and Belle's Tales of Friendship on August 17, 1999. In contrast to the universal acclaim of the original film, reception to the sequels was extremely negative.
 
=== Fun Facts ===
'''FUN FACT:* The animated segments contained in the direct-to-video titles, ''Belle's Magical World'' and ''Belle's Tales of Friendship'' were originally planned as the first episodes for a TVtelevision series in the franchise, supposedly called ''Beauty and the Beast: The Animated Series''. ForDue reasonsto thatthe willmostly probablypoor neveranimation bein revealedthe segments (after all, most direct-to-video films by the company were produced on a anytimetelevision soonbudget), the series itself was eventually cancelled, presumably shortly whenbefore production of the segments was completed by mid-the fall of 1997, so three of the segments were combined into the former film, with one combined with an episode of the TVtelevision series, ''Sing Me a Story with Belle'' into the latter. All four animated segments arewere eventually combined into the 2003Special Edition re-release of the former film from 2003. A modified 1998 version of the original 1998 film, where one second of the film is blacked out during the page turnover fromsong, ''Fifi'sA Little FollyThought'' tohas ''Brokenbeen completely Wing''removed, is available on Disney+.'''
* During the early stages of production of the original 1991 film, the song, ''Be Our Guest'' was originally meant to be sung to Belle's father, Maurice. One day, after a viewing of the scene, Bruce Woodside asked, "Shouldn't this be sung to Belle?". So, on January 29, 1991, the lyrics were altered, the song was re-recorded and the scene was re-animated. The early version can be seen in full on the 2002 Special Edition DVD release of the film and in portions during the theatrical sneak-peek preview on the 1991 and 1992 VHS releases of ''The Jungle Book'' and on the 2019 documentary film, "Howard," a documentary about lyricist Howard Ashman, who collaborated with Alan Menken on several projects, was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS around 1988, and passed away on March 14, 1991, just months before "Beauty and the Beast" was released theatrically.
 
== Theatrical and direct-to-video films (1992-2003) ==
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* Part of the Classics line.
* Copies printed after July 6, 1992 open with theatrical previews for ''Aladdin'' and a scrapped ''Sleeping Beauty'' reissue, and a video preview for ''Pinocchio''; and close with a video preview for ''101 Dalmatians''.
* Copies prior to June 1915, 1992 open with theatrical previews for ''Aladdin'' and a scrapped ''Sleeping Beauty'' reissue and close with the ''Pinocchio'' preview, before the ''101 Dalmatians'' preview, while copies printed between June 1915-July 86, 1992 entirely lack the ''Pinocchio'' preview.
* The earliest copy of this release was printed on May 15, 1992.
* The first title in the Classics series to have a Proof of Purchase tab label printed above the back cover on the clamshell case.
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=== JanuaryFebruary 1998 ===
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! Catalog number !! Title !! Country of origin !! Original year !! Length !! Version !! MPAA rating !! Film format !! Tape count !! Tape break placement (if applicable) !! Color !! Released !! Note(s)
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| 12546 || ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/Belle's_Magical_World Belle's Magical World]'' || USA || 1998 || 70 min || TBD || NR || Academy || 1 || N/A || Color || JanuaryFebruary 1317, 1998 ||
* The earliest copy of this release was printed on October 31, 1997, only 12 days before ''Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas'' was released.
* Contains the segments, "The Perfect World", "Fifi's Folly" and "The Broken Wing."
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| 17481 || ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle's_Tales_of_Friendship Belle's Tales of Friendship]'' || USA || 1999 || 70 min || TBD || NR || Academy || 1 || N/A || Color || August 17, 1999 ||
* Contains the animated segment, ''Mrs. Potts' Party'' (erroneously mistitled on the back cover as "Mrs. Pott's Party" as if the character's name was Mrs. Pott) and a live-action segment from the TV series, ''Sing Me a Story with Belle'', where Belle reads the classic tales, ''Three Little Pigs'' and ''Hansel and Gretel''.
* The earliest copy of this release was printed onin May 31, 1999.
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! Catalog number !! Title !! Country of origin !! Original year !! Length !! Version !! MPAA rating !! Film format !! Tape count !! Tape break placement (if applicable) !! Color !! Released !! Note(s)
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| 25125 || ''Beauty and the Beast: Special Edition'' || USA || 1991 || 90 min || 2001 IMAX theatrical editcut || G || Matted 1.66 || 1 || N/A || Color || October 8, 2002 ||
* Part of the Platinum Edition line.
* Contains a previously unreleased song, "Human Again."
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* The "Filmreel" Coming Soon to Theaters bumper precedes the theatrical trailers, while the "Filmreel" Coming Soon to Own on Video and DVD bumper precedes the video trailers.
* Following the trailers is the "Sleeping Beauty Castle" Feature Presentation bumper.
* Went into moratorium on January 31, 2003.
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! Catalog number !! Title !! Country of origin !! Original year !! Length !! Version !! MPAA rating !! Film format !! Tape count !! Tape break placement (if applicable) !! Color !! Released !! Note(s)
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| 25279 || ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_and_the_Beast:_The_Enchanted_Christmas Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas: Special Edition]'' || USA || 1997 || 72 minutes || TBD || NR || Academy || 1 || N/A || Color || November 12, 2002 || TBD
* Part of the Platinum Edition line.
* Went into moratorium on January 31, 2003.
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== Sing Me a Story with Belle (1996-1997) ==
TheseBoth titles contained episodes from the live-action TVtelevision series and were released in the Disney's Princess Collection line under the "Belle's Sing Me a Story" banner.
=== August 1996 ===
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! Catalog number !! Title !! Country of origin !! Original year !! Length !! Version !! MPAA rating !! Film format !! Tape count !! Tape break placement (if applicable) !! Color !! Released !! Note(s)
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| 2515 || ''Disney's Princess Collection - Belle's Sing Me a Story: Beauty & The World of Music'' || USA || 1995 || 60 min || Standard version || NR || Academy || 1 || N/A || Color || August 28, 1996 ||
* Contains the episodes "Steady Effort" and "World of Music".
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| 2516 || ''Disney's Princess Collection - Belle's Sing Me a Story: Chapters of Enchantment'' || USA || 1995 || 60 min || Standard version || NR || Academy || 1 || N/A || Color || August 28, 1996 ||
* Contains the episodes "Taking Responsibility" and "Stick to It (Don't Give Up)".
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