List of Disney's Beauty and the Beast video releases

This list covers all the titles in Disney's Beauty and the Beast franchise released on home video from 1992 to 2003.

History

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

• 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 television series in the franchise, supposedly called Beauty and the Beast: The Animated Series. Due to the mostly poor animation in the segments (after all, most direct-to-video films by the company were produced on a television budget), the series itself was eventually cancelled, presumably shortly before production of the segments was completed by the fall of 1997, so three of the segments were combined into the former film, with one combined with an episode of the television series, Sing Me a Story with Belle into the latter. All four animated segments were eventually combined into the Special Edition re-release of the former film from 2003. A modified version of the original 1998 film, where the song, A Little Thought has been completely 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)

October 1992

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)
1325	Beauty and the Beast	USA	1991	84 min	Standard version	G	Matted 1.66	1	N/A	Color	October 30, 1992	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 15, 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 15-July 6, 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. Copies prior to October 25, 1992 have the prototype slipcover-style variation, while copies printed after have a regular variation. Copies that came in Deluxe Collector's Edition boxsets were packaged in black clamshell cases, while individual copies were packaged in white clamshell cases.

November 1997

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)
11529	Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas	USA	1997	72 minutes	TBD	NR	Academy	1	N/A	Color	November 11, 1997	Opens with trailers for "Flubber", "Peter Pan", "Hercules", "George of the Jungle," and "Belle's Magical World", a promo for The Wonderful World of Disney, an advertisement for Disney Cruise Lines and a promo for the soundtrack album to the film itself.

February 1998

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)
12546	Belle's Magical World	USA	1998	70 min	TBD	NR	Academy	1	N/A	Color	February 17, 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." Fifi is the name of the Featherduster in this title.

August 1999

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)
17481	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 in May 1999.

October 2002

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)
25125	Beauty and the Beast: Special Edition	USA	1991	90 min	2001 IMAX cut	G	Matted 1.66	1	N/A	Color	October 8, 2002	Part of the Platinum Edition line. Contains a previously unreleased song, "Human Again." THX-certified. Opens with theatrical trailers for Treasure Planet and The Jungle Book, video trailers for Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas: Special Edition, Lilo and Stitch and Sleeping Beauty: Special Edition and an advertisement for Walt Disney World, called "Anticipation." Closes with a short clip from Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas: Special Edition, a video trailer for The Lion King: Special Edition and a music video of "Beauty and the Beast," performed by Pop Sensation Jump 5. 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.

November 2002

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)
25279	Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas: Special Edition	USA	1997	72 minutes	TBD	NR	Academy	1	N/A	Color	November 12, 2002	Part of the Platinum Edition line. Went into moratorium on January 31, 2003.

February 2003

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)
27400	Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Magical World: Special Edition	USA	1998	92 min	2003 extended version	NR	Academy	1	N/A	Color	February 25, 2003	Contains the segment, "Mrs. Potts' Party" from the 1999 film, "Belle's Tales of Friendship," placed between "Fifi's Folly" and "Broken Wing."

Sing Me a Story with Belle (1996)

Both titles contained episodes from the live-action television series and were released in the Disney's Princess Collection line under the "Belle's Sing Me a Story" banner.

August 1996

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)
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".
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)".