pikachufan1336 wrote:
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is a compilation of 3 shorts released prior and then put into a feature length thing by giving them interstitial similarly to how Warner Bros did with their cartoons (see The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour) because (the short version is) in the 1970's few f-cks were given in the American Animation medium at the time. So putting it in the Vault is kind of cheating, besides believe it or not, the blu ray sales of MAofWtP didn't do that well when the blu ray did premier. It's a successful franchise, but the movie itself not so much... same with Lilo and Stitch.
The revival movies (yes even Frog, which had a meh theatrical release but did very well on home video, essentially becoming this generation's Sleeping Beauty), did very well on home video and if it were 10 years ago I'm sure Disney would vault them. But they were born into a very diverse and long lasting home video market, putting them in the situation that, like Alice, vaulting them would be pointless.
Winnie the Pooh doesn't sell well on Blu-Ray because Disney has infantilized the franchise so that it only appeals to pre-schoolers and toddlers. The average consumer won't be caught dead buying this film on Blu-Ray and parents who buy it for their kids will opt for the simpler DVD. In the UK and other countries in Europe, they don't even sell the film on Blu-Ray because they know there is no market for adult collectors and Winnie the Pooh on such a premium format. Which is a shame because back in the 90s, Disney did create one of their deluxe VHS sets for this film alongside their other prestige classics.
Treasure Planet also did very well on home video but you don't seen Disney giving that Platinum/Diamond/Signature status. TPATF clearly didn't do well enough on home video to be one of the all-time ranking DVDs or even Blu-Rays. All the real Revival films, like Tangled, Wreck-It Ralph, Frozen, Big Hero 6, Zootopia, and Moana rank as high as the Disney classics in terms of Blu-Ray sales, if not even exceeding some of them. TPATF is nowhere near that league and it's even below most of the late 90s and 70s films. The only reason the film is still somewhat marketed is because of the DP franchise and frankly, if Tiana hadn't been the first black princess, the film wouldn't have been a hit enough to even bother including in the franchise. I've never heard anyone call it this generation's Sleeping Beauty, more like this generation's Oliver & Company.