Media from 1990.
Carryovers
Current statistics of most released media as of January 1 this year:
Movies | |||||||||||
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Mary Poppins |
Available on VHS since December 30, 1980. Last re-printed in 1988. | ||||||||||
Dumbo |
Available on VHS since July 1982. Re-printed in 1985. | ||||||||||
Alice in Wonderland |
Available on VHS since November 1982. Re-printed in 1986. | ||||||||||
Robin Hood |
No longer on sale as of January 31, 1987; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
Pinocchio |
No longer on sale as of February 28, 1987; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
101 Dalmatians |
Last released in theaters on December 20, 1985.
Only available in book and soundtrack form. | ||||||||||
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. | ||||||||||
Sleeping Beauty |
No longer on sale as of March 31, 1988; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
The Aristocats |
Last released in theaters on April 10, 1987.
Only available in book and soundtrack form. | ||||||||||
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
Last released in theaters on July 17, 1987.
Only available in book and soundtrack form. | ||||||||||
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. | ||||||||||
The Fox and the Hound |
Last released in theaters on March 25, 1988.
Only available in book and soundtrack form. | ||||||||||
Cinderella |
No longer on sale as of April 30, 1989; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
Castle in the Sky My Neighbor Totoro Kiki's Delivery Service |
Only available in Japan at the moment, under license by Animage Video.
However, English dubs for all three films did exist as of this year. | ||||||||||
Oliver & Company |
Continued playing in theaters until 1989 and grossed over $53 million. | ||||||||||
The Rescuers |
Last released in theaters on March 17, 1989.
Only available in book and soundtrack form. | ||||||||||
The Wizard of Oz |
Available on VHS as a "50th Anniversary Edition" since August 15, 1989. | ||||||||||
Bambi |
Available on VHS until April 30, 1990. | ||||||||||
The Little Mermaid |
Continued playing in theaters until 1990 and grossed $84,355,863 in the box office. | ||||||||||
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 Sword in the Stone |
The Great Mouse Detective |
The Aristocats |
The Fox and the Hound | ||||||||
Robin Hood |
The Rescuers |
The Little Mermaid | |||||||||
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 (LP/Cassette) |
My Neighbor Totoro (LP; Japan only) |
Kiki's Delivery Service (Japan only) |
The Little Mermaid | ||||||||
TV Shows | |||||||||||
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Horton Hears a Who! |
Available on VHS since December 1982, individually since 1986. Last re-printed in 1989. | ||||||||||
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood |
Currently airing on PBS. See below for more details. | ||||||||||
My Little Pony No longer airing on television as of 1989; still available on VHS while supplies lasted. | |||||||||||
The Cat in the Hat Dr. Seuss on the Loose The Lorax The Hoober-Bloob Highway Grinch Night Pontoffel Pock and His Magic Piano The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat Available on VHS for individual sale since 1989. | |||||||||||
Barney & the Backyard Gang The first three volumes -- The Backyard Show, Three Wishes and A Day at the Beach -- were available on VHS since 1989. | |||||||||||
Shining Time Station |
Currently airing on PBS. Includes Thomas & Friends segments from Seasons 1 and 2. | ||||||||||
Super Mario Bros. Super Show |
Currently airing on syndication. Comprised of 52 episodes. | ||||||||||
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. | ||||||||||
Sega was currently selling games for the Sega Master System and Genesis. |
Paper money
The following was printed during fiscal year 1990:
Denomination | Amount printed | Notes |
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File:$1-I (1994).JPG $1 |
3,148,800,000 | 1,817,600,000 as Series 1988 notes; 1,331,200,000 as Series 1988A notes. |
$5 |
912,000,000 | 662,400,000 as Series 1988 notes; 249,600,000 as Series 1988A notes. |
$10 |
771,200,000 | 496,000,000 as Series 1985 notes; 275,200,000 as Series 1988A notes. |
$20 |
1,801,600,000 | 1,305,600,000 as Series 1985 notes; 496,000,000 as Series 1988A notes. |
