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In 1996, the French broadcaster [=Canal+=] paid $58 million to acquire Carolco. That channel's movie studio, Creator/{{StudioCanal}}, now owns the rights to virtually all of Carolco's library; with the exceptions of ''Showgirls'' (Creator/UnitedArtists and Creator/{{Pathe}}), ''Film/{{Stargate}}'' (the film is owned by [=StudioCanal=] as they co-produced, but Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer owns the rest of [[Franchise/{{Stargate|Verse}} the franchise]]), ''Film/{{Cliffhanger}}'' ([=TriStar=] (in the US & Canada)), and ''Film/LastOfTheDogmen'' (producer Joel B. Michaels). [[Creator/{{Paramount}} Paramount Pictures]] owns American TV and streaming distribution to most of the Carolco library[[note]]thanks to [[Creator/ParamountGlobal Viacom]] acquiring Worldvision Enterprises parent company [[Creator/AaronSpelling Spelling Entertainment Group]] in 1999; Worldvision had a deal with Carolco struck in 1991; Paramount retained Worldvision's theatrical movie collection - including titles owned by sister company Creator/RepublicPictures lock, stock, and barrel, along with titles Worldvision only had US TV rights to - despite Creator/{{CBS}} taking away Worldvision's TV library with the 2005 CBS/Viacom split[[/note]], with Trifecta Entertainment and Media handling distribution for broadcast television, and Creator/{{Sony}} and Rialto Pictures handle theatrical re-releases. Domestic video releases are frequently handled by Creator/{{Lionsgate}} due to having acquired Artisan Entertainment, which had a close relationship with Carolco in the early 90s (indeed, Carolco owned a stake in Artisan's predecessors, IVE and Live Entertainment). Coincidentally, Paramount would produce two of their own ''Terminator'' films in the 2010s: ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'' in 2015 and ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate'' in 2019, the latter with [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios 20th Century Fox]] and marking a return for Creator/JamesCameron to the franchise for the first time since ''Judgement Day''.
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In 1996, the French broadcaster [=Canal+=] paid $58 million to acquire Carolco. That channel's movie studio, Creator/{{StudioCanal}}, now owns the rights to virtually all of Carolco's library; with the exceptions of ''Showgirls'' (Creator/UnitedArtists and Creator/{{Pathe}}), ''Film/{{Stargate}}'' (the film is owned by [=StudioCanal=] as they co-produced, but Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer owns the rest of [[Franchise/{{Stargate|Verse}} the franchise]]), ''Film/{{Cliffhanger}}'' ([=TriStar=] (in the US & Canada)), and ''Film/LastOfTheDogmen'' (producer Joel B. Michaels). [[Creator/{{Paramount}} Paramount Pictures]] owns American TV and streaming distribution to most of the Carolco library[[note]]thanks to [[Creator/ParamountGlobal Viacom]] acquiring Worldvision Enterprises parent company [[Creator/AaronSpelling Spelling Entertainment Group]] in 1999; Worldvision had a deal with Carolco struck in 1991; Paramount retained Worldvision's theatrical movie collection - including titles owned by sister company Creator/RepublicPictures lock, stock, and barrel, along with titles Worldvision only had US TV rights to - despite Creator/{{CBS}} taking away Worldvision's TV library with the 2005 CBS/Viacom split[[/note]], with Trifecta Entertainment and Media handling distribution for broadcast television, and Creator/{{Sony}} Creator/{{Sony|Pictures}} and Rialto Pictures handle theatrical re-releases. Domestic video releases are frequently handled by Creator/{{Lionsgate}} due to having acquired Artisan Entertainment, which had a close relationship with Carolco in the early 90s (indeed, Carolco owned a stake in Artisan's predecessors, IVE and Live Entertainment). Coincidentally, Paramount would produce two of their own ''Terminator'' films in the 2010s: ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'' in 2015 and ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate'' in 2019, the latter with [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios 20th Twentieth Century Fox]] and marking a return for Creator/JamesCameron to the franchise for the first time since ''Judgement Day''.
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Despite their success, the high costs and the company's spending sprees (they also broke into television production, UsefulNotes/{{home video distribut|ors}}ion and owned a studio formerly owned by Dino de Laurentiis in North Carolina) caught up with the company. Vajna left to start his own production company, Cinergi, and Kassar began to spend more to make more. Two 1995 productions, ''Film/{{Showgirls}}'' and ''Film/CutthroatIsland'', sealed the company's fate as both films cost a combined $140 million and grossed just a combined $30 million. While ''Showgirls'' [[VindicatedByVideo turned a major profit on home video]], Carolco had sold the film's rights in pre-production (and international rights to ''Film/LastOfTheDogmen'') to Chargeurs.
