The second animated feature by Walt Disney after Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio is wonderfully animated. Since its release in 1940, though its performance has been initially impacted by the outbreak of war, it has been re-released time and again to theaters and released on home video in the decades since.
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| 1940 1-sheet (USA) |
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| 1962 1-sheet (USA) |
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| 1992 1-sheet (USA) |
USA:
- February 7, 1940 (New York City, New York; world premiere)
- February 9, 1940 (Los Angeles, California)
- February 23, 1940 (general release)
- October 17, 1945 (first re-release)
- February 18, 1954
- January 18, 1962 (first Buena Vista re-release)
- July 7, 1971
- December 16, 1978
- December 21, 1984
- July 16, 1985 (VHS/Betamax/CED Videodisc/Laserdisc: Classics edition)
- June 26, 1992 (final theatrical re-release)
- March 26, 1993 (VHS/Laserdisc re-release)
- October 26, 1999 (60th Anniversary edition VHS/Limited Issue DVD)
- March 7, 2000 (VHS/DVD: Gold Classic edition)
- March 10, 2009 (70th Anniversary Platinum Edition DVD/Blu-ray)
- January 31, 2017 (Walt Disney Signature Collection Blu-ray/DVD)
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The outbreak of war had hindered the
initial international release of the film, but after the war ended, Pinocchio, like so many other American movies, was open to foreign markets once again. The following list of release dates is a work-in-progress and is far from complete (the dates have been copied from the Internet Movie Database). Updates will be added as more dates are confirmed. If you happen to know this or any other historical information about the film in your country, feel free to let me know.
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| 1940 1-sheet daybill (Australia) |
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| 1950 1-sheet (Denmark) |
Argentina
July 17, 1940
Australia
May 16, 1940
1945
1965
August 22, 1985
April 18, 1987
Austria
April 1, 1952
June 1, 1973
Belgium
June 13, 1946
January 1, 1964 (Gent)
Brazil
September 2, 1940
July 31, 1946
March 9, 1955
December 25, 1967 (Rio de Janeiro) (redubbed)
December 21, 1979
July 3, 1988
August 21, 1992
September 2, 1940
July 31, 1946
March 9, 1955
December 25, 1967 (Rio de Janeiro) (redubbed)
December 21, 1979
July 3, 1988
August 21, 1992
Chile
February 12, 1942
Denmark
May 25, 1950
December 26, 1963
April 2, 2003
(DVD premiere)
Egypt
November 12, 1942
El
Salvador
August 17, 1976
Finland
January 31, 1943
December 21, 1956
August 30, 1968
March 24, 1978
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| 1946 1-sheet (France) |
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| 1977 lobby card (Italy) |
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| 1983 quad? (Japan) |
France
May 22, 1946
(Paris premiere)
October 2, 1946
July 4, 1954
November 24, 1963
December 10, 1975
March 23, 1983
Germany
March 23, 1951
(West)
July 10, 1967 (East)
June 16, 1978
(West)
September 1, 1994
Greece
April 24, 2000
(DVD premiere)
Guyana
May 14, 1954
Hong
Kong
December 19, 1946
Hungary
December 21, 1941
December 20, 1962
Iran
November 20, 1941
Iraq
April 3, 1942
Ireland
November 20, 1941
Iraq
April 3, 1942
Ireland
September 6, 1940
Italy
November 27, 1947
December 13, 1963
April 15, 1977
April 6, 1984
Japan
May 17, 1952
May 17, 1952
December 25, 1958 (double bill with Perri)
March 20, 1971 (double bill with King of the Grizzlies)
July 23, 1983 (double bill with Dumbo)
April 25, 1986 (home video release)
August 20, 1993 (limited)
Kuwait
Kuwait
October 6, 1985
Lebanon
March 25, 1967
Madagascar
July 10, 1962
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| 1962 lobby card (Mexico) |
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| 1962 1-sheet (Poland) |
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| 1986 quad (United Kingdom) |
Mexico
July 19, 1940
1962
Netherlands
July 15, 1949
April 12, 1973
New Zealand
July 14, 1940
Norway
July 14, 1940
Norway
September 5, 1946
Peru
June 23, 1949
Philippines
October 7, 1952
(Davao)
Poland
1962
Portugal
October 7, 1940
December 22, 1966
