Media from 1986.
Carryovers
Current statistics of most released media as of January 1 this year:
Movies
Title | Notes |
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The Wizard of Oz |
Available on VHS since October 25, 1980. Last re-printed in 1985. |
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. Last re-printed in 1985. |
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. Re-printed in 1985. |
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. |
Fantasia |
Last released in theaters on February 7, 1985.
Only available in soundtrack form. |
Pinocchio |
Available on VHS since July 16, 1985. |
The Black Cauldron |
Unreleased since 1986 due to its commercial failure. |
101 Dalmatians |
Released in theaters on December 20, 1985; continued playing until 1986 and grossed $33,049,729. |
Warriors of the Wind |
Available on VHS since December 1985. |
The original Japanese film was licensed by Animage Video.
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
Title | Notes |
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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; released individually this year.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! also reran on December 17, 1986. | ||||||||||
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood |
Currently airing on PBS. See below for more details.] | ||||||||||
The Cat in the Hat Available on VHS since 1985. |
Paper money
The following was printed during fiscal year 1986:
Denomination | Amount printed | Notes |
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File:$1-B (1986).jpeg $1 |
3,123,200,000 | All as Series 1985 notes. |
File:$2-I (1977).jpeg $2 |
None whatsoever; most notes in circulation were still Series 1976. | |
$5 |
844,800,000 | All as Series 1985 notes. |
$10 |
678,000,000 | All as Series 1985 notes. |
$20 |
1,475,200,000 | 118,400,000 as Series 1981A notes; 1,356,800,000 as Series 1985 notes. |
$50 |
137,600,000 | Nearly all as Series 1985 notes; 704,000 Series 1981A Star Notes. |
$100 |
160,000,000 | 32,000,000 as Series 1981A notes; 144,000,000 as Series 1985 notes. |
Events in 1986
Date unknown | Twin Books, a subsidiary of W.H. Smith Publishers, published six books based on Disney animated films: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Lady and the Tramp, Sleeping Beauty, 101 Dalmatians, and Winnie the Pooh. |
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January |
Microsoft released Version 3.2 of the Disk Operating System. |
February 3–7 | Five new episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, titled "Mister Rogers Talks About Making and Creating", premiered on PBS. These were episodes #1556–1560. |
February 15 | The Wizard of Oz reran on CBS. |
February 21 |
Super Mario Bros. was released for use on the Famicom Disk System. |
March 3 | Reruns of the old series of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood for this year began. |
March 7 |
Sleeping Beauty was re-issued in theaters. It grossed $15,120,195. |
My Little Pony: Escape from Catrina was released on VHS. | |
March 24 |
The Sword in the Stone was released on VHS. |
April |
A new children's video series titled "Kidsongs" launched in music stores. The first four titles available were A Day at Old MacDonald's Farm, I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing, Good Night, Sleep Tight and Cars, Boats, Trains and Planes. |
May 5–9 | Five more new episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, titled "Mister Rogers Talks About Celebrations", premiered on PBS. These were episodes #1561–1565. |
May 28 |
Alice in Wonderland was re-released on VHS. |
June 3 |
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels was released for the Famicom Disk System. |
Meanwhile in North America, Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., Mario Bros., Donkey Kong 3 were all released for the North American Nintendo Entertainment System. | |
June 6 |
My Little Pony: The Movie premiered in theaters. It grossed only $5,958,456. |
July 2 |
The Great Mouse Detective premiered in theaters. |
August 2 |
Castle in the Sky premiered exclusively in Japanese theaters. Because of Hayao Miyazaki's "no cuts" policy, all Studio Ghibli films starting with this one were only available in Japan for now. |
August 11–15 | Mister Rogers Goes to School alone reran on PBS. |
August 24 |
Microsoft released Windows 1.03. |
August 25 |
Two new Kidsongs titles -- Sing Out, America! and A Day with the Animals -- were released in music stores. |
September 8 |
The third season of Jeopardy! and the fourth season of Wheel of Fortune began on local syndication. |
The Sega Master System was introduced to the North American market. | |
September 15 |
A new My Little Pony TV series premiered on local syndication, replacing the two specials. |
September 20 | Pinocchio aired on The Disney Channel for the first time. |
September/October |
Castle in the Sky was released in Japanese bookstores, in four volumes. |
October 14 |
Sleeping Beauty was released on VHS. |
Later this year, Twin Books published new storybook adaptations of Dumbo, Bambi, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, and The Jungle Book. | |
October 20 | Reruns of all Mister Rogers' Neighborhood episodes to date from #1466 onwards on PBS for this season began. |
October 28 |
My Little Pony: The Movie was released on VHS from Vestron Video. |
November 24–28 | "Mister Rogers Talks About Playthings" (episodes #1566–1570) premiered on PBS. |
December 19 |
Lady and the Tramp was re-issued in theaters. |
December 28 | The Cat in the Hat aired on Disney Channel for the first time. |
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 June 27, 1983 to June 15, 1984, while those that previously aired in 1985 did not air again until the summer of 1987 at the earliest.