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Beastly Good News: Walt Disney Home Video’s “Beauty and the Beast” has become the top-selling video of all time after just one month in the stores, with consumer sales surpassing 14.2 million units. The video first made history when it sold an estimated 7 million units in only six days after it became available Oct. 28. “Beauty” now moves ahead of another Disney favorite, “Fantasia,” which was the previous No. 1 title. Disney shipped 14.2 million “Fantasia” units during its 50-day availability, but a smattering of those could still be in stores, whereas the “Beauty” videos are already in homes.

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