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Despite their success, the high costs and the company's spending sprees (they also broke into television production, UsefulNotes/{{home video distribut|ors}}ion and owned a studio formerly owned by Dino de Laurentiis in North Carolina) caught up with the company. Vajna left to start his own production company, Cinergi, Creator/CinergiPictures, and Kassar began to spend more to make more. Two 1995 productions, ''Film/{{Showgirls}}'' and ''Film/CutthroatIsland'', sealed the company's fate as both films cost a combined $140 million and grossed just a combined $30 million. While ''Showgirls'' [[VindicatedByVideo turned a major profit on home video]], Carolco had sold the film's rights in pre-production (and international rights to ''Film/LastOfTheDogmen'') to Chargeurs.
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In 1996, the French broadcaster [=Canal+=] paid $58 million to acquire Carolco. That channel's movie studio, Creator/{{StudioCanal}}, now owns the rights to virtually all of Carolco's library; with the exceptions of ''Showgirls'' (Creator/UnitedArtists and Creator/{{Pathe}}), ''Film/{{Stargate}}'' (the film is owned by [=StudioCanal=] as they co-produced, but Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer owns the rest of [[Franchise/{{Stargate|Verse}} the franchise]]), ''Film/{{Cliffhanger}}'' ([=TriStar=] (in the US & Canada)), and ''Film/LastOfTheDogmen'' (producer Joel B. Michaels). [[Creator/{{Paramount}} Paramount Pictures]] owns American TV and streaming distribution to most of the Carolco library (thanks to [[Creator/ParamountGlobal Viacom]] acquiring Worldvision Enterprises parent company [[Creator/AaronSpelling Spelling Entertainment Group]] in 1999; Worldvision had a deal with Carolco struck in 1991; Paramount retained Worldvision's theatrical movie collection - including titles owned by sister company Creator/RepublicPictures lock, stock, and barrel, along with titles Worldvision only had US TV rights to - despite Creator/{{CBS}} taking away Worldvision's TV library with the 2005 CBS/Viacom split), with Trifecta Entertainment and Media handling distribution for broadcast television (at least until Viacom and CBS re-merged in 2019, which saw the rights pass to CBS Media Ventures, formerly CBS Television Distribution), and Creator/{{Sony}} and Rialto Pictures handle theatrical re-releases. Domestic video releases are frequently handled by Creator/{{Lionsgate}} due to having acquired Artisan Entertainment, which had a close relationship with Carolco in the early 90s (indeed, Carolco owned a stake in Artisan's predecessors, IVE and Live Entertainment). Coincidentally, Paramount would produce two of their own ''Terminator'' films in the 2010s: ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'' in 2015 and ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate'' in 2019, the latter with [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios 20th Century Fox]] and marking a return for Creator/JamesCameron to the franchise for the first time since ''Judgement Day''.
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In 1996, the French broadcaster [=Canal+=] paid $58 million to acquire Carolco. That channel's movie studio, Creator/{{StudioCanal}}, now owns the rights to virtually all of Carolco's library; with the exceptions of ''Showgirls'' (Creator/UnitedArtists and Creator/{{Pathe}}), ''Film/{{Stargate}}'' (the film is owned by [=StudioCanal=] as they co-produced, but Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer owns the rest of [[Franchise/{{Stargate|Verse}} the franchise]]), ''Film/{{Cliffhanger}}'' ([=TriStar=] (in the US & Canada)), and ''Film/LastOfTheDogmen'' (producer Joel B. Michaels). [[Creator/{{Paramount}} Paramount Pictures]] owns American TV and streaming distribution to most of the Carolco library (thanks library[[note]]thanks to [[Creator/ParamountGlobal Viacom]] acquiring Worldvision Enterprises parent company [[Creator/AaronSpelling Spelling Entertainment Group]] in 1999; Worldvision had a deal with Carolco struck in 1991; Paramount retained Worldvision's theatrical movie collection - including titles owned by sister company Creator/RepublicPictures lock, stock, and barrel, along with titles Worldvision only had US TV rights to - despite Creator/{{CBS}} taking away Worldvision's TV library with the 2005 CBS/Viacom split), split[[/note]], with Trifecta Entertainment and Media handling distribution for broadcast television (at least until Viacom and CBS re-merged in 2019, which saw the rights pass to CBS Media Ventures, formerly CBS Television Distribution), television, and Creator/{{Sony}} and Rialto Pictures handle theatrical re-releases. Domestic video releases are frequently handled by Creator/{{Lionsgate}} due to having acquired Artisan Entertainment, which had a close relationship with Carolco in the early 90s (indeed, Carolco owned a stake in Artisan's predecessors, IVE and Live Entertainment). Coincidentally, Paramount would produce two of their own ''Terminator'' films in the 2010s: ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'' in 2015 and ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate'' in 2019, the latter with [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios 20th Century Fox]] and marking a return for Creator/JamesCameron to the franchise for the first time since ''Judgement Day''.
