1997 in home video

Years in home video:	1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
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Years:	1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

The following events occurred in the year 1997 in home video.

Industry milestones

January

January – RCA announces two DVD players during the CES.^[1]

March

March 1 – DVD launched in the United States.^[2]
March 26 – the first DVDs were released

May

May – The "DVD Consortium" is replaced by the DVD Forum, open to all other companies.^[3]

August

August 29 – Online VHS rental Netflix in the United States is incorporated.

Movie releases

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	Notes
January 7	Fled	MGM	VHS release
January 7	Kingpin	MGM	VHS release
January 8	Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey	Disney	60th anniversary VHS re-release
January 14	Phenomenon	Touchstone	VHS release
January 14	Bordello of Blood	Universal	VHS release
January 15	Munster, Go Home!	Gaiam	VHS release
January 20	Kids	Vidmark Entertainment	VHS release
January 21	D3: The Mighty Ducks	Disney	VHS release
	Eddie	Hollywood Pictures	VHS release
	Escape from L.A.	Paramount	VHS release
	Alaska	Columbia/Tristar	VHS release
January 24	Cheetah	Disney	80th anniversary VHS re-release
January 28	The Fan	Columbia/TriStar	VHS release
January 28	The Trigger Effect	Universal	VHS release
February 4	Jack	Hollywood Pictures	VHS release
	Bogus	Warner Bros.	VHS release
	Bambi	Walt Disney Pictures	VHS release 55th anniversary part of the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection THX certified, though it's the only one that has the Digitally Mastered variant It has a documentary called Bambi: The Magic Behind the Masterpiece
	Pollyanna		VHS release part of the Hayley Mills Collection
	The Parent Trap
	That Darn Cat!
February 11	First Kid		VHS release
	Samson and Delilah		VHS release
	Fly Away Home	Columbia TriStar	VHS release
	A Very Brady Sequel	Paramount	VHS release
	Feeling Minnesota	New Line	VHS release
February 18	The Thief and the Cobbler	Miramax	VHS release
	The NeverEnding Story III	Miramax	VHS release
	House Arrest	MGM	VHS release
February 25	Harriet the Spy	Paramount	VHS release
	Bulletproof	Universal	VHS release
	Last Man Standing	New Line	VHS release
	2 Days in the Valley	HBO Home Video	VHS release
March 4	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Walt Disney Pictures	VHS release part of the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection
	Treasure Island		VHS release part of the Fantastic Adventures Series
	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
	Kidnapped
	Swiss Family Robinson
	Up Close and Personal	Touchstone	VHS release
	Courage Under Fire	Fox	VHS release
	That Thing You Do!	Fox	VHS release
	Magic in the Water	Columbia/Tristar	VHS release part of Family Collection
	Bound	Gramercy Pictures	VHS release
March 11	Space Jam	Warner Bros. Pictures	VHS release part of Family Entertainment
	The Glimmer Man	Warner Bros.	VHS release
	Maximum Risk	Columbia/Tristar	VHS release
March 18	The Great Locomotive Chase	Disney	VHS re-release
	Westward Ho, the Wagons!	Disney	VHS re-release
	Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar	Disney	VHS re-release
	The World's Greatest Athlete	Disney	VHS re-release
	Flight of the Navigator	Disney	VHS re-release
	Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves	Disney	VHS release direct-to-video
	Honey, I Shrunk the Kids	Disney	VHS re-release
	Honey, I Blew Up the Kid	Disney	VHS re-release
	The First Wives Club	Paramount	VHS release
	It Takes Two	Warner Bros.	VHS re-release
	Dangerous Minds	Hollywood Pictures	VHS release
	Solo	Columbia/Tristar	VHS release
	The Long Kiss Goodnight	New Line	DVD release
	Little Monsters	MGM	VHS release part of Family Treasures
	A Cry in the Wild	MGM	VHS release part of Family Treasures
	My Summer Story	MGM	VHS release part of Family Treasures
March 25	Flirting with Disaster	Miramax	VHS release
	Basquiat	Miramax Films	VHS release
	The Chamber	Universal	VHS release
	High School High	Columbia/Tristar	VHS release
March 26	A Time to Kill	Warner Bros.	DVD release
	Blade Runner	Warner Bros.	DVD release
	Eraser	Warner Bros.	DVD release
