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airs and/or releases/distributes

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s under the banner names of Disney Channel Premiere Films until October 1997, Disney Channel Original Movie (DCOM) until March 2023, Disney Original Movie until August 2024, and eventually reverted back to the Disney Channel Original Movie (DCOM) label in July 2025. Most of these films were subsequently released on home video formats such as

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, or more recently,

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, while others were not. Beginning with ''

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'' in 2009, releases of DCOMs on DVD months following their television premieres got reduced to a week after television premieres. The 2009 television film also became the first DCOM to appear in high-definition

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, although DCOMs have been produced in such a format since the release of '' Go Figure'' on June 10, 2005. The highest-rated premiere for the banner/brand came in August 2007, when ''

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'' set a record for basic cable with 17.2 million viewers. The second highest-rated premiere is held by '' Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie'', which premiered with 11.4 million viewers. DCOMs include sequels-turned-franchises such as '' Under Wraps'', '' Halloweentown'', '' Zenon'', '' Twitches'', '' The Cheetah Girls'', ''High School Musical'', ''

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'', '' Teen Beach'', '' Descendants'' and '' Zombies''. During the

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holiday weekend of 2016, Disney Channel began to air many older DCOMs in a specialized

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in celebration of its 100th film, '' Adventures in Babysitting'', starting off with the 51 most popular films airing over the four-day weekend from May 27, 2016 and concluding on June 24, 2016 with the premiere of the aforementioned 100th Disney Channel Original Movie. From April 5 to May 24, 2021, Disney Channel hosted an eight-week event called "DCOM & Dessert", where a Disney Channel Original Movie would air every Monday night at 7:00 PM. '' Zombies 2'' stars Ariel Martin and Chandler Kinney hosted this event and had their own baking segments where they would make interactive dessert recipes that families could make at home.

Disney Channel Premiere Films

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Disney Channel Original Movies

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Upcoming films

Disney Original Movies

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Notable non-Disney Channel Original Movie films

The following films did not originally premiere under the "Disney Channel Original Movie" label, though they were sometimes later promoted as such: * '' Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars'' (March 26, 2010) * ''

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'' (June 25, 2010) * '' Back of the Net'' (June 15, 2019) * '' The Curious Case of Dolphin Bay'' (June 11, 2022) The following were produced by Disney Channel, but premiered on Disney+ without being labeled as Disney Channel Original Movies: * '' Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe'' (August 28, 2020; premiered on Disney Channel on April 8, 2023) * '' Secret Society of Second-Born Royals'' (September 25, 2020; premiered on Disney Channel on February 26, 2023) * '' Sneakerella'' (May 13, 2022; premiered on Disney Channel on August 13, 2022) The following films are based on Disney Channel shows or Disney Channel Original Movies, but were released theatrically. However, some of them later premiered on Disney Channel: * '' The Lizzie McGuire Movie'' (May 2, 2003; premiered on Disney Channel on November 26, 2005) * ''Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert'' (February 1, 2008; premiered on Disney Channel on July 26, 2008) * '' High School Musical 3: Senior Year'' (October 24, 2008; premiered on Disney Channel on April 4, 2010) * '' Hannah Montana: The Movie'' (April 10, 2009; premiered on Disney Channel on November 19, 2010)

Highest-rated Disney Channel Original Movie (DCOM) premieres

Top 10

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Within a calendar year

References

External links

Available DCOMs
on DisneyNow
DCOM menu
on Disney Channel shows website

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