The Lion King II: Simba's Pride

The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (later retitled The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride) is an American direct-to-video movie released by the Walt Disney Company on October 27, 1998 as a sequel to The Lion King. It was later re-released as a special edition DVD (which altered the original title's "II" into "2") on August 31, 2004. As of April 20, 2008, it is the highest grossing direct-to-video animated feature release of all time, with gross sales exceeding $300 million USD. In 1998, Disney believed that Simba's Pride would be so popular that it shipped 15 million copies to stores for the October 27 release date. Disney sold 3.5 million copies in three days. Thirteen million copies were sold while it was still in print in the late 90s. This film was "not rated" until the 2-disc Special Edition was released. It was then given a G rating by the MPAA. While the original film's plot seems to have been based on the Shakespeare play Hamlet, this sequel's plot is similar to another Shakespeare... full article at wikipedia