	Goodfellas	Warner Bros.	DVD release
	Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles	Warner Bros.	DVD release
	The Road Warrior	Warner Bros.	DVD release
	Se7en	New Line	DVD release
	The Bridges of Madison County	Warner Bros.	DVD release
	The Fugitive	Warner Bros.	DVD release
	The Mask	New Line	DVD release
	The Wizard of Oz	MGM	DVD release
	Twister	Warner Bros.	DVD release
	Unforgiven	Warner Bros.	DVD release
	Woodstock	Warner Bros.	DVD release
	The Birdcage	MGM	DVD release
April 1	Bad Moon	Warner Bros.	VHS release
	The Ghost and the Darkness	Paramount	VHS release
	Sleepers	Warner Bros.	VHS release
April 8	Poltergeist	MGM	DVD release
	Romeo + Juliet	Fox	VHS release
	Michael Collins	Warner Bros.	VHS release
	Extreme Measures	Columbia/Tristar	VHS release
April 15	A Far Off Place	Disney	VHS re-release
	101 Dalmatians	Disney	VHS release
	Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey	Disney	VHS re-release
	Emma	Miramax	VHS release
	The Associate	Miramax	VHS release
April 22	Dear God	Paramount	VHS release
	Set It Off	New Line	VHS release
	The Rich Man's Wife	Hollywood Pictures	VHS release
April 29	Larger than Life	MGM	VHS release part of Family Treasures
	Tom Thumb	MGM	VHS re-release part of Family Treasures
	Please Don't Eat the Daisies	MGM	VHS re-release part of Family Treasures
	Zebra in the Kitchen	MGM	VHS re-release part of Family Treasures
	Tom Sawyer	MGM	VHS re-release part of Family Treasures
	The Black Stallion	MGM	VHS re-release part of Family Treasures
	Little Monsters	MGM	VHS re-release part of Family Treasures
	A Cry in the Wild	MGM	VHS re-release part of Family Treasures
	My Summer Story	MGM	VHS re-release part of Family Treasures
	The Preacher's Wife	Touchstone	VHS release
April 30	Jumanji	TriStar	DVD release
May 6	The Evening Star	Paramount	VHS release
May 6	Get on the Bus	Columbia/Tristar	VHS release
May 13	Daylight	Universal	VHS release
	Ransom	Touchstone	VHS release
	Zeus and Roxanne	MGM	VHS release
	Meet Wally Sparks	Trimark	VHS release
May 20	Star Trek: First Contact	Paramount	VHS release
	Daylight	Universal	VHS release
	One Fine Day	Fox	VHS release
	Thinner	Paramount	VHS release
May 21	Batman Forever	Warner Bros.	DVD release
May 27	The Mirror Has Two Faces	Tristar	VHS release
May 29	Jerry Maguire	Tristar	VHS release
June 3	The Canterville Ghost		VHS release
	The People vs. Larry Flynt	Tristar	VHS release
	Fools Rush In	Columbia	VHS release
June 9	Plymouth Adventure	MGM	VHS release
June 10	Walk the Proud Land	Universal	VHS release
	No Name on the Bullet	Universal	VHS release
	The Duel at Silver Creek	Universal	VHS release
	The Train Robbers	Warner	VHS release
	Cahill	Warner	VHS release
	Chisum	Warner	VHS release
	The Cowboys	Warner	VHS release
	Jeremiah Johnson	Warner	VHS release
	Stagecoach	Warner	VHS release
	Beavis and Butt-Head Do America	Paramount	VHS release
	Michael	Warner Bros.	VHS release
June 17	Mars Attacks!	Warner Bros.	VHS release
June 17	My Fellow Americans	Warner Bros.	VHS release
June 24	Shiloh	Warner	VHS release part of Family Entertainment
	Scream	Dimension	VHS release
	Turbulence	MGM	VHS release
June 25	Beetlejuice	Warner	DVD release
July 1	Fierce Creatures	Universal	VHS release
	Jackie Chan's First Strike	New Line	VHS release
	Beverly Hills Ninja	Tristar	VHS release
July 8	Newsies	Disney	VHS re-release
	The Jerky Boys: The Movie	Touchstone	VHS release
	Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie	Fox	VHS release
July 15	Fun and Fancy Free	Walt Disney Pictures	VHS release 50th anniversary part of the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection THX certified It has a documentary called The Story Behind Fun and Fancy Free
	Dumbo		VHS re-release part of the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection
	The 3 Caballeros
	So Dear to My Heart
	The Sword in the Stone
	Bedknobs and Broomsticks
	Robin Hood
	Pete's Dragon
	Shine	New Line Cinema	VHS release
	Metro	Touchstone Pictures
	The Relic	Paramount
July 22	Bad Boys	Columbia/Tristar	DVD release
	The Craft	Columbia/Tristar	DVD release
	Dante's Peak	Universal	VHS release
	Little Women	Columbia/Tristar	DVD release
	Matilda	Columbia/Tristar	DVD release
	The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo	Columbia/Tristar	VHS release
