Media from 1994.
Carryovers
Current statistics of most released media as of January 1 this year:
Movies | |||||||||||
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The Black Cauldron |
Unreleased since 1986 due to its commercial failure.
Still available in book and soundtrack form. | ||||||||||
Sleeping Beauty |
No longer on sale as of March 31, 1988; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
Lady and the Tramp |
No longer on sale as of March 31, 1988; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh |
Still only aired occasionally on The Disney Channel. Also available on VHS as three separate featurettes. | ||||||||||
Cinderella |
No longer on sale as of April 30, 1989; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
Oliver & Company |
Continued playing in theaters until 1989 and grossed over $53 million.
Only available in book and soundtrack form. | ||||||||||
The Wizard of Oz |
Available on VHS with closed captions since 1989. Bonus features removed since 1991. | ||||||||||
Bambi |
No longer on sale as of April 30, 1990; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
Castle in the Sky Kiki's Delivery Service |
Only available in Japan at the moment, under license by Animage Video.
However, they did have English dubs since 1989 and 1990, respectively. | ||||||||||
Warriors of the Wind |
Available on video from StarMaker Entertainment as of 1990. | ||||||||||
My Little Pony: The Movie |
Available on video from Video Treasures as of 1990.
Also occasionally aired on The Disney Channel. | ||||||||||
The Little Mermaid |
No longer on sale as of April 1, 1991; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
Peter Pan |
No longer on sale as of April 1, 1991; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
The Jungle Book |
No longer on sale as of April 30, 1992; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
The Rescuers Down Under |
No longer on sale as of April 30, 1993; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
Fantasia |
No longer on sale as of April 30, 1992; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
101 Dalmatians |
No longer on sale as of April 30, 1993; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
The Great Mouse Detective |
No longer on sale as of April 30, 1993; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
The Rescuers |
No longer on sale as of April 30, 1993; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
Beauty and the Beast |
No longer on sale as of April 30, 1993; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
Pinocchio |
Available on VHS until April 30, 1994. | ||||||||||
Aladdin |
Available on VHS until April 30, 1994. | ||||||||||
The Aristocats |
Last released in North American theaters on April 10, 1987.
Re-released in some countries this year. | ||||||||||
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) | |||||||
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
Pinocchio |
Dumbo |
Bambi |
Cinderella | |||||||
Alice in Wonderland |
Peter Pan |
Lady and the Tramp |
Sleeping Beauty |
101 Dalmatians | |||||||
The Jungle Book |
Winnie the Pooh |
The Aristocats |
The Fox and the Hound | ||||||||
Robin Hood |
The Little Mermaid |
Beauty and the Beast |
Aladdin | ||||||||
Only available in Japanese: | |||||||||||
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind | |||||||||||
Castle in the Sky | |||||||||||
My Neighbor Totoro | |||||||||||
Kiki's Delivery Service | |||||||||||
Music | |||||||||||
The Wizard of Oz: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
My Neighbor Totoro (Japan only) |
Kiki's Delivery Service (Japan only) | |||||||||
The Little Mermaid |
Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | |||||||||
Kidsongs |
There were 15 existing titles so far to date in stores. The first nine videos were re-printed in 1990. | ||||||||||
TV Shows | |||||||||||
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Horton Hears a Who! |
Available on VHS since December 1982, individually since 1986.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! also aired on TBS for the first time on December 5, 1994. | ||||||||||
Grinch Night
Available on VHS from Random House Home Video since 1992. | |||||||||||
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood |
Currently airing on PBS. See below for more details. | ||||||||||
