even though world war ii was going on, "dumbo" was still the most financially successful disney movie of the 1940s. this was one of the first of disney's animated movies to be broadcast, albeit severely edited, on television, as part of disney's anthology series. the movie then received another distinction of note in 1981, when it was the first of disney's canon of animated movies to be released on home video and also was released in the "walt disney classics" video collection in 1985. that release was followed by remastered versions in: 1986, 1989, 1991 (classics), and 1994 (masterpiece). in 2001, a 60th anniversary special edition was released that has original rko titles. in 2006, a "big top edition" of the movie was released on dvd that also has original rko titles. a uk special edition was released in may 2007 and was a successful disney release.