1986 in home video:
Industry milestones[]
May[]
- May 22 - Back to the Future is released by MCA Home Video and it the first rental-priced film ($79.95) to sell 450,000 units in the United States and was also the most rented cassette of the year.[1]
July[]
- July 1 - RCA releases the final Capacitance Electronic Disc(CED) VideoDisc: CBS/Fox Video's release of The Jewel of the Nile. Also released at the same time, but only for RCA employees who worked in the CED VideoDisc departments, was a disc entitled Memories of VideoDisc, which was a collection of photos, milestones, and a factory tour. This was not released for consumers and is considered one of the rarest discs of the CED VideoDisc library.
November[]
- November 4 - MCA Home Video release exercise video Callanetics at a retail price of $29.95 and sell over a million copies in the US which spawns a number of other Callanetics videos.[1]
Film releases[]
The following titles were released on video on the following dates:
| U.S./Canada Release Date |
Film Title | Studio | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January–March | |||||
| J A N U A R Y |
8 | The Ages of Humankind | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| The Blue Yonder | |||||
| Disney's Greatest Lullabies, Volume One | |||||
| Disney's Greatest Lullabies, Volume Two | |||||
| The Fabulous Fleischer Folio Volume Four | |||||
| Five Mile Creek Volume 11 | |||||
| Flights of Fancy | |||||
| My Science Project | Touchstone Home Video | ||||
| Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Animal Tales | Walt Disney Home Video | ||||
| Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Fanciful Fables | |||||
| Walt Disney Video-A-Longs: The Disney Classics | |||||
| Walt Disney Video-A-Longs: Mickey's Discovery Series | |||||
| Walt Disney Video-A-Longs: Winnie the Pooh | |||||
| Zorro: Invitation to Death | |||||
| 20 | Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| 29 | The Hugga Bunch | Children's Video Library | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| F E B R U A R Y |
24 | National Lampoon's European Vacation | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release Laserdisc release | |
| Pee-Wee's Big Adventure | |||||
| 25 | Return of the Jedi | CBS/Fox Video | Betamax release VHS release Laserdisc release CED release | ||
| Unknown | One Little Indian | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| Westward Ho The Wagons | |||||
| M A R C H |
12 | Robotman & Friends | Children's Video Library | Betamax release VHS release | |
| 17 | Follow That Bird | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer | |||||
| 24 | Banana Monster | Force Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| The Goonies | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Primal Impulse | Force Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Psychopath | Betamax release VHS release | ||||
| White Slave | Betamax release VHS release | ||||
| 25 | The Sword in the Stone (1963) | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release Laserdisc release | ||
| 29 | Greyfriars Bobby | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| Charley and the Angel | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| April–June | |||||
| A P R I L |
30 | The Ike & Tina Turner Show | Vestron Music Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| 30 | American Flyers | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| The Journey of Natty Gann | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Krush Groove | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Mixed Blood | Media Home Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Return from Witch Mountain | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| M A Y |
14 | Challenge of the GoBots: The GoBotron Saga | Vestron Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| My Little Pony: Escape from Catrina | Children's Video Library | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| 22 | Back to the Future | MCA Home Video | Betamax release VHS release Laserdisc release CED release (The last MCA Home Video picture to be released on CED.) | ||
| 28 | The Absent-Minded Professor | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release (Colorized version.) | ||
| Alice in Wonderland (1951) | Betamax release VHS release Laserdisc release | ||||
| The Importance of Being Donald | Betamax release VHS release | ||||
| Mickey Knows Best | Betamax release VHS release | ||||
| Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day | Betamax release VHS release | ||||
| Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree | Betamax release VHS release | ||||
| Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too | Betamax release VHS release | ||||
| J U N E |
11 | Dick Clark's Best of Bandstand | Vestron Music Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| 16 | Revolution (1985) | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| 25 | Gorilla | National Geographic Video Vestron Video |
Betamax release VHS release | ||
| The Incredible Human Machine | National Geographic Video Vestron Video |
Betamax release VHS release | |||
| My Friend Liberty | Karl-Lorimar Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| So Dear to My Heart | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Toby Tyler | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Yukon Passage | National Geographic Video Vestron Video |
Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Unknown | A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge | Media Home Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| Whitney Houston: The #1 Video Hits | MusicVision | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| July–September | |||||
| J U L Y |
1 | The Best of Times | Embassy Home Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release | |
| The Jewel of the Nile | CBS/Fox Video | Betamax release VHS release Laserdisc release CED release (The last CED VideoDisc released for consumer use.) | |||
| 2 | The Return of the Living Dead | Thorn EMI HBO Video |
Betamax release VHS release | ||