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Despite their success, the high costs and the company's spending sprees (they also broke into television production, UsefulNotes/{{home video distribut|ors}}ion and owned a studio formerly owned by Dino de Laurentiis in North Carolina) caught up with the company. Vajna left to start his own production company, Cinergi, and Kassar began to spend more to make more. Two 1995 productions, ''Film/{{Showgirls}}'' and ''Film/CutthroatIsland'', sealed the company's fate as both films cost a combined $140 million and grossed just a combined $30 million. While ''Showgirls'' [[VindicatedByVideo turned a major profit on home video]], Carolco had sold the film's rights in pre-production (and international rights to Last of the Dogmen) to Chargeurs.
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Despite their success, the high costs and the company's spending sprees (they also broke into television production, UsefulNotes/{{home video distribut|ors}}ion and owned a studio formerly owned by Dino de Laurentiis in North Carolina) caught up with the company. Vajna left to start his own production company, Cinergi, and Kassar began to spend more to make more. Two 1995 productions, ''Film/{{Showgirls}}'' and ''Film/CutthroatIsland'', sealed the company's fate as both films cost a combined $140 million and grossed just a combined $30 million. While ''Showgirls'' [[VindicatedByVideo turned a major profit on home video]], Carolco had sold the film's rights in pre-production (and international rights to Last of the Dogmen) ''Film/LastOfTheDogmen'') to Chargeurs.
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In 1996, the French broadcaster [=Canal+=] paid $58 million to acquire Carolco. That channel's movie studio, Creator/{{StudioCanal}}, now owns the rights to virtually all of Carolco's library; with the exceptions of ''Showgirls'' (Creator/UnitedArtists and Creator/{{Pathe}}), ''Film/{{Stargate}}'' (the film is owned by [=StudioCanal=] as they co-produced, but Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer owns the rest of [[Franchise/{{Stargate|Verse}} the franchise]]), ''Film/{{Cliffhanger}}'' ([=TriStar=] (in the US & Canada)), and ''Film/LastOfTheDogmen'' (producer Joel B. Michaels). [[Creator/{{Paramount}} Paramount Pictures]] owns American TV distribution to most of the Carolco library (thanks to acquiring Worldvision Enterprises in 1999, which had a deal with Carolco struck in 1991; Paramount retained Worldvision's theatrical movie collection despite Creator/{{CBS}} taking away the rest of Worldvision's library with the 2005 CBS/Viacom split), with Trifecta Entertainment and Media handling distribution for broadcast television, and Creator/{{Sony}} and Rialto Pictures handle theatrical re-releases. Domestic video releases are frequently handled by Creator/{{Lionsgate}} due to having acquired Artisan Entertainment, which had a close relationship with Carolco in the early 90s (indeed, Carolco owned a stake in Artisan's predecessors, IVE and Live Entertainment)
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In 1996, the French broadcaster [=Canal+=] paid $58 million to acquire Carolco. That channel's movie studio, Creator/{{StudioCanal}}, now owns the rights to virtually all of Carolco's library; with the exceptions of ''Showgirls'' (Creator/UnitedArtists and Creator/{{Pathe}}), ''Film/{{Stargate}}'' (the film is owned by [=StudioCanal=] as they co-produced, but Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer owns the rest of [[Franchise/{{Stargate|Verse}} the franchise]]), ''Film/{{Cliffhanger}}'' ([=TriStar=] (in the US & Canada)), and ''Film/LastOfTheDogmen'' (producer Joel B. Michaels). [[Creator/{{Paramount}} Paramount Pictures]] owns American TV and streaming distribution to most of the Carolco library (thanks to [[Creator/ParamountGlobal Viacom]] acquiring Worldvision Enterprises parent company [[Creator/AaronSpelling Spelling Entertainment Group]] in 1999, which 1999; Worldvision had a deal with Carolco struck in 1991; Paramount retained Worldvision's theatrical movie collection - including titles owned by sister company Creator/RepublicPictures lock, stock, and barrel, along with titles Worldvision only had US TV rights to - despite Creator/{{CBS}} taking away the rest of Worldvision's TV library with the 2005 CBS/Viacom split), with Trifecta Entertainment and Media handling distribution for broadcast television, television (at least until Viacom and CBS re-merged in 2019, which saw the rights pass to CBS Media Ventures, formerly CBS Television Distribution), and Creator/{{Sony}} and Rialto Pictures handle theatrical re-releases. Domestic video releases are frequently handled by Creator/{{Lionsgate}} due to having acquired Artisan Entertainment, which had a close relationship with Carolco in the early 90s (indeed, Carolco owned a stake in Artisan's predecessors, IVE and Live Entertainment)
Entertainment). Coincidentally, Paramount would produce two of their own ''Terminator'' films in the 2010s: ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'' in 2015 and ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate'' in 2019, the latter with [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios 20th Century Fox]] and marking a return for Creator/JamesCameron to the franchise for the first time since ''Judgement Day''.
