Fox Home Entertanment’s direct-to-video feature, Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story, proved another successful outing for creator Seth McFarlane’s once-canceled animated FOX series. According to Daily Variety, the toon release earned more than $41 million during its first two weeks at retail, faring better than a lot of recent theatrical releases.

Stewie sales are on target to surpass those of Disney’s direct-to-video sequel, Tarzan 2, which has made around $42 million since its debut in June. However, the Family Guy spin-off has a way to go to catch the year’s top-selling DVD premiere, Disney’s Mulan II, a $60 million success story.

Featuring the voices of Drew Barrymore, Ron Livingston and Beverly Hills 90210 alumni Jason Priestley, Jennie Garth and Tori Spelling, Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story was originally intended to serve as a three-episode arc to kick off the show’s revival. The episodes will eventually air at a later date, but the uncut and uncensored DVD offers additional material that won’t be broadcast.

Family Guy survived for three seasons on FOX before getting the axe from the network in 2002. The first season then hit DVD in 2003 and surprisingly became one of the year’s hottest sellers. The property has since taken in roughly $200 million at retail.