Media from 2010.
Carryovers
Current statistics of most released media as of January 1 this year:
Movies | |||||||||||
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Hercules |
Available on DVD since November 9, 1999; re-printed on August 1, 2000.
Still in print due to never getting a Special Edition re-release since 2004. | ||||||||||
Shrek |
The two-disc special edition DVD was now out of print, but the single-disc edition was still available for a while. | ||||||||||
The Hunchback of Notre Dame |
Available on DVD since March 19, 2002. | ||||||||||
Spirited Away |
Available on DVD since April 15, 2003. | ||||||||||
Finding Nemo |
Available on DVD since November 4, 2003. | ||||||||||
The Lion King 1½ |
No longer sold in retail stores as of January 31, 2005, but still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
The Cat in the Hat |
Available on DVD since March 16, 2004. | ||||||||||
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride |
No longer sold in retail stores as of January 31, 2005, but still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
Aladdin |
Available on DVD until January 31, 2008. | ||||||||||
Mulan |
Available on DVD since October 26, 2004. | ||||||||||
Shrek 2 |
Available on DVD since November 5, 2004. | ||||||||||
The Incredibles |
Available on DVD since March 15, 2005. | ||||||||||
Pocahontas |
Available on DVD since May 3, 2005. | ||||||||||
Robots |
Available on DVD since September 27, 2005. | ||||||||||
Cinderella |
No longer sold in retail stores as of January 31, 2008, but still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
Lady and the Tramp |
No longer sold in retail stores as of January 31, 2007, but still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
Howl's Moving Castle |
Available on DVD since March 7, 2006. | ||||||||||
The Little Mermaid |
No longer sold in retail stores as of January 31, 2009, but still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
The Fox and the Hound |
Available on DVD as a 25th Anniversary Edition since October 10, 2006. | ||||||||||
My Little Pony: The Movie |
Available on DVD since November 14, 2006. | ||||||||||
Ice Age: The Meltdown |
Available on DVD and Blu-ray Disc since November 21, 2006. | ||||||||||
Robin Hood |
Available on DVD since November 28, 2006. | ||||||||||
Open Season |
Available on DVD and Blu-ray Disc since January 30, 2007. | ||||||||||
Peter Pan |
No longer sold in retail stores as of January 31, 2009, but still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
The Jungle Book |
Available on DVD until January 31, 2010. | ||||||||||
Surf's Up |
Available on DVD and Blu-ray Disc since October 9, 2007. | ||||||||||
Cars |
Available on DVD since November 7, 2006 and on Blu-ray Disc since November 6, 2007. | ||||||||||
Ratatouille |
Available on DVD and Blu-ray Disc since November 6, 2007. | ||||||||||
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone |
Available on DVD since May 28, 2002 and on Blu-ray Disc since December 11, 2007. | ||||||||||
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |
Available on DVD since April 11, 2003 and on Blu-ray Disc since December 11, 2007. | ||||||||||
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban |
Available on DVD since November 23, 2004 and on Blu-ray Disc since December 11, 2007. | ||||||||||
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire |
Available on DVD since March 7, 2006 and on Blu-ray Disc since December 11, 2007. | ||||||||||
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix |
Available on DVD and Blu-ray Disc since December 11, 2007. | ||||||||||
The Aristocats |
Available on DVD since February 5, 2008. | ||||||||||
101 Dalmatians |
Available on DVD until January 31, 2010. | ||||||||||
Ice Age |
Available on DVD since March 14, 2006 and on Blu-ray Disc since March 4, 2008. | ||||||||||
The Nightmare Before Christmas |
Available on DVD and Blu-ray Disc since August 26, 2008. | ||||||||||
Shrek the Third |
Available on DVD since November 13, 2007 and on Blu-ray Disc since September 23, 2008. | ||||||||||
Sleeping Beauty |
Available on DVD and Blu-ray Disc until January 31, 2010. | ||||||||||
WALL-E |
Available on DVD and Blu-ray Disc since November 18, 2008. | ||||||||||
Horton Hears a Who! |
Available on DVD and Blu-ray Disc since December 9, 2008. | ||||||||||
Mary Poppins |
Available on DVD since January 27, 2009. | ||||||||||
Pinocchio |
Available on DVD and Blu-ray Disc since March 10, 2009. | ||||||||||
A Bug's Life |
Available on DVD since May 27, 2003 and on Blu-ray Disc since May 19, 2009. | ||||||||||
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
Available on Blu-ray Disc and DVD since October 6, 2009. | ||||||||||
How the Grinch Stole Christmas |
Available on Blu-ray Disc since October 13, 2009. | ||||||||||
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs |
Available on Blu-ray Disc since October 27, 2009. | ||||||||||
Monsters, Inc. |
Available on Blu-ray Disc since November 10, 2009. | ||||||||||
Up |
Available on Blu-ray Disc and DVD since November 10, 2009. | ||||||||||
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince |
Available on Blu-ray Disc and DVD since December 8, 2009. | ||||||||||
Books | |||||||||||
Horton Hears a Who! (1954) |
The Cat in the Hat (1957) |
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1957) | |||||||||
Green Eggs and Ham (1960) |
The Lorax (1971) | ||||||||||
TV Shows | |||||||||||
Wheel of Fortune Jeopardy! |
Older episodes last aired on GSN (Game Show Network) on January 21, 2010. | ||||||||||
Arthur |
The show was currently airing on PBS Kids, under the PBS Kids GO! programming block.