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Kassar and Vajna later got back together for a few productions under the C2 Pictures name.
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Carolco Pictures is a production company started by Mario Kassar and Andrew G. Vajna back in the late 1970's. Beginning in producing a couple of [[Creator/AmericanInternationalPictures AIP]] films (such as the 1976 science fiction thriller ''Film/{{Futureworld}}'') in addition to a bunch of Creator/ITCEntertainment films (such as the 1977 thriller ''Film/TheDominoPrinciple'') and Canadian films (such as the 1979 comedy ''Film/TheSilentPartner''), they eventually worked their way up by producing ''Film/FirstBlood'' in 1982. Financing their productions through international sales, they created a model in which their films often had high budgets and gave the actors a handsome sum for their services. A few of their movies even broke records for the highest budgeted movies ever (1985's ''Film/RamboFirstBloodPartII'' cost $44 million, 1988's ''Film/RamboIII'' cost $63 million and 1991's ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' cost $102 million, the first film to break that mark). They also had a limited television presence, via the occasional TV-movie, as well as ownership of syndication firm Orbis Communications, which distributed both the 1990 incarnation of ''Series/TheJokersWild'' and the John Davidson version of ''[[Series/{{Pyramid}} The $100,000 Pyramid]]''; they sold Orbis to Multimedia Entertainment (the people who brought us ''Donahue'' and ''Series/JerrySpringer''); that company was subsequently acquired by Creator/{{Universal}} in 1996 (and thus dooming ''Joker'' and ''Pyramid'' to legal limbo, as the other versions of those shows are owned by Creator/SonyPicturesTelevision). They also distributed the Hemdale library on television. In 1990 they established a short-lived joint venture with Creator/NewLineCinema called ''Seven Arts'', which mostly distributed Carolco's lower-budget films and some art-house pictures.
Despite their success, the high costs and the company's spending sprees (they also broke into television production, UsefulNotes/{{home video distribut|ors}}ion and owned a studio formerly owned by Dino de Laurentiis in North Carolina) caught up with the company. Vajna left to start his own production company, Cinergi, and Kassar began to spend more to make more. Two 1995 productions, ''Film/{{Showgirls}}'' and ''Film/CutthroatIsland'', sealed the company's fate as both films cost a combined $140 million and grossed just a combined $30 million. While ''Showgirls'' [[VindicatedByVideo turned a major profit on home video]], Carolco had sold the film's rights in pre-production.
In 1996, the French broadcaster [=Canal+=] paid $58 million to acquire Carolco. That channel's movie studio, Creator/{{StudioCanal}}, now owns the rights to virtually all of Carolco's library; with the exceptions of ''Showgirls'' (Creator/UnitedArtists and Creator/{{Pathe}}), ''Film/{{Stargate}}'' (the film is owned by [=StudioCanal=] as they co-produced, but Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer owns the rest of [[Franchise/{{Stargate|Verse}} the franchise]]), ''Film/{{Cliffhanger}}'' ([=TriStar=]), and ''Film/LastOfTheDogmen'' (producer Joel B. Michaels). Creator/{{Paramount}} owns American TV distribution to most of the Carolco library (thanks to acquiring Worldvision Enterprises in 1999, which had a deal with Carolco struck in 1991; Paramount retained Worldvision's theatrical movie collection despite Creator/{{CBS}} taking away the rest of Worldvision's library with the 2005 CBS/Viacom split), with Trifecta Entertainment and Media handling distribution for broadcast television, and Creator/{{Sony}} and Rialto Pictures handle theatrical re-releases. Video releases are frequently handled by Creator/{{Lionsgate}} due to having acquired Artisan Entertainment, which had a close relationship with Carolco in the early 90s (indeed, Carolco owned a stake in Artisan's predecessors, IVE and Live Entertainment)
Despite their success, the high costs and the company's spending sprees (they also broke into television production, UsefulNotes/{{home video distribut|ors}}ion and owned a studio formerly owned by Dino de Laurentiis in North Carolina) caught up with the company. Vajna left to start his own production company, Cinergi, and Kassar began to spend more to make more. Two 1995 productions, ''Film/{{Showgirls}}'' and ''Film/CutthroatIsland'', sealed the company's fate as both films cost a combined $140 million and grossed just a combined $30 million. While ''Showgirls'' [[VindicatedByVideo turned a major profit on home video]], Carolco had sold the film's rights in pre-production.