| 3 | White Nights (1985) | RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| 14 | Spies Like Us | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| 16 | The Adventures of the Scrabble People in A Pumpkin Full of Nonsense | Children's Video Library | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| All-Star Swing Festival | Vestron Music Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Moon Pilot | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing | |||||
| Treasure of Matecumbe | |||||
| 29 | Single Bars, Single Women | Prism Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| A U G U S T |
5 | The Flintstones: Little Big League | Worldvision Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| Huckleberry Hound | |||||
| Quick Draw McGraw | |||||
| Top Cat's Loves and Fortunes | |||||
| 13 | After Hours | Warner Home Video | VHS release | ||
| Meat Loaf Live! | Vestron Music Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Tales of Beatrix Potter | Children's Video Library | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| 19 | King of the Grizzlies | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| The Light in the Forest | |||||
| Off Beat | Touchstone Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Savage Sam | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| 26 | Bloody Birthday | Prism Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| Vultures | |||||
| 29 | The Supernaturals | Embassy Home Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| Unknown | Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation | RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| S E P T E M B E R |
10 | African Wildlife | National Geographic Video Vestron Video |
Betamax release VHS release | |
| Atocha: Quest for Treasure | National Geographic Video Vestron Video |
Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Save the Panda | National Geographic Video Vestron Video |
Betamax release VHS release | |||
| 22 | Funny Lady | RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| The Jolson Story | RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| 23 | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | Touchstone Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| The Sex O'Clock News | Prism Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| The World's Greatest Athlete | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| 24 | Centurions | Children's Video Library | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| The Music Man (1962) | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Rad | Embassy Home Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Wildcats | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| October–December | |||||
| O C T O B E R |
2 | The Tomb (1986) | Trans World Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release | |
| 10 | Night of the Living Dead | Hal Roach Studios | Betamax release VHS release (Colorized version.) | ||
| 14 | Canine Commando | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release (Also released in a boxset with repackaged versions of the first 5 Classics releases.) | ||
| Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Jiminy Cricket's Christmas | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Sleeping Beauty (1959) | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release Laserdisc release (Also released in a boxset with repackaged versions of the first 5 Classics releases.) (Close captioned by the Caption Center) | |||
| A Tale of Two Chipmunks | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| The Unsinkable Donald Duck with Huey, Dewey and Louie | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| 16 | The Money Pit | MCA Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| 21 | Casper's First Christmas | Worldvision Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| Goober and the Ghost Chasers | Worldvision Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Jonny Quest | Worldvision Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Top Cat: 25th Anniversary | Worldvision Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| 22 | The Real Ghostbusters: Knock Knock | RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| The Real Ghostbusters: Play Them Ragtime Boos | RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| 29 | The Best of Dan Aykroyd | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| Blood Link | Embassy Home Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Police Academy 3: Back in Training | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| 31 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Paramount Home Video | Betamax release VHS release Laserdisc release | ||
| N O V E M B E R |
4 | Callanetics | MCA Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| 5 | Under the Cherry Moon | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| 16 | Stallone Cobra | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| 18 | Ashanti, Land of No Mercy | Trans World Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| The Fabulous Fleischer Folio Volume Five | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Menace on the Mountain | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| One Magic Christmas | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| 19 | Lionel Richie: The Making of Dancing on the Ceiling | Karl-Lorimar Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| 26 | Dreamaniac | Wizard Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| D E C E M B E R |
10 | Tammy Wynette in Concert | Vestron Music Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| 16 | Snowballing | Prism Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| A Tiger Walks | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| 17 | Willie Nelson: Greatest Hits Live | Vestron Music Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| Wrinkles In Need of Cuddles | Children's Video Library | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| 25 | Star Wars | CBS/FOX Video | Betamax release VHS release Japanese widescreen CAV Laserdisc release (Debut of the 1985 home video mix, which adds C-3PO's tractor beam line to the Dolby Stereo mix) | ||
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