	Sling Blade	Miramax	VHS release
	Private Parts	Paramount	VHS release
July 29	Blown Away	MGM	DVD release
	Jungle 2 Jungle	Disney	VHS release
	Ernest Goes to Africa	Emshell	VHS release
August 5	Jack	Hollywood Pictures	VHS release
	Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin	Walt Disney Pictures	VHS release direct-to-video It has the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection
	That Darn Cat!	Walt Disney Pictures	VHS release
	Evita	Hollywood Pictures	VHS release
	Murder at 1600	Warner Bros. Pictures	VHS release
	The Karate Kid	Columbia/Tristar	VHS release part of Family Collection
	The Karate Kid Part II	Columbia/Tristar	VHS release part of Family Collection
August 12	Shadow Conspiracy	Hollywood Pictures	VHS release
August 12	The Devil's Own	Columbia/Tristar	VHS release
August 19	Dr. Strangelove	Columbia/Tristar	DVD release
	Stand by Me	Columbia/Tristar	DVD release
	A League of Their Own	Columbia/Tristar	DVD release
	Freeway		DVD release
	Cats Don't Dance	Warner Bros.	VHS release part of Family Entertainment
	Three Wishes	HBO Home Video	VHS release
	Annie	Columbia/Tristar	VHS release It's re-release has a documentary called Broadway Tribute Edition part of Family Collection
August 22	Batman	Warner Bros.	DVD release
	Batman Returns	Warner Bros.	DVD release
	Space Jam	Warner Bros.	Laserdisc release
August 26	Mary Poppins	Walt Disney Pictures	VHS re-release limited edition part of the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection THX certified It's re-release has a documentary called Mary Poppins: Practically Perfect in Every Way
	Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier		VHS release part of Great American Legends Series
	Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
	Johnny Tremain
	The Light in the Forest
	Ace Ventura: Pet Detective	Warner Bros.	DVD release
	Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope	20th Century Fox	Special Edition VHS release
	Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back	20th Century Fox	Special Edition VHS release
	Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi	20th Century Fox	Special Edition VHS release
	Love Jones	New Line	VHS release
September 2	Wind Runner: A Spirited Journey	Warner Home Video release	DVD release
	Prancer	MGM	VHS release part of Family Treasures
	Microcosmos	Miramax	VHS release
	First Kid	Disney	VHS release
	Kazaam	Touchstone	VHS release
	Troop Beverly Hills	Columbia/Tristar	VHS release
September 3	Absolute Power	Warner Bros.	VHS and DVD release
	Arthur	Warner Bros.	DVD release
	The Bodyguard	Warner Bros.	DVD release
	Disclosure	Warner Bros.	DVD release
	Executive Decision	Warner Bros.	DVD release
	Forever Young	Warner Bros.	DVD release
	The Glimmer Man	Warner Bros.	DVD release
	Grumpy Old Men	Warner Bros.	DVD release
	Jailhouse Rock	MGM	DVD release
	JFK	Warner Bros.	DVD release
	Lethal Weapon	Warner Bros.	DVD release
	Lethal Weapon 2	Warner Bros.	DVD release
	Mars Attacks!	Warner Bros.	DVD release
	Michael	Warner Bros.	DVD release
	Michael Collins	Warner Bros.	DVD release
	Murder at 1600	Warner Bros.	VHS and DVD release
	Outbreak	Warner Bros.	DVD release
	The Pelican Brief	Warner Bros.	DVD release
	The Postman Always Rings Twice	Warner Bros.	DVD release
	The Right Stuff	Warner Bros.	DVD release
	Singin' in the Rain	MGM	DVD release
	Sleepers	Warner Bros.	DVD release
	Space Jam	Warner Bros.	DVD release
	A Streetcar Named Desire	Warner Bros.	DVD release
	Under Siege	Warner Bros.	DVD release
	Viva Las Vegas	MGM	DVD release
	The Witches of Eastwick	Warner Bros.	DVD release
	The Year of Living Dangerously	Warner Bros.	DVD release
September 9	Awakenings	Columbia Tristar	DVD release
	Fathers' Day	Warner Bros.	VHS and DVD release
	Rosewood	Warner Bros.	VHS and DVD release
	Taxi Driver	Columbia Tristar	DVD release
	The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain	Warner	VHS release part of Family Entertainment
	McHale's Navy	Universal Pictures	VHS and DVD release
	Casper: A Spirited Beginning	Fox	VHS release direct-to-video
	McHale's Navy	Universal Pictures	VHS release
September 15	The Cable Guy	Columbia/Tristar	DVD release