In 1996, the French broadcaster [=Canal+=] paid $58 million to acquire Carolco. That channel's movie studio, Creator/{{StudioCanal}}, now owns the rights to virtually all of Carolco's library; with the exceptions of ''Showgirls'' (Creator/UnitedArtists and Creator/{{Pathe}}), ''Film/{{Stargate}}'' (the film is owned by [=StudioCanal=] as they co-produced, but Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer owns the rest of [[Franchise/{{Stargate|Verse}} the franchise]]), ''Film/{{Cliffhanger}}'' ([=TriStar=]), and ''Film/LastOfTheDogmen'' (producer Joel B. Michaels). Creator/{{Paramount}} owns American TV distribution to most of the Carolco library (thanks to acquiring Worldvision Enterprises in 1999, which had a deal with Carolco struck in 1991; Paramount retained Worldvision's theatrical movie collection despite Creator/{{CBS}} taking away the rest of Worldvision's library with the 2005 CBS/Viacom split), with Trifecta Entertainment and Media handling distribution for broadcast television, and Creator/{{Sony}} and Rialto Pictures handle theatrical re-releases. Video releases are frequently handled by Creator/{{Lionsgate}} due to having acquired Artisan Entertainment, which had a close relationship with Carolco in the early 90s (indeed, Carolco owned a stake in Artisan's predecessors, IVE and Live Entertainment)
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Carolco Pictures is a production company started by Mario Kassar and Andrew G. Vajna back in the late 1970's. Beginning in producing a couple of [[Creator/AmericanInternationalPictures AIP]] films (such as the 1976 science fiction thriller ''Film/{{Futureworld}}'') in addition to a bunch of Creator/ITCEntertainment films (such as the 1977 thriller ''Film/TheDominoPrinciple'') and Canadian films (such as the 1979 comedy ''Film/TheSilentPartner''), they eventually worked their way up by producing ''Film/FirstBlood'' in 1982. Financing their productions through international sales, they created a model in which their films often had high budgets and gave the actors a handsome sum for their services. A few of their movies even broke records for the highest budgeted movies ever (1985's ''Film/RamboFirstBloodPartII'' cost $44 million, 1988's ''Film/RamboIII'' cost $63 million and 1991's ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' cost $102 million, the first film to break that mark). They also had a limited television presence, via the occasional TV-movie, as well as ownership of syndication firm Orbis Communications, which distributed both the 1990 incarnation of ''Series/TheJokersWild'' and the John Davidson version of ''[[Series/{{Pyramid}} The $100,000 Pyramid]]''; they sold Orbis to Multimedia Entertainment (the people who brought us ''Donahue'' and ''Series/JerrySpringer''); that company was subsequently acquired by Creator/{{Universal}} [[Creator/{{Universal}} Universal Pictures]] in 1996 (and thus dooming ''Joker'' and ''Pyramid'' to legal limbo, as the other versions of those shows are owned by Creator/SonyPicturesTelevision). They also distributed the Hemdale library on television. In 1990 they established a short-lived joint venture with Creator/NewLineCinema called ''Seven Arts'', which mostly distributed Carolco's lower-budget films and some art-house pictures.
Despite their success, the high costs and the company's spending sprees (they also broke into television production, UsefulNotes/{{home video distribut|ors}}ion and owned a studio formerly owned by Dino de Laurentiis in North Carolina) caught up with the company. Vajna left to start his own production company, Cinergi, and Kassar began to spend more to make more. Two 1995 productions, ''Film/{{Showgirls}}'' and ''Film/CutthroatIsland'', sealed the company's fate as both films cost a combined $140 million and grossed just a combined $30 million. While ''Showgirls'' [[VindicatedByVideo turned a major profit on home video]], Carolco had sold the film's rights inpre-production.
pre-production (and international rights to Last of the Dogmen) to Chargeurs.
