In 2003, Buena Vista Home Entertainment International (BVHEI) had its best year ever in marketing and distributing DVD and VHS units outside the U.S. and Canada, surpassing last year’s record-breaking performance.

Already the top force in VHS sell-through, BVHEI helped drive adoption of the DVD format by families through release of popular Disney animated and live action titles. The DVD sales of the vast array of animated catalog titles, combined with the new releases of The Jungle Book 2 and 101 Dalmatians II: Patch’s London Adventure, made 2003 a year of significant progress in the DVD market.

In 2004, BVHEI is poised to retain its long-time status as market share leader with an outstanding slate of films. In addition to The Lion King Platinum Edition, Finding Nemo, Pirates of the Caribbean, Brother Bear and The Lion King 1¹/2, BVHEI has international distribution rights to the world’s number one live action comedy of 2003, Bruce Almighty.