September 16	Sleeping Beauty	Walt Disney Pictures	VHS release part of the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection THX certified It has a documentary called Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Sleeping Beauty
	The Love Bug		VHS release part of The Love Bug Collection
	Herbie Rides Again
	Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
	Herbie Goes Bananas
	The Saint	Paramount Pictures	VHS release
September 23	Selena	Warner Bros.	VHS and DVD release
	Warriors of Virtue	MGM	VHS release part of Family Treasures
	The English Patient		VHS release
September 30	Liar Liar	Universal	VHS release
	Volcano	Fox	VHS release
	The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie	Warner	VHS release part of Family Entertainment
	BAPS*	New Line	VHS release
October 7	Anaconda	Columbia Picture	VHS release
	Old Yeller	Walt Disney Pictures	VHS release 40th anniversary part of Animal Adventure Series THX certified It has the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection logo It has a documentary called Best Doggone Dog in The West: The Making of Old Yeller
	The Shaggy Dog		VHS release part of the Comedy Favorites Series
	The Shaggy D.A.		VHS release part of the Comedy Favorites Series
October 14	The Jungle Book		VHS release 30th anniversary part of the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection THX certified It has a documentary called The Jungle Book: The Making of a Musical Masterpiece
	Alice in Wonderland		VHS re-release part of the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection
	Double Team	Columbia Pictures	VHS and DVD release
	Babes in Toyland	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	VHS release part of Family Entertainment
	Grosse Pointe Blank	Hollywood Pictures	VHS release
	Breakdown	Paramount	VHS release
	Night Falls on Manhattan	Paramount	VHS release
October 21	From Hare to Eternity	Warner	VHS release part of Family Entertainment
	Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: Superior Duck	Warner	VHS release part of Family Entertainment
	Anaconda	Columbia/Tristar	VHS and DVD release
	Wild America	Warner Bros.	VHS and DVD release part of Family Entertainment
	How the Toys Saved Christmas	Buena Vista	VHS release
	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery	New Line	VHS release
	Batman & Robin	Warner Bros.	VHS and DVD release
October 22	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery	New Line	VHS and DVD release
October 28	The Fifth Element	Columbia/Tristar	VHS and DVD release
	Jingle All the Way	Fox	VHS release
	Addicted to Love	Warner Bros.	VHS release
October 30	Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls	Warner Bros.	DVD release
November 4	The Rich Man's Wife	Hollywood	VHS release
	Star Trek: First Contact	Paramount	VHS release
	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Universal	VHS and Laserdisc release
	Romy and Michele's High School Reunion	Touchstone Pictures	VHS release
November 11	Gone Fishin'	Hollywood	VHS release
	Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas	Disney	direct-to-video VHS release
	Face/Off	Paramount	VHS release
November 18	The Shadow	Universal	DVD release
	Free Willy 3: The Rescue	Warner Bros.	VHS release part of Family Entertainment
	Trial and Error	New Line	VHS release
November 20	Death Wish	Paramount	80th anniversary Edition VHS re-release
November 25	Men In Black	Columbia/Tristar	VHS and DVD release
	Chasing Amy	Miramax Films	VHS release
	Pippi Longstocking	Warner Bros.	VHS release part of Family Entertainment
December 2	George of the Jungle	Walt Disney Pictures	VHS release
	The Absent-Minded Professor		VHS release part of Comedy Favorites Series
	Son of Flubber		VHS release part of Comedy Favorites Series
	Speed 2: Cruise Control	Fox	VHS release
December 9	The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island	Universal	direct-to-video VHS release
	Con Air	Touchstone	VHS release
	My Best Friend's Wedding	Columbia/Tristar	VHS and DVD release
December 16	Spawn	New Line Cinema	VHS and DVD release
December 16	Contact	Warner Bros.	VHS release
December 23	Air Bud	Walt Disney Pictures	VHS release
December 23	One Eight Seven	Warner Bros.	VHS release
December 30	Conspiracy Theory	Warner Bros.	VHS release
December 30	Steel	Warner Bros.	VHS release