In 1996, the French broadcaster [=Canal+=] paid $58 million to acquire Carolco. That channel's movie studio, Creator/{{StudioCanal}}, now owns the rights to virtually all of Carolco's library; with the exceptions of ''Showgirls'' (Creator/UnitedArtists and Creator/{{Pathe}}), ''Film/{{Stargate}}'' (the film is owned by [=StudioCanal=] as they co-produced, but Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer owns the rest of [[Franchise/{{Stargate|Verse}} the franchise]]), ''Film/{{Cliffhanger}}''([=TriStar=]), ([=TriStar=] (in the US & Canada)), and ''Film/LastOfTheDogmen'' (producer Joel B. Michaels). Creator/{{Paramount}} [[Creator/{{Paramount}} Paramount Pictures]] owns American TV distribution to most of the Carolco library (thanks to acquiring Worldvision Enterprises in 1999, which had a deal with Carolco struck in 1991; Paramount retained Worldvision's theatrical movie collection despite Creator/{{CBS}} taking away the rest of Worldvision's library with the 2005 CBS/Viacom split), with Trifecta Entertainment and Media handling distribution for broadcast television, and Creator/{{Sony}} and Rialto Pictures handle theatrical re-releases. Video Domestic video releases are frequently handled by Creator/{{Lionsgate}} due to having acquired Artisan Entertainment, which had a close relationship with Carolco in the early 90s (indeed, Carolco owned a stake in Artisan's predecessors, IVE and Live Entertainment)
Despite their success, the high costs and the company's spending sprees (they also broke into television production, UsefulNotes/{{home video distribut|ors}}ion and owned a studio formerly owned by Dino de Laurentiis in North Carolina) caught up with the company. Vajna left to start his own production company, Cinergi, and Kassar began to spend more to make more. Two 1995 productions, ''Film/{{Showgirls}}'' and ''Film/CutthroatIsland'', sealed the company's fate as both films cost a combined $140 million and grossed just a combined $30 million. While ''Showgirls'' [[VindicatedByVideo turned a major profit on home video]], Carolco had sold the film's rights in
In 1996, the French broadcaster [=Canal+=] paid $58 million to acquire Carolco. That channel's movie studio, Creator/{{StudioCanal}}, now owns the rights to virtually all of Carolco's library; with the exceptions of ''Showgirls'' (Creator/UnitedArtists and Creator/{{Pathe}}), ''Film/{{Stargate}}'' (the film is owned by [=StudioCanal=] as they co-produced, but Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer owns the rest of [[Franchise/{{Stargate|Verse}} the franchise]]), ''Film/{{Cliffhanger}}''
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Creator/SylvesterStallone and Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger were regulars for the Carolco brand. Music/JerryGoldsmith scored the company's fanfare and releases were mostly distributed through Creator/TriStarPictures (though their last films were released by MGM).
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Creator/SylvesterStallone and Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger were regulars for the Carolco brand. Music/JerryGoldsmith scored the company's fanfare and releases were mostly distributed in the US through Creator/TriStarPictures (though their last films were released by MGM).
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In 1996, the French broadcaster [=Canal+=] paid $58 million to acquire Carolco. That channel's movie studio, Creator/{{StudioCanal}}, now owns the rights to virtually all of Carolco's library; with the exceptions of ''Showgirls'' (Creator/UnitedArtists and Creator/{{Pathe}}), ''Film/{{Stargate}}'' (the film is owned by [=StudioCanal=] as they co-produced, but Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer owns the rest of [[Franchise/{{Stargate}} the franchise]]), ''Film/{{Cliffhanger}}'' ([=TriStar=]), and ''Film/LastOfTheDogmen'' (producer Joel B. Michaels). Creator/{{Paramount}} owns American TV distribution to most of the Carolco library (thanks to acquiring Worldvision Enterprises in 1999, which had a deal with Carolco struck in 1991; Paramount retained Worldvision's theatrical movie collection despite Creator/{{CBS}} taking away the rest of Worldvision's library with the 2005 CBS/Viacom split), with Trifecta Entertainment and Media handling distribution for broadcast television, and Creator/{{Sony}} and Rialto Pictures handle theatrical re-releases. Video releases are frequently handled by Creator/{{Lionsgate}} due to having acquired Artisan Entertainment, which had a close relationship with Carolco in the early 90s (indeed, Carolco owned a stake in Artisan's predecessors, IVE and Live Entertainment)
