2002 in home video

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The following events occurred in the year 2002 in home video.

Industry milestones

March

• 26 March - In Japan, the Pioneer HLD-X9 becomes the final laserdisc produced anywhere.^[1]

Date unknown

• US retailer Circuit City stops selling VHS tapes in stores.^[2]
• The final Betamax videocassette recorders are made by the end of the year.^[3]

Movie releases

The following movies were released on video on the following dates:

This film, television or video-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it with reliably sourced additions.

U.S./Canada Release Date	Title	Notes
January 1	What's the Worst That Could Happen?	DVD release
	Two Can Play That Game	DVD release
January 2	The Glass House	VHS and DVD release
	The Fast and the Furious	VHS and DVD release
January 8	Running	Special Edition VHS and DVD release
	Jeepers Creepers	DVD release
January 15	Newsies	VHS re-release and DVD release
	The Jungle Book	VHS re-release and DVD release
	American Pie 2	DVD and VHS release
	Bubble Boy	DVD release
	Glitter	DVD release
January 17	Congo	Special Edition VHS and DVD release
January 22	Kiss of the Dragon	DVD release
	Rock Star	DVD release
January 29	Atlantis: The Lost Empire	VHS and DVD release
	Rat Race	VHS and DVD release
	The Curse of the Jade Scorpion	DVD release
February 5	Hannibal	VHS and DVD release
	A Knight's Tale	VHS release
	Captain Corelli's Mandolin	DVD release
February 12	Peter Pan	First time on DVD
	O	VHS and DVD release
	Hearts in Atlantis	DVD release
February 19	Hardball	DVD release
	Don't Say a Word	DVD release
	Balto	VHS and DVD release
	Balto II: Wolf Quest	direct-to-video VHS and DVD release
February 26	Cinderella II: Dreams Come True	VHS and DVD release
	Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back	DVD release
	Megiddo: The Omega Code 2	VHS and DVD release
	The Musketeer	DVD release
	Soul Survivors	VHS and DVD release
March 5	Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf	VHS and DVD release
	The One	DVD release
	The Last Castle	DVD release
	A.I. Artificial Intelligence	DVD release
March 12	Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring	VHS and DVD release
	Heist	VHS and DVD release
	The Wash	VHS and DVD release
	Zoolander	DVD release
	Joy Ride	DVD release
	Tom and Jerry: The Movie	DVD release
March 19	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	VHS and DVD release
	The Hunchback of Notre Dame II	VHS and DVD release
	Samurai Jack: The Premiere Movie	VHS and DVD release
	Training Day	VHS and DVD release
	Riding in Cars with Boys	DVD release
March 26	Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird	VHS and DVD release
	Life as a House	VHS and DVD release
	Original Sin	VHS and DVD release
	K-PAX	DVD release
	On the Line	VHS and DVD release
April 2	Bandits	DVD release
	Thirteen Ghosts	VHS and DVD release
April 9	Spy Game	VHS and DVD release
	Serendipity	DVD release
April 16	Domestic Disturbance	DVD release
	Black Knight	VHS and DVD release
April 23	Behind Enemy Lines	VHS and DVD release
April 30	Not Another Teen Movie	VHS and DVD release
	Ghosts of Mars	VHS release
	Ali	DVD release
May 7	The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh	25th Anniversary Edition VHS and DVD release
	Ocean's Eleven	VHS and DVD release
	Original Sin	VHS release
May 14	Snow Dogs	VHS and DVD release
	Corky Romano	DVD release
	From Hell	DVD release
May 21	The Journey of Natty Gann	VHS re-release and DVD release
	Jonah Sing-Along Songs & More!	VHS release
	The Wonderful World Of Auto-Tainment	VHS and DVD release
	Cheetah	VHS re-release and DVD release
	Vanilla Sky	DVD release
	How High	DVD release
May 28	Silver Bullet	DVD release only
	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	VHS and DVD release
	Slackers	DVD release
June 4	Hocus Pocus	DVD release
	Gordy	VHS re-release and DVD release
	Oliver & Company	VHS re-release and DVD release
	The Scarlet Letter	DVD release
	Muppet Treasure Island	DVD release, Full screen format only
	Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: Original Mysteries	VHS and DVD release
	Scooby Goes Hollywood	VHS and DVD re-release
	Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost	VHS and DVD re-release
	Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School	VHS and DVD re-release
	Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: Creepiest Capers	VHS and DVD re-release
	Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders	VHS and DVD re-release
	The Mothman Prophecies	DVD release
	Summer Catch	VHS release
June 11	Getting There	VHS and DVD release
	Kate & Leopold	DVD release
	Black Hawk Down	VHS and DVD release
June 18	Wagons East!	DVD release
	Max Keeble's Big Move	VHS and DVD release
	The Majestic	VHS and DVD release
	The Shipping News	VHS and DVD release
	Orange County	DVD release
	Rollerball	DVD release
	Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch	direct-to-video VHS and DVD release
June 25	Perfect	DVD release
	A Beautiful Mind	VHS and DVD release
	The Affair of the Necklace	DVD release
