Best Selling?

[LittleDas75]

In the trailers for The Great Day of the Flyers and The Wisdom of Friends, the narrator say's The Land Before Time is "the number one best selling animated movie series." This probably isn't true now but does anyone know if it was back then? I don't know why they would lie but you never know with these studios.

[aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato)]

Hmm, interesting. My main concern is whether Disney direct-to-video sequels count, because they'd be able to coattail, say, Aladdin's theatrical gangbucks with the $4.50 or so they made off the sequels from Walmart bargain bins. If we don't count theatrical releases among the series box office, I will admit I can't find evidence of a longer-running animated film series from that era, stuff like Tinker Bell and Alpha & Omega hadn't hit their stride yet.

Possible counterpoints I'd check if I weren't at work: My Little Pony, GI Joe, Transformers, Pokemon. Perhaps those mostly made their dosh off their television series and not their films?

[Sneak]

Is there a full list of all sells and income from all popular direct-to-video cartoons somewhere?

[LittleDas75]

I found this. https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Land-Before-Time-The#tab=summary. Unfortunately it only has information on the first film, Great Day of the Flyers, and Journey of the Brave. Besides that, I can't find anything else.