All episodes used the Cookie Jar Entertainment logo. | ||||||||||
Arthur's Perfect Christmas |
Aired seasonally since 2000. | ||||||||||
Full House |
Currently airing on ABC Family.
The complete series was also available on DVD since November 6, 2007. | ||||||||||
Thomas & Friends |
Older episodes from Seasons 1–7 were currently airing on PBS Kids Sprout, restored in high definition and using the same narration from Seasons 2–4 of Shining Time Station.
Almost all episodes from Seasons 1–9 were also available on DVD since October 14, 2008. | ||||||||||
The Cat in the Hat, The Lorax, Dr. Seuss on the Loose, The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat, Pontoffel Pock and His Magic Piano, Grinch Night, and The Hoober-Bloob Highway were currently available on DVD since October 7, 2003, and as "Seuss Celebration: 9 Favorite Televised Classics" since September 27, 2005.
Some specials also aired seasonally on ABC Family. | |||||||||||
My Little Pony |
All 65 episodes were available on DVD since April 11, 2006, but they all went out of print due to Shout! Factory now owning distribution rights. | ||||||||||
Never released on DVD in North America. There was once a DVD in the UK, but it is out of print. | |||||||||||
Super Mario Bros. Super Show |
Most of the complete series was available on DVD since October 31, 2006. | ||||||||||
Pokémon |
The Indigo League season last aired on Cartoon Network this year.
All episodes from the first two seasons were also available on DVD as of May 20, 2008, while Seasons 3–5 were out of print at the moment. | ||||||||||
Sonic the Hedgehog |
Available on DVD since March 27, 2007. Volume sets were also being released. | ||||||||||
Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 |
Available on DVD since June 26, 2007. | ||||||||||
Barney & Friends |
21 episodes of the first three seasons were currently airing on PBS Kids Sprout. | ||||||||||
Super Mario World |
Available on DVD since November 13, 2007. | ||||||||||
Sonic Underground |
All 40 episodes were available on DVD since June 17, 2008. | ||||||||||
No longer airing on The N as of September 16, 2008. | |||||||||||
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog |
The first 44 episodes were available on DVD since December 9, 2008. | ||||||||||
Sonic X |
Currently aired on The CW4Kids as of January 3, 2009.
All episodes also made available on DVD since October 31, 2006. | ||||||||||
The Amanda Show |
Reruns on The N lasted from April 4 through July 31, 2009. | ||||||||||
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood |
Currently aired on weekend reruns on PBS Kids, with only 52 episodes available now. | ||||||||||
Kirby: Right Back at Ya! | The English dub produced by 4Kids was temporarily unavailable at the moment, but the original anime could still be viewed in Japan via the Wii no Ma. | ||||||||||
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Horton Hears a Who! |
Available on DVD since November 21, 2006 and on Blu-ray Disc since October 6, 2009. | ||||||||||
My Little Pony: Twinkle Wish Adventure |
Available on DVD since October 13, 2009.
All other Generation 3 specials were out of print for a while due to all distribution rights having been sold to Shout! Factory. | ||||||||||
Music | |||||||||||
Disney's Greatest Vol. 1 |
Disney's Greatest Vol. 2 |
Disney's Greatest Vol. 3 |
My Favorite Kidsongs Collection | ||||||||
Kidsongs |
As of early 2010, all 24 music video shows were available on DVD, along with 15 episodes of the TV Show -- three from 1994, two from 1995, and 10 from 1997. | ||||||||||
Video Games | |||||||||||
Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble Sonic Drift 2 Sonic R Sonic Shuffle |
Some classic Sonic games, including these titles, were currently out of print. | ||||||||||
Diddy Kong Racing Mario Party Mario Party 3 Donkey Kong 64 |
These games were never released on the Wii Shop Channel.