July 2	Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius	VHS and DVD release
	Shallow Hal	VHS and DVD release
July 9	The Royal Tenenbaums	VHS and DVD release
	Impostor	DVD release
	A Walk to Remember	VHS and DVD release
	Hart's War	DVD release
July 16	John Q.	VHS and DVD release
	New Best Friend	DVD release
July 23	Kung Pow! Enter the Fist	DVD release
	Crossroads	DVD release
	The Time Machine	DVD release
	The Great Mouse Detective	VHS and DVD release
	Tarzan & Jane	direct-to-video VHS and DVD release
July 24	Small Soldiers	DreamWorks Special Edition VHS and DVD release
July 30	Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius/Hey Arnold!: The Movie	Double Pack DVD
	Collateral Damage	VHS and DVD release
	Dragonfly	DVD release
	Resident Evil	DVD release
August 6	Pocahontas (Jetlag)	DVD release
	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	VHS and DVD release
	Super Troopers	DVD release
	Deuces Wild	DVD release
August 13	So Little Time: School's Cool	VHS and DVD release
	So Little Time: Boy Crazy	VHS and DVD release
	Clockstoppers	DVD release
	In the Bedroom	VHS and DVD release
	Showtime	VHS and DVD release
August 20	Return to Never Land	VHS and DVD release
	The Sweetest Thing	VHS and DVD release
	The New Scooby-Doo Movies: Scooby-Doo Meets Batman	VHS and DVD release
	Joe Somebody	DVD release
	We Were Soldiers	DVD release
	All About the Benjamins	VHS and DVD release
	Van Wilder	DVD release
August 27	The Rookie	VHS and DVD release
	Queen of the Damned	VHS and DVD release
	High Crimes	DVD release
	The New Guy	DVD release
September 2	Cats Don't Dance	DVD release
September 3	Cabin Boy	DVD release
	Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie	VHS re-release and DVD release
	Kermit's Swamp Years	VHS and DVD release
	Blade II	VHS and DVD release
	Mickey's House of Villains	direct-to-video VHS and DVD release
September 10	The Count of Monte Cristo	VHS and DVD release
	Changing Lanes	DVD release
September 17	Monsters, Inc.	Collector's Edition 2-Disc DVD and VHS release
	Panic Room	VHS and DVD release
	40 Days and 40 Nights	VHS and DVD release
	Death to Smoochy	VHS and DVD release
	Frailty	VHS and DVD release
	Hollywood Ending	DVD release
September 24	Gung Ho	13th Anniversary Edition VHS and DVD release
	Big Fat Liar	VHS and DVD release
	Murder by Numbers	VHS and DVD release
September 30	Harriet the Spy	Special Edition DVD release
	The Godfather	30th anniversary Edition VHS and DVD
October 1	Ernest Goes to Africa	DVD release
	Ernest in the Army	DVD release
	The Scorpion King	VHS and DVD release
October 8	The Muppet Christmas Carol	DVD release, Full screen format only
	Beauty and the Beast	Platinum Edition VHS and DVD release
	Houseguest	DVD release
	Enough	VHS and DVD release
	Honey, I Shrunk the Kids	DVD release
	Honey, I Blew Up the Kid	DVD release
	Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves	DVD release
	Out Cold	VHS and DVD release
	Big Trouble	VHS and DVD release
	Jason X	DVD release
October 11	Scooby Doo	VHS and DVD release
October 13	Twister	Special Edition VHS and DVD release
October 15	Sorority Boys	VHS and DVD release
	Life or Something Like It	DVD release
	Insomnia	VHS and DVD release
	Windtalkers	DVD release
October 22	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	20th Anniversary Limited Edition VHS and DVD release
	Mr. Deeds	VHS and DVD release
October 29	The Star of Christmas	DVD release
	The Santa Clause	VHS and DVD release
	The Sum of All Fears	DVD release
	Eight Legged Freaks	DVD release
November 1	Spider-Man	VHS and DVD release
November 5	The Powerpuff Girls Movie	VHS and DVD release
	Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood	VHS and DVD release
	Return to the Blue Lagoon	DVD release
November 12	A Very Merry Pooh Year	VHS and DVD release
	Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones	VHS and DVD release
	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Extended Edition VHS and DVD release
	Bad Company	DVD release
	Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas	Special Edition VHS and DVD release
November 19	Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron	DreamWorks VHS and DVD release
	Juwanna Mann	DVD release
	Reign of Fire	VHS and DVD release
November 26	Ice Age	VHS and 2-disc DVD release
	Men In Black II	VHS and DVD release
	Undisputed	VHS and DVD release
December 3	Leo the Lion: King of the Jungle	DVD release
	Alvin and the Chipmunks: A Chipmunk Christmas	VHS release
	Lilo & Stitch	VHS and DVD release
	Austin Powers in Goldmember	VHS and DVD release
December 10	Stuart Little 2	VHS and DVD release
	Like Mike	VHS and DVD release
	Halloween: Resurrection	DVD release
	K-19: The Widowmaker	DVD release
December 17	The Country Bears	VHS and DVD release
	Minority Report	DVD release
	The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course	VHS and DVD release
	Unfaithful	DVD release
December 24	Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever	VHS and DVD release
	Trapped	DVD release
	The Adventures of Pluto Nash	VHS and DVD release
December 27	Blood Work	VHS and DVD release
December 31	Hey Arnold!: The Movie	VHS and DVD release
	xXx	DVD release