File:$50-L (1989).jpeg $50 |
128,000,000 | All as Series 1988 notes. |
$100 |
240,000,000 | All as Series 1988 notes. |
The following was in circulation by year's end:
Denomination | Estimate total | Notes |
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$1 |
About 5.1 billion | At least 60% were Series 1988. |
File:$2-I (1977).jpeg $2 |
About 400 million | Mostly Series 1976. |
File:$5-F (1989).jpeg $5 |
About 1.26 billion | At least about 70% were Series 1988. |
$10 |
About 1.26 billion | At least 65% were Series 1985. |
$20 |
About 3.45 billion | More than 70% were Series 1985. |
File:$50-L (1989).jpeg $50 |
About 678 million | More than 50% were Series 1985. |
$100 |
More than 1.4 billion | More than 65% were Series 1985 or older. |
Events in 1990
Date unknown |
Warriors of the Wind was re-released by StarMaker Entertainment, while My Little Pony: The Movie was re-released by Video Treasures. |
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February 12 |
Super Mario Bros. 3 was released for use on the NES in North America. |
February 20 | The Wizard of Oz reran on CBS, followed by the premiere of a special documentary titled "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic". |
March 5 |
The Kidsongs TV Show began reruns on The Disney Channel. The nine music video shows to date were all re-printed on VHS shortly afterwards. |
March 21 |
The Black Cauldron was re-titled "Taran and the Magic Cauldron" when it was re-issued in limited theaters. Along with it were Twin Books' storybook adaptation of this film and Oliver & Company. |
April 16–20 | Five new episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, titled "Mister Rogers Talks About the Environment", premiered on PBS. These were episodes #1616–1620.
Following this were the last reruns of episodes #1141–1210. |
April 30 |
Barney & the Backyard Gang: Waiting for Santa was released on VHS. |
May 10 | The third season of Full House began reruns on ABC after it ended with 26 episodes. |
May 18 |
The Little Mermaid was released on VHS. |
May 22 |
Microsoft released Windows 3.0. At that time, DOS 4.01 was still current. |
May 30 |
Barney & the Backyard Gang: Campfire Sing-Along was released on VHS. |
June 8 |
Thomas Gets Tricked and Other Stories was released on VHS. |
July 13 |
The Jungle Book was re-issued in theaters. |
July 30–August 3 | Five more new episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, titled "Mister Rogers Talks About Fathers & Music", premiered on PBS. These were episodes #1621–1625.
By this point, only 165 episodes of the old series remained on PBS at the time. |
August 15 |
Barney & the Backyard Gang: Barney Goes to School was released on VHS. |
August 16 |
James Learns a Lesson and Other Thomas Stories was released on VHS. |
From Kidsongs, there were two new titles: A Day at Camp and Ride the Roller Coaster. | |
August 20–31 | Reruns of the "Starting School" and "Josephine the Short-Neck Giraffe" episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood now occurred every August. |
September 3 |
The seventh season of Jeopardy! and the eighth season of Wheel of Fortune began on local syndication. |
September 8 |
Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 premiered on NBC. |
September 21 |
The fourth season of Full House premiered on ABC. |
Peter Pan was released on VHS. | |
September 27 |
Two new Thomas & Friends titles -- Tenders and Turnables and Thomas Breaks the Rules -- were released on VHS. Both videos contained Season 2 episodes for the first time. |
Comic book adaptations of Nausicäa of the Valley of the Wind were released in Japanese bookstores, in four volumes. | |
October 5 | Sega of Japan introduced the Game Gear. |
Fantasia was re-released in theaters one last time. | |
November | Barney & the Backyard Gang began airing occasionally on The Disney Channel. |
November 16 |
The Rescuers Down Under premiered in theaters. Twin Books also published a storybook adaptation. |
November 19–23 | "Mister Rogers Talks About Mouths & Feelings" (episodes #1626–1630) premiered on PBS. |
November 21 |
Super Mario World was released in Japan for use on the Super Famicom. |
November 22 | Horton Hears a Who! reran on TNT. |
December 6 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas! aired on TNT for the first time. |
December 9 | Shining Time Station: 'Tis a Gift premiered on PBS. |