Diddy Kong Racing contained characters that were owned by Microsoft since September 24, 2002, while the Mario Party games had control stick-spinning minigames, and Donkey Kong 64 contained the same game-breaking bug from 1999. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island's reason was unknown. | ||||||||||
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 Kirby's Dream Land Kirby's Pinball Land Kirby's Dream Land 2 Kirby's Block Ball Kirby's Star Stacker Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble Pokémon Red and Blue Pokémon (Yellow) Super Mario Bros. Deluxe Wario Land II Wario Land 3 Pokémon Gold and Silver Pokémon (Crystal) |
All Game Boy and Game Boy Color titles, including these ones, were currently out of print. | ||||||||||
Mario Kart: Super Circuit Wario Land 4 Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga Sonic Advance Sonic Advance 2 Sonic Battle Sonic Advance 3 Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land Kirby & the Amazing Mirror Mario Party Advance |
All Game Boy Advance games were discontinued after 2006. However, they were still backwards compatible with the Nintendo DS. | ||||||||||
Super Smash Bros. Melee Super Mario Sunshine Mario Kart: Double Dash!! Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Mario Party 4 Mario Party 5 Mario Party 6 Mario Party 7 Kirby Air Ride Sonic Adventure 2 Battle Sonic Mega Collection Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut Sonic Heroes Shadow the Hedgehog Sonic Riders |
All Nintendo GameCube games were out of print. However, they were still backwards compatible with the Wii, with a GameCube controller and memory card required. | ||||||||||
Super Mario 64 DS |
Available for the Nintendo DS since November 21, 2004. | ||||||||||
Kirby Canvas Curse |
Available for the Nintendo DS since June 13, 2005. | ||||||||||
Mario Kart DS |
Available for the Nintendo DS since November 14, 2005. | ||||||||||
Sonic Rush |
Available for the Nintendo DS since November 15, 2005. | ||||||||||
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time |
Available for the Nintendo DS since November 28, 2005. | ||||||||||
Super Princess Peach |
Available for the Nintendo DS since February 27, 2006. | ||||||||||
New Super Mario Bros. |
Available for the Nintendo DS since May 15, 2006. | ||||||||||
Yoshi's Island DS |
Available for the Nintendo DS since November 13, 2006. | ||||||||||
Kirby Squeak Squad |
Available for the Nintendo DS since December 4, 2006. | ||||||||||
Sonic and the Secret Rings |
Available for the Wii since February 20, 2007. | ||||||||||
Super Paper Mario |
Available for the Wii since April 9, 2007. | ||||||||||
Mario Party 8 |
Available for the Wii since May 29, 2007. | ||||||||||
Sonic Rush Adventure |
Available for the Nintendo DS since September 18, 2007. | ||||||||||
Super Mario Galaxy |
Available for the Wii since November 12, 2007. | ||||||||||
Mario Party DS |
Available for the Nintendo DS since November 19, 2007. | ||||||||||
Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity |
Available for the Wii since January 8, 2008. | ||||||||||
Mario Kart Wii |
Available for the Wii since April 27, 2008. | ||||||||||
Kirby Super Star Ultra |
Available for the Nintendo DS since September 22, 2008. | ||||||||||
Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood |
Available for the Nintendo DS since September 30, 2008. | ||||||||||
Sonic Unleashed |
Available for the Wii since November 18, 2008. | ||||||||||
Sonic and the Black Knight |
Available for the Wii since March 3, 2009. | ||||||||||
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story |
Available for the Nintendo DS since September 14, 2009. | ||||||||||
New Super Mario Bros. Wii |
Available for the Wii since November 15, 2009. | ||||||||||
Donkey Kong Donkey Kong Jr. Mario Bros. Donkey Kong 3 Super Mario Bros. Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels Super Mario Bros. 2 Super Mario Bros. 3 Kirby's Adventure |
These NES games were currently available for purchase via the Wii Shop Channel. | ||||||||||
Super Mario World Super Mario Kart Kirby's Dream Course Donkey Kong Country Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars Kirby's Dream Land 3 |
These Super NES games were currently available for purchase via the Wii Shop Channel. | ||||||||||
Super Mario 64 Mario Kart 64 Paper Mario Yoshi's Story Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards Super Smash Bros. |
These Nintendo 64 games were currently available for purchase via the Wii Shop Channel. | ||||||||||
Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Sonic Chaos (Master System) Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Sonic 3D Blast |
These Sega Genesis games were currently available for purchase via the Wii Shop Channel. |
Paper money
The following was printed during fiscal year 2010:
Denomination | Amount printed | Notes |
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$1 |
1,856,000,000 | 1,139,200,000 as Series 2006 notes; 716,800,000 as Series 2009 notes. |
$5 |
352,000,000 | All as Series 2006 notes. |
$20 |
2,265,600,000 | 1,043,200,000 as Series 2006 notes; 1,222,400,000 as Series 2009 notes. |
File:$100-F (2008).jpeg $100 |
1,907,200,000 | 854,400,000 as Series 2006 notes; 1,052,800,000 as Series 2009 notes. |
The following was in circulation by year's end:
Denomination | Estimate total | Notes |
