the movie was released on home video at differing dates, due to it being a theatrical release in some countries. while the movie was a direct-to-video release in countries like the united states, japan, canada, mainland china, hong kong and taiwan, it was a theatrical release in some countries like the united kingdom, france, austria, mexico, dominican republic, brazil, australia and some other european countries. it broke the world record for the longest amount of time between two related movies made in a series, being released 63 and a half years after the first movie. as major studios continue to phase out vhs, this was the last disney animated movie released on vhs. following its moratorium strategy, in which releases are made available for a limited time only, disney gave the dvd a 70-day window for its us release. the movie sold 2.6 million dvds in its first week in the united states.