TV show releases

The following television shows 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(s)	Season #	Notes
January 14	The Flintstones: Love Letters on the Rocks (contains: "Love Letters on the Rocks" & "Dino and Juliet")	Hanna-Barbera Productions	VHS	1	VHS release part of Cartoon Network (Also includes an episodes of Magilla Gorilla: Love at First Sight and World Premiere Toons: What a Cartoon!: The Powerpuff Girls: "Meat Fuzzy Lumpkins")
	The Yogi Bear Show: Love Bugged Bear (contains: "Love Bugged Bear" / "Lullabye-Bye Bear" / "Bears and Bees" / "Home-Sweet Jellystone" / A Wooin' Bruin" / "Disguise and Gals"	Hanna-Barbera Productions	VHS	1-2	VHS release part of Cartoon Network (Also includes an episodes of Peter Potamus: Courtin Trouble and World Premiere Toons: What a Cartoon!: Johnny Bravo: "Johnny Bravo")
	The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show: Wedding Bell Boos! (contains: "Wedding Bell Boos!" & The Scooby-Doo Show: "To Switch a Witch!")	Hanna-Barbera Productions	VHS	1	VHS release part of Cartoon Network (Also includes an episodes of Breezly and Sneezly: Armoured Amour
	I Yabba-Dabba Do!	Hanna-Barbera Productions	VHS		VHS release part of Cartoon Network (Also includes an episodes of Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks: "Mouse Trapped"
	Yogi the Easter Bear	Hanna-Barbera Productions	VHS		VHS release part of Cartoon Network (Also includes an episodes of Yakky Doodle: Easter Duck
January 28	Bananas in Pajamas: Monster Bananas (Also includes: Circus Time & Wash Day & Mirror Mirror)	Southern Star Group	VHS	1-2	VHS release
	Bananas in Pajamas: Special Delivery (Also includes: Banana Shop & Ready, Steady, Go! & Decorating)	Southern Star Group	VHS	1	VHS release
	Spider-Man: Revenge of the Goblins (contains: "The Hobgoblin" Parts 1 & 2 & "Enter the Green Goblin" & "Goblin War!")	Marvel Entertainment Group Marvel Films Animation	VHS	1-3	VHS releases
	Dragon Flyz: Day of the Dragon (contains: The Day of the Dragon & Darkness Bound)	Gaumont Multimédia (original) Xilam (current) Abrams/Gentile Entertainment, inc. Active Entertainment Columbia TriStar Television	VHS	1	VHS release
	Sky Dancers: The Sky's The Limit (contains: "The Sky's The Limit" & "On Wings & Songs")	Gaumont Multimédia (original)	VHS	1	VHS releases
February 18	The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: Tigger Ific Tales (contains: "All's Well That Ends Wishing Well" & "Stripes" & "Luck Amok")	Walt Disney Television Animation	VHS	1	3 episodes
	The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: Pooh Wishes (contains: "The Wishing Bear" & "Good-Bye, Mr. Pooh" & "Balloonatics")	Walt Disney Television Animation	VHS	1	3 episodes
	The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: Clever Little Piglet (contains: "Where, Oh Where Has My Piglet Gone?" & "Gone with the Wind" & "My Hero" & "Owl Feathers")	Walt Disney Television Animation	VHS	1	3 episodes
	Beavis and Butt-head: Law-Abiding Citizens (Also includes: "Generation in Crisis" & "Citizen Butt-head" & "Sexual Harassment" & "Prank Call" & "Stewart Is Missing" & "Feel A Cop" & "Buy Beer" & "Buttniks")	J. J. Sedelmaier Productions, Inc. (Season 1) Tenth Annual Industries (Season 2–7) MTV Animation (Seasons 1–8) Inbred Jed's Homemade Cartoons (Pilot only) Paramount Television (Seasons 1–7) Judgemental Films MTV Production Development	VHS		VHS release
March 18	Spider-Man: Spider Slayer (contains: "The Spider Slayer" & "Return of the Spider Slayer" & "Kraven the Hunter" & "The Return of Kraven")	Marvel Entertainment Group Marvel Films Animation	VHS	1-4	VHS releases Special Bonus: Kraven the Hunter Meets Spidey
	Dragon Flyz: Son of Dread (contains: "Son of Dread" & "Amber King")	Gaumont Multimédia (original) Xilam (current) Abrams/Gentile Entertainment, inc. Active Entertainment Columbia TriStar Television	VHS	1	VHS episodes
	Sky Dancers: Broken Stone (contains: "Broken Stone" & "Getting the Story")	Gaumont Multimédia (original)	VHS	4	4 episodes
	The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley: The Case of the Volcano Mystery	Dualstar	VHS	1	VHS releases
	The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley: The Case of the United States Navy Adventure	Dualstar	VHS	1	VHS releases
March 25	This Land Is Your Land	Live	VHS
April 8	Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off	Anaheim Ducks Walt Disney Television Animation	VHS	3	3 episodes
April 15	The Magic School Bus: Flexes Its Muscles	Nelvana Hanho Heung-Up (Animation Production) South Carolina ETV Scholastic Entertainment Discovery Kids (United States)	VHS	2	1 episode
	The Magic School Bus: The Busasaurus	Nelvana Hanho Heung-Up (Animation Production) South Carolina ETV Scholastic Entertainment Discovery Kids (United States)	VHS	2	1 episode
	The Magic School Bus: Taking Flight	Nelvana Hanho Heung-Up (Animation Production) South Carolina ETV Scholastic Entertainment Discovery Kids (United States)	VHS	2	1 episode
April 22	Bruno the Kid: The Animated Movie	Film Roman Productions	VHS releases
