For its releases in both the United States and Canada, the film was distributed theatrically by Legacy Releasing, and on VHS and DVD by Warner Home Video. It was also served as a pilot of a spin-off television series, which premiered on Teletoon in Canada, and then aired on HBO. From there, only three out of thirteen episodes from the series' first season, "Pippi Goes to the South Seas", "Pippi Meets Some Pearl Poachers" and "Pippi Goes Home" were combined into a feature film "Pippi's Adventures on the South Seas", released on VHS and DVD by HBO Home Video on 2 May 2000.