Media from 1987.
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. | ||||||||||
Mary Poppins |
Available on VHS since December 30, 1980. Released with closed captions in 1986. | ||||||||||
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. | ||||||||||
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. | ||||||||||
Alice in Wonderland |
Available on VHS since November 1982. Re-printed in 1986. | ||||||||||
Peter Pan |
Last released in theaters on December 17, 1982.
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 until January 31, 1987. | ||||||||||
Fantasia |
Last released in theaters on February 7, 1985.
Only available in soundtrack form. | ||||||||||
Pinocchio |
Available on VHS until February 28, 1987. | ||||||||||
The Black Cauldron |
Unreleased since 1986 due to its commercial failure. | ||||||||||
101 Dalmatians |
Last released in theaters on December 20, 1985.
Only available in book and soundtrack form. | ||||||||||
Warriors of the Wind |
Available on VHS since December 1985.
The original Japanese film was licensed by Animage Video. | ||||||||||
The Sword in the Stone |
Available on VHS since March 1986. | ||||||||||
The Great Mouse Detective |
Released in theaters on July 2, 1986.
Only available in book and soundtrack form at the moment. | ||||||||||
Castle in the Sky | Only available in Japan at the moment, under license by Animage Video. | ||||||||||
Sleeping Beauty |
Available on VHS since October 14, 1986. | ||||||||||
My Little Pony: The Movie |
Available on VHS since October 28, 1986. | ||||||||||
Lady and the Tramp |
Continued playing in theaters until 1987 and grossed $31,129,082. |
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 | ||||||||
Only available in Japanese: | |||||||||||
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind | |||||||||||
Castle in the Sky |
Music
TV Shows
Title | Notes | ||||||||||
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Horton Hears a Who! |
Available on VHS since December 1982, individually since 1986.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! also reran on December 11, 1987. | ||||||||||
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood |
Currently airing on PBS. See below for more details. | ||||||||||
The Cat in the Hat Available on VHS since 1985. Some of these specials also aired on The Disney Channel this year (see below). |
Video Games
Title | Notes | ||||||||||
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Super Mario Bros. |
Available for the NES since 1985. | ||||||||||
Donkey Kong Donkey Kong Jr. 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. | ||||||||||
Sega was currently selling games for the Sega Master System. |
Paper money
The following was printed during fiscal year 1987:
Denomination | Amount printed | Notes |
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File:$1-B (1986).jpeg $1 |
3,232,000,000 | All as Series 1985 notes. |
File:$2-I (1977).jpeg $2 |
None whatsoever; most notes in circulation were still Series 1976. | |
$5 |
780,800,000 | All as Series 1985 notes. |
$10 |
697,600,000 | All as Series 1985 notes. |
$20 |
1,472,000,000 | All as Series 1985 notes. |
$50 |
195,200,000 | All as Series 1985 notes. |
$100 |
217,600,000 | All as Series 1985 notes. |
All $100 bills labeled "Series 1981A" were also still in circulation.
Events in 1987
January 3 | The Cat in the Hat aired on The Disney Channel. |
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Kidsongs: What I Want to Be! was released in music stores. | |
March 6 | The Wizard of Oz reran on CBS. |
March 9–13 | Five new episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, titled "Mister Rogers Talks About Dance", premiered on PBS. These were episodes #1571–1575. |
March 23 | Reruns of the old series of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood for this year began. |
March 31 |
A fourth volume of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind was released in Japanese bookstores. |
April 6 | The Hoober-Bloob Highway aired on The Disney Channel for the first time. |
April 8 |
Microsoft released Windows 1.04. |
April 10 |
The Aristocats was re-issued in theaters. It grossed $17,452,658. |
May 4–8 | Five more new episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, titled "Mister Rogers Talks About Making Mistakes", premiered on PBS. These were episodes #1576–1580. |
May 27 | The Lorax aired on The Disney Channel for the first time. |
June 19 | Dr. Seuss on the Loose aired on The Disney Channel for the first time. |
Kidsongs: The Wonderful World of Sports was released in music stores. | |
June 19 | Dr. Seuss on the Loose aired on The Disney Channel for the first time. |
July 17 |
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was re-issued in theaters for its 50th anniversary. |
August 10–14 | Mister Rogers Goes to School alone reran on PBS. |
Microsoft released Version 3.3 of the Disk Operating System. | |
September 7 |
15 new episodes of the My Little Pony TV series premiered on local syndication, for a final total of 65. |
September 8 |
The fourth season of Jeopardy! and the fifth season of Wheel of Fortune began on local syndication. |
September 19 |
The Kidsongs TV Show premiered on local syndication. |
September 22 |
The first season of Full House premiered on ABC. |
September 28 | Episodes #1296–1315 of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood unknowingly aired for the last time on PBS, starting on this date and ending on October 23. |
October 3 | Sleeping Beauty aired on The Disney Channel for the first time. |
October 6 |
Lady and the Tramp was released on VHS, alongside new storybook adaptations of The Sword in the Stone and The Great Mouse Detective. |
October 23 | Grinch Night aired on The Disney Channel for the first time. |
October 26 | Reruns of all Mister Rogers' Neighborhood episodes to date from #1466 onwards on PBS for this season began. |
November 20 |
Cinderella was re-issued in theaters. |
November 23–27 | "Mister Rogers Talks About Alike and Different" (episodes #1581–1585) premiered on PBS. |
December |
Kidsongs: A Day at the Circus was released in music stores. |
By the end of this year, a total of 145 out of 390 remaining episodes of the old series of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood reran on PBS, having previously aired from April 30, 1984 to May 3, 1985, while those that previously aired in 1986 did not air again until September 1988 at the earliest.