Waiting for Santa, Campfire Sing-Along, Barney Goes to School, Barney in Concert, Rock with Barney and Barney's Magical Musical Adventure were currently on sale. | |||||||||||
Barney & Friends |
Seasons 1 and 2 were currently airing on PBS. | ||||||||||
Shining Time Station |
All three seasons were currently airing on PBS, with Thomas & Friends segments from Seasons 1, 2 and 3 included. | ||||||||||
Thomas & Friends |
Available on VHS in nine volumes since 1993. | ||||||||||
Super Mario Bros. Super Show Super Mario World |
Currently airing on The Family Channel. | ||||||||||
My Little Pony My Little Pony Tales |
Currently airing on The Disney Channel. | ||||||||||
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog |
Currently airing on daily syndication. | ||||||||||
Video Games | |||||||||||
Super Mario Bros. |
Available for the NES since 1985; always bundled with Duck Hunt since late 1988. | ||||||||||
Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr. |
Available for the NES since 1986; bundled together as "Donkey Kong Classics" since 1988. | ||||||||||
Mario Bros. Donkey Kong 3 |
Available for the NES since 1986. | ||||||||||
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels |
Available for the Famicom Disk System since 1986, and only in Japan. | ||||||||||
Super Mario Bros. 2 |
Currently on sale for the NES. | ||||||||||
Super Mario Land |
Available for the Game Boy since 1989. | ||||||||||
Super Mario Bros. 3 |
Available for the NES since 1990. | ||||||||||
Super Mario World |
Available for the Super NES since 1991. | ||||||||||
Sonic the Hedgehog |
Available for the Genesis and Game Gear since 1991. | ||||||||||
Kirby's Dream Land |
Available for the Game Boy since 1992. | ||||||||||
Super Mario Kart |
Available for the Super NES since 1992. | ||||||||||
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins |
Available for the Game Boy since 1992. | ||||||||||
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 |
Available for the Master System, Game Gear and Genesis since 1992. | ||||||||||
Kirby's Adventure |
Available for the NES since 1993. | ||||||||||
Super Mario All-Stars |
Available for the Super NES since 1993. Included four games: Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, Super Mario Bros. 2 and Super Mario Bros. 3. | ||||||||||
Sonic the Hedgehog CD |
Available for the Sega CD since 1993. | ||||||||||
Sonic Chaos |
Available for the Sega Game Gear since 1993. | ||||||||||
Kirby's Pinball Land |
Available for the Game Boy since 1993. |
Paper money
The following was printed during fiscal year 1994:
Denomination | Amount printed | Notes |
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$1 |
4,563,200,000 | 2,873,600,000 as Series 1988A notes; 1,689,600,000 as Series 1993 notes. |
File:$5-G (1994).png $5 |
1,004,800,000 | All as Series 1988A or 1993 notes. |
File:$10-J (1994).jpeg $10 |
793,600,000 | All as Series 1990 or 1993 notes. |
$20 |
2,252,800,000 | 1,548,800,000 as Series 1990 notes; 704,000,000 as Series 1993 notes. |
$50 |
115,200,000 | 19,200,000 as Series 1990 notes; 96,000,000 as Series 1993 notes. |
$100 |
604,800,000 | All as Series 1990 notes. |
The following was in circulation by year's end:
Denomination | Estimate total | Notes |
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File:$1-I (1994).JPG $1 |
About 6.1 billion | About 60% were still Series 1988A. |
File:$2-I (1977).jpeg $2 |
About 500 million | Mostly Series 1976. |
$5 |
About 1.46 billion | Almost all were still Series 1988A. |
$10 |
About 1.38 billion | At least 75% were still Series 1990. |
File:$20-K (1992).png $20 |
More than 4.02 billion | At least 70% were still Series 1990. |
File:$50-C (1992).jpeg $50 |
About 878 million | At least 80% were still Series 1990. |
$100
|
More than 2.29 billion | At least 94% were still Series 1990 or older. |
Events in 1994
January 19 |
The Season 2 episode of Barney & Friends "An Adventure in Make-Believe" was released on VHS as "Let's Pretend with Barney". |
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January 21 |
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 was released for use on the Game Boy. |
January 23 |
Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 moved to the USA Network. |
February 2 |
