This list covers all the titles in Disney's Beauty and the Beast franchise released on home video from 1992 to 2006.
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.
FUN FACT: The animated segments contained in the post-January 1998 direct-to-video titles were originally planned for a TV series in the franchise, supposedly called Beauty and the Beast: The Animated Series. For reasons that will probably never be revealed anytime soon, the series itself was eventually cancelled when production of the segments was completed by mid-1997, so the segments were combined into a film.
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)
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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 19, 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 19-July 8, 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.
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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)
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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.
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January 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)
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12546 |
Belle's Magical World |
USA |
1998 |
70 min |
TBD |
NR |
Academy |
1 |
N/A |
Color |
January 13, 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.
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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 on May 31, 1999.
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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)
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25125 |
Beauty and the Beast: Special Edition |
USA |
1991 |
90 min |
2001 IMAX theatrical edit |
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.
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November 2002
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)
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27400 |
Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Magical World: Special Edition |
USA |
1998 |
92 min |
2003 extended version |
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."
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Sing Me a Story with Belle (1996-1997)
These titles contained episodes from the live-action TV series and were released in the Disney's Princess Collection line.