May 20	Bananas in Pyjamas: Pajama Party (Also includes: Magic Carpet & Painted Bananas & Music Box)	Southern Star Group	VHS	1	VHS releases
	Bananas in Pyjamas: Treasure Hunt (Also includes: Goldilocks Bananas & Cafe Rat & Chasing Rainbows)	Southern Star Group	VHS	1-2	VHS releases
	The Adventures of Batman and Robin: Batman (contains: "Dreams in Darkness" & "Beware the Gray Ghost")	Warner Bros. Animation	VHS	1	VHS releases
	The Adventures of Batman and Robin: Poison Ivy (contains: "Eternal Youth" & "House & Garden")	Warner Bros. Animation	VHS	1-2	VHS releases
	The Adventures of Batman and Robin: The Penguin (contains: "Birds of a Feather" & "The Mechanic")	Warner Bros. Animation	VHS	1	VHS releases
	The Adventures of Batman and Robin: Fire and Ice (contains: "Fire from Olympus" & "Deep Freeze")	Warner Bros. Animation	VHS	1-2	VHS releases
	Flash Gordon: Margooned on Earth	Live	VHS	2	VHS releases
June 17	Spider-Man: The Insidious Six (contains: "The Insidious Six" & "Battle of the Insidious Six" & "Hydro-Man")	Marvel Entertainment Group Marvel Films Animation	VHS	2	VHS releases Special Bonus: Includes two episodes of Iron Man: "The Beast Within" "Cell of Iron"
	Dragon Flyz: The Defector (contains: "The Defector" & "Warnado Rising")	Gaumont Multimédia (original) Xilam (current) Abrams/Gentile Entertainment, inc. Active Entertainment Columbia TriStar Television	VHS	1	VHS releases
	The Incredible Hulk: Return of the Beast (contains: "Return of the Beast" Parts 1 & 2)	New World Animation^[4] Marvel Films New World Entertainment	VHS	1	VHS releases Special Bonus: Includes two episodes of Fantastic Four: "Prey of the Black Panther" "Doomsday"
	Sky Dancers: Lonely Heart (contains: "Lonely Heart" & "A Friend in High Places")	Gaumont Multimédia (original)	VHS	1	VHS releases
July 1	Beavis and Butt-Head: The Final Judgment^[5]		DVD	various	7 episodes
July 15	Beavis and Butt-head: Innocence Lost (Also includes: "Held Back" & "Safe Driving" & "Figure Drawing" & "Stewart Moves Away" & "A Very Special Episode" & "Nosebleed" & "Dumbasses Anonymous" & "Vaya Con Cornholio")	J. J. Sedelmaier Productions, Inc. (Season 1) Tenth Annual Industries (Season 2–7) MTV Animation (Seasons 1–8) Inbred Jed's Homemade Cartoons (Pilot only) Paramount Television (Seasons 1–7) Judgemental Films MTV Production Development	VHS		VHS release
July 22	Disney's Sing Along Songs: The Early Years (12 Songs includes: "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" & "Give a Little Whistle" & "Whistle While You Work" & "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?" & "Casey Junior" & "The Merrily Song" & "Little Wooden Head" & "When I See an Elephant Fly" & "The Three Caballeros" & "Bluddle-Uddle-Um-Dum (The Dwarfs' Washing Song)" & "Everybody Has a Laughing Place" & "When You Wish upon a Star")	Disney	VHS		VHS releases
	Disney's Sing Along Songs: The Magic Years (14 Songs includes: "You Can Fly" & "The Bare Necessities" & "The Mickey Mouse Club March" & "Following the Leader" & "That's What Makes The World Go Round" & "Once Upon a Dream" & "Oo-De-Lally" & "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" & "Bella Notte" & "All in the Golden Afternoon" & "Higitus Figitus" & "A Spoonful of Sugar" & "Scales and Arpeggios" & "I Wanna Be Like You")	Disney	VHS		VHS releases
	Disney's Sing Along Songs: The Modern Classics (10 Songs includes: "Circle of Life" & "Be Our Guest" & "One Last Hope" & "Under the Sea" "A Whole New World" & "Topsy Turvy" & "Colors of the Wind" & "Prince Ali" & "Part of Your World" & "Zero To Hero")	Disney	VHS		VHS releases
July 29	The Magic School Bus: Ready, Set, Dough	Nelvana Hanho Heung-Up (Animation Production) South Carolina ETV Scholastic Entertainment Discovery Kids (United States)	VHS	1	1 episode
July 29	The Magic School Bus: Gets Ants in its Pants	Nelvana Hanho Heung-Up (Animation Production) South Carolina ETV Scholastic Entertainment Discovery Kids (United States)	VHS	1	1 episode
August 5	Bananas in Pyjamas: Play Time (Also includes: Obstacle Race & Lost Voice & King Rat)	Southern Star Group	VHS	1-2	VHS releases
August 5	Bananas in Pyjamas: Banana Magic (Also includes: Say Cheese & Bananasaurus & Spring Clean)	Southern Star Group	VHS	1	VHS releases
August 26	The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper: Spooky and Poil Meet the Monsters / You Know You're Alive When... / 13 Ways To Scare A Fleshie / The Trick's A Treat / Dead of the Class / A Spooky And Poil Moment / Y-Files	Amblin Television The Harvey Entertainment Company Universal Cartoon Studios Jeffrey A. Montgomery Productions	VHS	2	VHS releases
August 26	The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper: A Christmas Peril / Ms. Banshee's Holiday Hits / Good Morning Dr. Harvey / Fright Before Christmas / Three Ghosts and a Baby / I Wanna Be Rude / Leave It To Casper	Amblin Television The Harvey Entertainment Company Universal Cartoon Studios Jeffrey A. Montgomery Productions	VHS	2	VHS releases
September 2	Æon Flux^[6]		DVD		4 episodes
	The Littlest Angel	Live	VHS
	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer'	Rankin/Bass Productions	VHS
	The Little Drummer Boy	Rankin/Bass Productions	VHS
