Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment

Walt Disney Company's home video division
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Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (also called Buena Vista Home Entertainment until 2024)[1][2] is the division of The Walt Disney Company that distributes videos of movies to be played in the home. Disney began distributing videos under its own label in 1978 under the name Walt Disney Home Video.

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc.
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Company typeSubsidiary of Walt Disney Studios
IndustryEntertainment
Founded1978
Incorporated February 13, 1987 (1987-02-13)[1]
Headquarters,
U.S.
ProductsHome video
ParentThe Walt Disney Studios
(The Walt Disney Company)
Divisions
Websitedisneydvd.com

The company distributes DVDs and Blu-ray discs under the labels Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Touchstone Home Entertainment and Hollywood Pictures Home Entertainment. It also includes acquired labels such as Marvel Home Entertainment, Lucasfilm Home Entertainment and 20th Century Home Entertainment.

It releases its Disney-branded movies under the brand name Disney DVD. Disney began releasing titles on DVD in 1997, although they were not released in this format in the UK until 2000. They stopped released videos in VHS format in 2006. They began releasing movies on Blu-ray disc in the same year, under the brand name Disney Blu-ray.

In 2024, Disney stopped releasing titles under it's own home video business and began to release titles under Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, starting with the 20th Century Studios movie The First Omen on 30th July 2024.

Walt Disney Gold Classic Collection

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The Walt Disney Gold Classic Collection is a line of videos and DVDs released by The Walt Disney Company which ran from 2000 to 2001. The collection released before it was the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection. All titles released were released in both VHS and DVD except for Toy Story, which was released on VHS only. It was also the only title in the Walt Disney Gold Classic Collection to have the Walt Disney Company intro.

Similar later releases

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VHS DVD Title Release Dates Notes
Yes Yes The Rescuers May 20, 2003

Similar later releases II

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VHS DVD Title Release Date Notes
Yes Yes The Rescuers Down Under May 20, 2003 THX "The Rescuers Down Under" Logo
Epilogue
Same as the 2003 release
Trailer for Finding Nemo and A Bug's Life
Yes Yes The Tigger Movie September 9, 2003 THX "The Tigger Movie" Logo
Same as the 2003 release

2-Movie Pack

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Title Release Dates Notes
The Rescuers and The Rescuers Down Under May 20, 2003 Disc in the same as the 2003 release
Disc 1
THX "The Rescuers" Logo
Disc 2
THX "The Rescuers Down Under" Logo
Epilogue
Trailer for Finding Nemo and A Bug's Life

2-Movie Collection

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DVD release

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DVD Packaging release

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Blu-ray release

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Title Release Dates Notes
Pooh's Grand Adventure / The Jungle Book August 2, 2011 Special 2-Movie Feature
A Goofy Movie / Wreck-It Ralph 2012 September 24, 2013 Special 2-Movie Feature
An Extremely Goofy Movie / The Jungle Book 2 April 21, 2015 Special 2-Movie Feature

3-Movie Collection

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DVD release

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DVD Packaging release

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Blu-ray release

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Title Release Dates Notes
Oliver and Company / The Fox and the Hound & The Fox and the Hound 2 July 1, 2014
Pooh's Heffalump Movie / A Goofy Movie and Wreck-It Ralph 2012 August 26, 2014

DVD releases

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Title Release Date Notes
The Rescuers Down Under May 20, 2003 2-Disc Collector's Edition
Epilogue
THX "The Rescuers Down Under" Logo
Trailer for Finding Nemo and A Bug's Life
Wilbur's Great Adventure Game
Theatrical Trailer
Same as the 2003 release
The Tigger Movie September 9, 2003 THX "The Tigger Movie" Logo
Bounce Together Game
Music Video "You're Heart Will Lead You Home"
Theatrical Trailer
Same as the 2003 release

Blu-ray releases

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Title Release Dates Notes
Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin July 17, 2018 Disney Movie Club Exclusive Release
Piglet's Big Movie July 17, 2018 Disney Movie Club Exclusive Release
Wreck-It Ralph (2012) September 10, 2019

Blu-ray 3Ds releases

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Titles Release Dates Notes
Wreck-It Ralph (2012) March 5, 2013
September 17, 2013
Cars October 29, 2013

4K Ultra HD Blu-ray releases

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Title Release Dates Notes
Wreck-It Ralph November 6, 2018
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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT, INC. C1399345". California Business Search. State of California. Archived from the original on March 15, 2015. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  2. "BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT, INC". Corporation & Business Entity Database. New York Department of State. Retrieved April 13, 2013.

Other websites

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