2002 in home video
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The following events occurred in the year 2002 in home video.
Contents
Industry milestones
March
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 | 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 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 release 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 |
| The Godfather | 30th anniversary 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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.