	Frosty the Snowman	Rankin/Bass Productions	VHS
	Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town	Rankin/Bass Productions	VHS
	Frosty Returns	Broadway Video CBS Productions	VHS
September 9	Spider-Man: Mutant Agenda (contains: "The Mutant Agenda" & "Mutants' Revenge" & "Morbius")	Marvel Entertainment Group Marvel Films Animation	VHS	2	VHS releases Special Bonus: Includes two episodes of Iron Man: "Iron Man to the Second Power" Parts 1 & 2
	Dragon Flyz: Double Dual (contains: "Lost Eden" & "Mount Alayas")	Gaumont Multimédia (original) Xilam (current) Abrams/Gentile Entertainment, inc. Active Entertainment Columbia TriStar Television	VHS	1	VHS releases
	The Incredible Hulk: Raw Power (contains: "Raw Power" & "Helping Hand, Iron Fist")	New World Animation^[4] Marvel Films New World Entertainment	VHS	1	VHS releases Special Bonus: Includes two episodes of Fantastic Four: "The Silver Surfer and the Coming of Galactus" Parts 1 & 2
	Sky Dancers: Love Lost, Love Found (contains: "Love Lost, Love Found" & "The Last Dance")	Gaumont Multimédia (original)	VHS	1	VHS releases
	Rainbow Fish	Sony Wonder	DVD	also feature Dazzle the Dinosaur
September 16	You're Invited to Mary-Kate & Ashley's: Birthday Party	Dualstar	VHS	1	VHS releases
	You're Invited to Mary-Kate & Ashley's: Christmas Party	Dualstar	VHS	1	VHS releases
	Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen: Our Music Video	Dualstar	VHS		VHS releases
September 30	Beavis and Butt-Head Do Christmas^[7]		DVD
	The Oprah Winfrey Show: Make the Connection	Harpo Productions	VHS
	The Snowman	Sony Pictures	VHS
	Father Christmas	Sony Pictures	VHS
	To Grandmother's House We Go	Warner	VHS
	National Geographic Channel: Animal Holiday	Warner	VHS
October 21	Scooby Goes Hollywood	Hanna-Barbera Productions	VHS		VHS releases part of Family Entertainment
	Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: Foul Play in Funland (contains: "Foul Play in Funland" & "Bedlam in the Big Top")	Hanna-Barbera Productions	VHS	1	VHS re-releases part of Cartoon Network (Also includes two bonus cartoons of Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy: "The Party Lion" and World Premiere Toons: What a Cartoon!: Dexter's Laboratory: "The Big Sister")
	Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: A Gaggle of Galloping Ghosts (contains: "A Gaggle of Galloping Ghosts" & "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Werewolf?")	Hanna-Barbera Productions	VHS	1-2	VHS re-releases part of Cartoon Network (Also includes two bonus cartoons of Quick Draw McGraw: "El Kabong meets El Kazing" and World Premiere Toons: What a Cartoon!: Gramps)
	Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: And a Mummy Too! (contains: "Scooby-Doo and A Mummy, Too" & "What a Night for a Knight")	Hanna-Barbera Productions	VHS	1	VHS releases part of Cartoon Network (Also includes two bonus cartoons of Huckleberry Hound: "Lion Tamer Huck" and World Premiere Toons: What a Cartoon!: Dexter's Laboratory)
	Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: Which Witch is Witch? (contains: "Which Witch is Which?" & "Nowhere to Hyde")	Hanna-Barbera Productions	VHS	1	VHS re-releases part of Cartoon Network (Also includes two bonus cartoons of Yogi Bear: "Pie-Pirates" and World Premiere Toons: What a Cartoon!: Mina and the Count: Interlude with a Vampire)
	Scooby-Doo in Arabian Nights	Hanna-Barbera Productions	VHS		VHS re-releases part of Cartoon Network
	Bananas in Pyjamas: It's Music Time (Also includes: Musical Stairs & Getting Rhythm & Swamp Lake & Take One & Video Clip)	Southern Star Group	VHS	1	VHS releases
November 4	Spider-Man: Tablet of Time (contains: "Enter the Punisher" & "Duel of the Hunters" & "Tablet of Time" & "Ravages of Time")	Marvel Entertainment Group Marvel Films Animation	VHS	1	VHS releases Special Bonus: Includes the final episode of Spider-Man: Mutant Agenda
	The Incredible Hulk: Innocent Blood (contains: "Innocent Blood" & "Man to Man, Beast to Beast")	New World Animation^[4] Marvel Films New World Entertainment	VHS	1	VHS releases Special Bonus: Includes the final two episodes of Iron Man: "The Origin of Iron Man" Parts 1 & 2
	Pinky and the Brain: Cosmic Attractions (contains: "Fly" & "Around the World in 80 Narfs")	Warner Bros. Television Animation Amblin Television	VHS	1	VHS releases
	Pinky and the Brain: Mice of the Jungle (contains: "Snowball" & "Welcome to the Jungle")	Warner Bros. Television Animation Amblin Television	VHS	1-2	VHS releases
November 11	The Best of the Andy Griffith Show^[8]		DVD	3	3 episodes
	Dragon Flyz: Scavenger (contains: "Scavenger" & "Dark Dramen")	Gaumont Multimédia (original) Xilam (current) Abrams/Gentile Entertainment, inc. Active Entertainment Columbia TriStar Television	VHS	1	VHS releases
	Sky Dancers: Skyler vs. Skyler (contains: "Skyler vs. Skyler" & "Spread Your Wings")	Gaumont Multimédia (original)	VHS	1	VHS releases Based on the #1 Best Selling Toy
November 18	Spawn^[9] (HBO series)		DVD	1
November 24	Treasures of the Twilight Zone^[10]		DVD	various	3 episodes
December 16	Saturday Night Live: The Best of the Blues Brothers^[11]		DVD

