1987

Events

 * March 28 - The first Disney Store opens at the Glendale Galleria in Glendale, California.

Theatrical releases

 * January 30 - Outrageous Fortune (Touchstone)
 * April 10 - The AristoCats (re-issue)
 * May 22 - Ernest Goes to Camp (Touchstone, but clips from this movie appeared in the opening of The Disney Sunday Movie)
 * July 1 - Adventures in Babysitting (Touchstone)
 * June 17 - Benji the Hunted
 * July 10 - The Brave Little Toaster
 * July 17 - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is released to theaters for the eighth time, celebrating its 50th Anniversary.
 * August 5 - Stakeout (Touchstone)
 * August 14 - 'Can't Buy Me Love (Touchstone)
 * November 6 - Hello Again (Touchstone)
 * November 20 - Cinderella (re-issue)
 * November 25 - Three Men and a Baby (Touchstone)

Television

 * May 27 - Sport Goofy in Soccermania
 * September 18 - DuckTales premieres in syndication. Based largely on the comic books written by Carl Barks, the show tells of the adventures of Uncle Scrooge and his grand-nephews, Huey, Dewey and Louie. The animation is leaps and bounds ahead of similar animated programs of the time and becomes an instant success, paving the way for many future Disney animated TV programs.

VHS releases

 * January 27 - The Reluctant Dragon, Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore, Flight of the Navigator, The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men Child of Glass, Memorable Mickey, Texas John Slaughter: Gunfight at Sandoval, Born to Run
 * March 6 - Walt Disney Cartoon Classics (5 tapes: Here's Mickey!, Here's Donald!, Here's Goofy!, Silly Symphonies!, Here's Pluto!), Disney Sing Along Songs: Heigh-Ho, and The Undergrads
 * October 6 - Lady and the Tramp and some re-issues of Dumbo, The Sword in the Stone, Alice in Wonderland Sleeping Beauty,
 * October 13 - Walt Disney Cartoon Classics (5 tapes: Starring Mickey & Minnie, Starring Donald & Daisy, Starring Silly Symphonies: Animals Two by Two, Starring Chip `n Dale, Starring Pluto & Fifi), Donald in Mathmagic Land, Mickey and the Beanstalk, The Reluctant Dragon (re-issue as part of the Walt Disney Mini Classics series), and Disney Sing Along Songs: The Bare Necessities