TV show releases

The following television shows were released on video on the following dates:

This film, television or video-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it with reliably sourced additions.

U.S./Canada Release Date	Title	Season #	Notes
January 8	Good Luck Father Ted	1	DVD Box
January 15	Entertaining Father Stone	2	DVD box set
February 12	The Passion Of Tibulus	3	DVD box
March 19	Mrs Brown's Boys	1
March 26	All in the Family	1
May 7	Star Trek: The Next Generation	2
June 11	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	2
July 2	Star Trek: The Next Generation	3
July 23	M*A*S*H	2
August 6	The Simpsons	2
	The Jeffersons	1
	Sanford and Son	1
	Maggie and the Ferocious Beast
August 27	The Sopranos	3	DVD box
September 3	Star Trek: The Next Generation	4
September 17	24	1
September 24	Mary Tyler Moore	1
November 5	Star Trek: The Next Generation	5
November 12	Highlander: The Series	1
December 2	Star Trek: The Next Generation	6
December 31	Star Trek: The Next Generation	7

Documentary home video releases

The following documentary home videos were released on the following dates:

This film, television or video-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it with reliably sourced additions.

References

1. "Laserdisc Museum". Laserdiscplanet. 2000. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
2. Jen Chaney (28 August 2005). "Parting Words For VHS Tapes, Soon to Be Gone With the Rewind". Washington Post. Retrieved 5 July 2015.

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