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In 1996, the French broadcaster [=Canal+=] paid $58 million to acquire Carolco. That channel's movie studio, Creator/{{StudioCanal}}, now owns the rights to virtually all of Carolco's library; with the exceptions of ''Showgirls'' (Creator/UnitedArtists and Creator/{{Pathe}}), ''Film/{{Stargate}}'' (the film is owned by [=StudioCanal=] as they co-produced, but Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer owns the rest of [[Franchise/{{Stargate}} [[Franchise/{{Stargate|Verse}} the franchise]]), ''Film/{{Cliffhanger}}'' ([=TriStar=]), and ''Film/LastOfTheDogmen'' (producer Joel B. Michaels). Creator/{{Paramount}} owns American TV distribution to most of the Carolco library (thanks to acquiring Worldvision Enterprises in 1999, which had a deal with Carolco struck in 1991; Paramount retained Worldvision's theatrical movie collection despite Creator/{{CBS}} taking away the rest of Worldvision's library with the 2005 CBS/Viacom split), with Trifecta Entertainment and Media handling distribution for broadcast television, and Creator/{{Sony}} and Rialto Pictures handle theatrical re-releases. Video releases are frequently handled by Creator/{{Lionsgate}} due to having acquired Artisan Entertainment, which had a close relationship with Carolco in the early 90s (indeed, Carolco owned a stake in Artisan's predecessors, IVE and Live Entertainment)
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In 1996, the French broadcaster [=Canal+=] paid $58 million to acquire Carolco. That channel's movie studio, Creator/{{StudioCanal}}, now owns the rights to virtually all of Carolco's library; with the exceptions of ''Showgirls'' (Creator/UnitedArtists and Creator/{{Pathe}}), ''Film/{{Stargate}}'' (the film is owned by [=StudioCanal=] as they co-produced, but Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer owns the rest of [[Franchise/{{Stargate}} the franchise]]), ''Film/{{Cliffhanger}}'' ([=TriStar=]), and ''Film/LastOfTheDogmen'' (producer Joel B. Michaels). Creator/{{Paramount}} owns American TV distribution to most of the Carolco library (thanks to acquiring Worldvision Enterprises in 1999, which had a deal with Carolco struck in 1991; strangely despite having their TV division taken away by Creator/{{CBS}} in 2005 with the CBS/Viacom split Paramount continues to hold TV rights, with Trifecta Entertainment and Media handling distribution until the formation of [=ViacomCBS=], which led to CBS Television Distribution taking over the actual TV distribution), with Creator/{{Sony}} and Rialto Pictures handling theatrical re-releases. Video releases are frequently handled by Creator/{{Lionsgate}} due to having acquired Artisan Entertainment, which had a close relationship with Carolco in the early 90s (indeed, Carolco owned a stake in Artisan's predecessors, IVE and Live Entertainment)
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In 1996, the French broadcaster [=Canal+=] paid $58 million to acquire Carolco. That channel's movie studio, Creator/{{StudioCanal}}, now owns the rights to virtually all of Carolco's library; with the exceptions of ''Showgirls'' (Creator/UnitedArtists and Creator/{{Pathe}}), ''Film/{{Stargate}}'' (the film is owned by [=StudioCanal=] as they co-produced, but Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer owns the rest of [[Franchise/{{Stargate}} the franchise]]), ''Film/{{Cliffhanger}}'' ([=TriStar=]), and ''Film/LastOfTheDogmen'' (producer Joel B. Michaels). Creator/{{Paramount}} owns American TV distribution to most of the Carolco library (thanks to acquiring Worldvision Enterprises in 1999, which had a deal with Carolco struck in 1991; strangely Paramount retained Worldvision's theatrical movie collection despite having their TV division taken away by Creator/{{CBS}} in 2005 taking away the rest of Worldvision's library with the 2005 CBS/Viacom split Paramount continues to hold TV rights, split), with Trifecta Entertainment and Media handling distribution until the formation of [=ViacomCBS=], which led to CBS Television Distribution taking over the actual TV distribution), with for broadcast television, and Creator/{{Sony}} and Rialto Pictures handling handle theatrical re-releases. Video releases are frequently handled by Creator/{{Lionsgate}} due to having acquired Artisan Entertainment, which had a close relationship with Carolco in the early 90s (indeed, Carolco owned a stake in Artisan's predecessors, IVE and Live Entertainment)