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 was released for the Genesis. |
February 18 |
James Goes Buzz Buzz and Other Thomas Stories was released on VHS. |
February 21–25 | Five new episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, titled "Mister Rogers Talks About Things to Wear", premiered on PBS. These were episodes #1671–1675. |
March 2 | The Cat in the Hat aired on Disney Channel for the last time. By this point, all of the Dr. Seuss specials were no longer airing on Disney Channel. |
March 4 |
The Fox and the Hound was released on VHS. |
April 4 |
A new Kidsongs TV Show premiered on PBS. |
April 16 |
The first episode of All That aired on Nickelodeon. |
April 24 | Barney's Imagination Island aired on NBC. |
April 27 |
The Season 2 episode of Barney & Friends "The Alphabet Zoo" was released on VHS. |
May 16 | Reruns of the new Kidsongs TV Show began after the first season ended with 30 episodes. |
May 24 | The seventh season of Full House began reruns on ABC after it ended with 24 episodes. |
June 24 |
The Lion King was released in theaters. Its soundtrack was also released in music stores, and books based on the film were released in bookstores. |
Microsoft released MS-DOS 6.22 for Windows 3.1 users. | |
July 4 | All 30 episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood from 1974–1975 began airing on PBS, 25 of them for the last time -- specifically, all those from 1975. |
July 19–27 |
The Cat in the Hat, Dr. Seuss on the Loose, The Lorax, The Hoober-Bloob Highway and the English dub of My Neighbor Totoro were all released on VHS from Fox Video. The Dr. Seuss specials now contained sing-along lyrics. |
August 3 |
Barney Live! in New York City was released on VHS. |
August 20 |
Kirby and the Story of the Dream Spring was released in Japan. This game was based on the video game Kirby's Adventure. |
August 24 |
Another Season 3 video of Thomas & Friends, Percy's Ghostly Trick and Other Thomas Stories, was released on VHS. |
August 29–September 2 | Five more new episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, titled "Mister Rogers Talks About Going Away & Coming Back", premiered on PBS. These were episodes #1676–1680. |
September 3 |
Super Mario Bros. Super Show and Super Mario World were rebranded as "Mario All Stars" on further reruns on The Family Channel. |
September 5 |
The 11th season of Jeopardy! and the 12th season of Wheel of Fortune began on local syndication. |
September 10 | 13 new episodes of Sonic the Hedgehog premiered on ABC, one at a time per week. |
September 14 |
Thomas' Christmas Party and Other Thomas Stories, was released on VHS. |
September 21 |
Kirby's Dream Course was released in Japan for use on the Super Famicom. |
September 27 |
The eighth and final season of Full House premiered on ABC. Season 7 moved to daily syndication. |
October 4 |
Barney's Imagination Island was released on VHS. |
October 15 |
Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble was released for the Sega Game Gear. |
October 18 |
Sonic & Knuckles was released for use on the Genesis. |
October 28 |
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was released on VHS in both standard and Deluxe Video Editions, and CLV or CAV Laserdisc. |
Mary Poppins, Dumbo, Alice in Wonderland, Robin Hood and The Sword in the Stone were all transferred to the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection, joining Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. | |
November 6 | The Cat in the Hat and The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat aired on TNT for the first time. |
November 18 |
The Lion King was re-released in most theaters. Included with it was a teaser trailer for Pocahontas. |
November 21 |
Donkey Kong Country was released for use on the Super NES. A few weeks later, Super Mario All-Stars was also re-released with Super Mario World included. |
December 10 | Reruns of Sonic the Hedgehog on ABC continued after the series ended with 26 episodes. |
December 15 |
The seventh and final volume of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind was released in Japanese bookstores. |
December 18 | Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 aired on the USA Network for the last time. |
Three new Kidsongs titles were made: Billy Biggle's Favorite Songs, Country Sing-Along and Boppin' with the Biggles. |