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$1 |
About 9.7 billion | Everything printed since July 2007 was still in circulation, a majority of them as Series 2006 notes. |
$2 |
About 900 million | They were usually Series 2003 notes if from Minneapolis, Series 1995 notes if from Atlanta, and Series 2003A if from anywhere else. |
File:$5-I (2007).png $5 |
About 2.3 billion | Everything printed since May 2007 was still in circulation, almost all of them as Series 2006 notes. |
File:$10-D (2008).png $10 |
About 1.66 billion | Everything printed since November 2007 was still in circulation, a majority of them as Series 2006 notes. |
$20 |
About 6.53 billion | Everything printed since December 2005 was still in circulation, mostly comprising of Series 2004A and 2006 notes. |
File:$50-L (2008).jpeg $50 |
Less than 1.34 billion | Everything printed since December 2003 was still in circulation. This included all of the Series 2004 and 2004A notes ever printed. |
File:$100-F (2008).jpeg $100 |
Less than 7.05 billion | Everything printed since January 2003 was still in circulation. This included all of the Series 2003A and 2006 notes ever printed. |
Events in 2010
January 1 | The worldwide market share for Windows XP now stood at under 68%, about three times more than Windows Vista. However, usage of Windows 7 was still surging. |
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January 5 |
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs was released on Blu-ray Disc and DVD. |
February 15 | Sonic & Knuckles was released on the Wii Shop Channel. |
February 23 |
Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing was released for the Wii. |
March 2 |
Ponyo was released on Blu-ray Disc and Region 1 DVD in North America. Castle in the Sky, My Neighbor Totoro and Kiki's Delivery Service were also re-released on DVD. |
The Nintendo DS counterpart of Sonic Jam, titled "Sonic Classic Collection", was released. | |
March 16 |
Warner Home Video released a more affordable Blu-ray Disc of The Wizard of Oz. Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment released The Princess and the Frog on Blu-ray Disc and DVD. |
The remaining 23 episodes of Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog were released on DVD. | |
March 23 |
Toy Story and Toy Story 2 were released on Blu-ray Disc for the first time. |
March 30 |
Alice in Wonderland was re-released on DVD as a Special Un-anniversary Edition. |
May 17 | Kirby Super Star was released on the Wii Shop Channel. This was the last eligible Kirby game to appear on the service. |
May 21 |
Shrek Forever After premiered in theaters. |
May 23 |
Super Mario Galaxy 2 was released for the Wii. |
June 15 | To start off the third generation of the Kirby franchise, Kirby's Epic Yarn was unveiled at E3 2010. |
June 18 |
Toy Story 3 premiered in theaters. |
June 24 | Apple introduced the iPhone 4, which came with iOS 4 by default. |
July 9 |
Despicable Me premiered in theaters. |
July 13 |
Support for Windows 2000 and Windows XP Service Pack 2 ended, resulting in Windows XP SP3 to now be the oldest release still supported. Even so, its market share was still at a high number of 60%, three times more than both Windows Vista and 7, the latter now having more users for the first time. |
July 14 |
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind was released on Blu-ray Disc in Japan. This film was still only available on DVD in North America. |
September 1 |
Apple introduced iTunes 10. |
September 13 |
The 27th season of Jeopardy! and the 28th season of Wheel of Fortune began on local syndication. |
October 5 |
Beauty and the Beast was released on Blu-ray Disc as the next Diamond Edition title. Attached to this Blu-ray Disc were trailers for Dumbo's 70th anniversary and the next two Diamond Edition titles, Bambi and The Lion King. |
October 10 |
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic premiered on the Hub Network, which also launched that same day. |
October 17 |
Kirby's Epic Yarn was released for the Wii. |
October 21 | Super Mario All-Stars: 25th Anniversary Edition was released in Japan for the Wii. |
November 2 |
Toy Story 3 also released on Blu-ray Disc and DVD. Included with Toy Story 3 was a teaser trailer for Cars 2. |
November 4 |
Sonic Free Riders was released for the Xbox 360. |
November 14 | As of this date, 100 episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, including 20 from the old series, were released on Amazon Video on Demand. |
November 19 |
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 premiered in theaters. |
November 24 |
Tangled premiered in theaters. |
December 7 |
Shrek Forever After was released on Blu-ray Disc and DVD. |
December 12 |
Super Mario All-Stars: 25th Anniversary Edition was released for the Wii in North America. |
December 14 |
Despicable Me was released on Blu-ray Disc and DVD. |
December 20 | Mario Party 2 was released on the Wii Shop Channel. It was the last classic video game to be released on the service. |
December 22 |
Castle in the Sky and My Neighbors, the Yamadas were released on Blu-ray Disc in Japan. Both films were still only available on DVD in North America. |
December 24 | The last episode of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic to premiere this year was "Winter Wrap Up". |
December 31 | By year's end, Windows 7's market share had surged to 30%. |