Question about The Three Musketeers theatrical release

[MICKEYMOUSE]

Was this movie in the theaters? I don't see it on the list of DISNEY ANIMATED? iS there a reason? Or did I overlook t, what # is it, and when was this movie released in theaters.....if it even was? Can you please clear the confusion for me abou this movie.......Oh yeah I'm talking about THE THREE MUSKETEERS with MICKEY, GOOFYand DONALD.

[Disney-Fan]

The Three Musketeers was a movie made direct-to-video. You'll be glad to find out that this is just a fresh, fun take on the original story, and is not by any means a sequel. It wasn't made by feature animation Disney, thus not a part of the classic line-up.

[deathie mouse]

Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers
is on this list:
http://www.ultimatedisney.com/directtovideo.htm

and the <a href="http://www.ultimatedisney.com/threemusketeers.html">UD Review here</a> in case ya need

[Mr. Toad]

At one point it was supposed to be released to theatres. However, then the Brother Bear/Wal-mart effect happened.

What happened was that Wal-mart and other retailers have a rule about what theatrical movies get prime retail space - it had to have $100 million in north american ticket sales. What happened was brother bear ended up at about $85 million and so did not get the prime retail space.

Disney could actually get better retail space for the DVD by not releasing it to theatres.

A recap

http://www.jimhillmedia.com/mb/articles ... hp?ID=1095

http://www.jimhillmedia.com/mb/articles ... hp?ID=1049