Media from 1985.
Carryovers
Current statistics of most released media as of January 1 this year:
Movies
Title/Poster | Notes |
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Sleeping Beauty |
Last released in theaters on September 28, 1979.
Only available in book and soundtrack form. |
Lady and the Tramp |
Last released in theaters on March 7, 1980.
Only available in book and soundtrack form. |
The Wizard of Oz |
Available on VHS since October 25, 1980. Re-printed in 1982. |
The Aristocats |
Last released in theaters on December 19, 1980.
Only available in book and soundtrack form. |
Mary Poppins |
Available on VHS since December 30, 1980. Re-printed in 1982. |
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh |
Available on VHS since June 26, 1981. |
The Fox and the Hound |
Released in theaters on July 10, 1981.
Only available in book and soundtrack form. |
Cinderella |
Last released in theaters on December 18, 1981.
Only available in book and soundtrack form. |
Bambi |
Last released in theaters on June 4, 1982.
Only available in book and soundtrack form. |
Dumbo |
Available on VHS since July 1982. |
Alice in Wonderland |
Available on VHS since November 1982. |
Peter Pan |
Last released in theaters on December 17, 1982.
Only available in book and soundtrack form. |
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
Last released in theaters on July 15, 1983.
Only available in book and soundtrack form. |
The Rescuers |
Last released in theaters on December 16, 1983.
Only available in book and soundtrack form. |
The Jungle Book |
Last released in theaters on July 27, 1984.
Only available in book and soundtrack form. |
Robin Hood |
Available on VHS since December 1984. |
Pinocchio |
Released in theaters on December 21, 1984; continued playing in theaters until 1985 and grossed $26,414,038. |
Books
Horton Hears a Who! (1954) |
The Cat in the Hat (1957) |
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1957) |
Green Eggs and Ham (1960) |
The Lorax (1971) | |||||||
Only available in Japanese: |
Music
The Wizard of Oz: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
TV Shows
Title | Notes |
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Horton Hears a Who! |
Available on VHS since December 1982.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! also reran on December 7, 1985. |
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood |
Currently airing on PBS. See below for more details. |
My Little Pony |
Available on VHS since late 1984. |
Video Games
Title | Notes |
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All four games were still only available in Japan as Famicom titles. |
Paper money
The following was printed during fiscal year 1985:
Denomination | Amount printed | Notes |
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$1 |
2,851,200,000 | 2,022,400,000 as Series 1981A notes; 828,800,000 as Series 1985 notes. |
$2 |
None whatsoever; most notes in circulation were still Series 1976. | |
$5 |
777,600,000 | 521,600,000 as Series 1981A notes; 256,000,000 as Series 1985 notes. |
$10 |
784,000,000 | 729,600,000 as Series 1981A notes; 54,400,000 as Series 1985 notes. |
$20 |
1,449,600,000 | All as Series 1981A notes. |
$50 |
137,600,000 | Nearly all as Series 1981A notes; 768,000 Series 1981 Star Notes. |
$100 |
160,000,000 | 16,000,000 as Series 1981 notes; 144,000,000 as Series 1981A notes |
Events in 1985
February 4–8 | Five new episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, titled "Mister Rogers Talks About No and Yes", premiered on PBS. These were episodes #1541–1545.
Reruns of the old series for this year began afterwards. Also by the end of this week, Fantasia was re-released in theaters yet again. |
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March 1 | The Wizard of Oz reran on CBS. |
March 23 |
My Little Pony: Escape from Catrina premiered on local syndication. |
April |
Microsoft released DOS 3.1. |
May 13–17 | Five more new episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, titled "Mister Rogers Talks About Music", premiered on PBS. These were episodes #1546–1550. |
June 2 | Robin Hood aired on The Disney Channel for the first time. |
June 13 |
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind premiered in North American theaters as "Warriors of the Wind". |
July 16 |
Pinocchio was released on VHS. |
July 24 |
The Black Cauldron was released in theaters. It only grossed $21,288,692 against a $44 million budget. |
August 4 | The Sword in the Stone aired on The Disney Channel for the first time. |
August 19–23 | Mister Rogers Goes to School alone reran on PBS. |
September 9 |
The second season of Jeopardy! and the third season of Wheel of Fortune began on local syndication. |
September 13 |
Super Mario Bros. was released for use on the Famicom in Japan. |
October 18 |
The Cat in the Hat, Dr. Seuss on the Loose, The Lorax, The Hoober-Bloob Highway, Grinch Night, Pontoffel Pock and His Magic Piano and The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat were all released on VHS. |
Super Mario Bros. was released for the NES in North America. | |
Sega, a competitor to Nintendo, introduced the Sega Mark III. | |
October 21 | Reruns of all Mister Rogers' Neighborhood episodes to date from #1466 onwards on PBS for this season began. |
November 20 |
Microsoft released Windows 1.01. |
November 25–29 | "Mister Rogers Talks About Families" (episodes #1551–1555) premiered on PBS. |
December 3 |
Some films were re-printed, including Dumbo, Mary Poppins and The Wizard of Oz, the last of which also had its soundtrack album now available in audio cassette format. |
Warriors of the Wind was released on VHS in North America. The original film in Japan was distributed by Animage Video. | |
December 20 |
101 Dalmatians was re-issued in theaters and grossed almost $12 million so far during this run. |
By the end of this year, a total of 155 out of 390 remaining episodes of the old series of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood reran on PBS, having previously aired from October 18, 1982 to June 24, 1983, while those that previously aired in 1984 did not air again until June 1986 at the earliest.