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Disney: The Renaissance and the Empire · Acquired
- ▶ 38:52 David Rosenthal You know, VHS exists now.
- ▶ 39:03 David Rosenthal Michael has to convene the whole Disney family and get their approval to release Pinocchio as the first of the classics that they're gonna put on VHS here in 1985.
- ▶ 39:31 David Rosenthal Of VHS of Pinocchio.
- ▶ 40:00 David Rosenthal Does thirty-four million in box office revenue, and then they put out the VHS home video.
- ▶ 40:42 David Rosenthal Losing VHS tapes.
- ▶ 40:59 David Rosenthal I had read that Disney was keeping like between 17 to 20 dollars a pop in profits per VHS tape that they were selling, because I think they had so much leverage over the retailers.
- ▶ 41:52 David Rosenthal Aladdin sells thirty million VHS tapes in 1993.
- ▶ 42:03 David Rosenthal And then The Lion King eclipses it in 1995 when it comes out on VHS with thirty-two million units.
- ▶ 42:09 David Rosenthal The best-selling VHS of all time period in history ever.