Straight-to-video releases

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	Format(s)
September 16	The Rainbow Fish^[12]	DVD

References

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↑ DVD Development History – Accessed 8 April 2011
1 2 3 Goldman, Michael. "Stan Lee: Comic Guru". Animation World Magazine. Animation World Network. Archived from the original on April 25, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
↑ "Beavis and Butt-head - MTV's Beavis And Butt-Head: The Final Judgment". TV Shows on DVD. 1 July 1997. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
↑ "Aeon Flux - Aeon Flux". TV Shows on DVD. 2 September 1997. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
↑ "Beavis and Butt-head - MTV's Beavis And Butt-Head Do Christmas". TV Shows on DVD. 30 September 1997. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
↑ "The Andy Griffith Show - Best Of The Andy Griffith Show". TV Shows on DVD. 11 November 1997. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
↑ "Spawn - Volume 1". TV Shows on DVD. 18 November 1997. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
↑ "The Twilight Zone - Treasures of the Twilight Zone". TV Shows on DVD. 24 November 1997. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
↑ "Saturday Night Live - Best Of The Blues Brothers". TV Shows on DVD. 16 December 1997. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
↑ "Rainbow Fish - Rainbow Fish, The". TV Shows on DVD. 16 September 1997. Retrieved 12 July 2015.

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