For the sixth consecutive year, Buena Vista Home Entertainment International (BVHEI) achieved sales of $1 billion or more and has continued to hold its number-one position among all international distributors.

Driving this growth is the performance of BVHEI's animated titles Dinosaur and Toy Story 2 and the live action film Gone in 60 Seconds, which were among the division's largest-selling titles of the year.

Another achievement was BVHEI's success with Disney's direct-to-video product line. Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure and The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea became BVHEI's number-three and number-four selling titles for the year, just behind Toy Story 2 and Dinosaur.

Continuing to capitalize on the growing base of DVD households internationally in 2001, BVHEI's DVD unit sales grew 67 percent over fiscal year 2000. In addition, BVHEI was presented with two honors at the DVD Europa Awards. Dinosaur was recognized for the most imaginative application of the DVD format for use on a consumer DVD player, and Toy Story: The Ultimate Toy Box won acclaim for the most creative DVD packaging. Since the advent of the DVD format, BVHEI has sold more than 200 titles.