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In 1996, the French broadcaster [=Canal+=] paid $58 million to acquire Carolco. That channel's movie studio, Creator/{{StudioCanal}}, now owns the rights to virtually all of Carolco's library; with the exceptions of ''Showgirls'' (Creator/UnitedArtists and Creator/{{Pathe}}), ''Film/{{Stargate}}'' (the film is owned by [=StudioCanal=] as they co-produced, but Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer owns the rest of [[Franchise/{{Stargate}} the franchise]]), ''Film/{{Cliffhanger}}'' ([=TriStar=]), and ''Film/LastOfTheDogmen'' (producer Joel B. Michaels). Creator/{{Paramount}} owns American TV distribution to most of the Carolco library (thanks to acquiring Worldvision Enterprises in 1999, which had a deal with Carolco struck in 1991; strangely despite having their TV division taken away by Creator/{{CBS}} in 2005 with the CBS/Viacom split Paramount continues to hold TV rights, with Trifecta Entertainment and Media handling distribution), with Creator/{{Sony}} and Rialto Pictures handling theatrical re-releases. Video releases are frequently handled by Creator/{{Lionsgate}} due to having acquired Artisan Entertainment, which had a close relationship with Carolco in the early 90s (indeed, Carolco owned a stake in Artisan's predecessors, IVE and Live Entertainment)
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In 1996, the French broadcaster [=Canal+=] paid $58 million to acquire Carolco. That channel's movie studio, Creator/{{StudioCanal}}, now owns the rights to virtually all of Carolco's library; with the exceptions of ''Showgirls'' (Creator/UnitedArtists and Creator/{{Pathe}}), ''Film/{{Stargate}}'' (the film is owned by [=StudioCanal=] as they co-produced, but Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer owns the rest of [[Franchise/{{Stargate}} the franchise]]), ''Film/{{Cliffhanger}}'' ([=TriStar=]), and ''Film/LastOfTheDogmen'' (producer Joel B. Michaels). Creator/{{Paramount}} owns American TV distribution to most of the Carolco library (thanks to acquiring Worldvision Enterprises in 1999, which had a deal with Carolco struck in 1991; strangely despite having their TV division taken away by Creator/{{CBS}} in 2005 with the CBS/Viacom split Paramount continues to hold TV rights, with Trifecta Entertainment and Media handling distribution until the formation of [=ViacomCBS=], which led to CBS Television Distribution taking over the actual TV distribution), with Creator/{{Sony}} and Rialto Pictures handling theatrical re-releases. Video releases are frequently handled by Creator/{{Lionsgate}} due to having acquired Artisan Entertainment, which had a close relationship with Carolco in the early 90s (indeed, Carolco owned a stake in Artisan's predecessors, IVE and Live Entertainment)
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Despite their success, the high costs and the company's spending sprees (they also broke into television production, home video distribution and owned a studio formerly owned by Dino de Laurentiis in North Carolina) caught up with the company. Vajna left to start his own production company, Cinergi, and Kassar began to spend more to make more. Two 1995 productions, ''Film/{{Showgirls}}'' and ''Film/CutthroatIsland'', sealed the company's fate as both films cost a combined $140 million and grossed just a combined $30 million. While ''Showgirls'' [[VindicatedByVideo turned a major profit on home video]], Carolco had sold the film's rights in pre-production.
In 1996, the French broadcaster [=Canal+=] paid $58 million to acquire Carolco. That channel's movie studio, Creator/{{StudioCanal}}, now owns the rights to virtually all of Carolco's library; with the exceptions of ''Showgirls'' (Creator/UnitedArtists and Creator/{{Pathe}}), ''Film/{{Stargate}}'' (the film is owned by [=StudioCanal=] as they co-produced, but Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer owns the rest of [[Franchise/{{Stargate}} the franchise]]), ''Film/{{Cliffhanger}}'' ([=TriStar=]), and ''Film/LastOfTheDogmen'' (producer Joel B. Michaels). Creator/{{Paramount}} owns American TV distribution to most of the Carolco library (thanks to acquiring Worldvision Enterprises in 1999, which had a deal with Carolco struck in 1991; strangely despite having their TV division taken away by Creator/{{CBS}} in 2005 with the CBS/Viacom split Paramount continues to hold TV rights, with Trifecta Entertainment and Media handling distribution), with Creator/{{Sony}} and Rialto Pictures handling theatrical re-releases. Video releases are frequently handled by Creator/{{Lionsgate}} due to having acquired [[Creator/InternationalVideoEntertainment Artisan Entertainment]], which had a close relationship with Carolco in the early 90s (indeed, Carolco owned a stake in Artisan's predecessors, IVE and Live Entertainment)
In 1996, the French broadcaster [=Canal+=] paid $58 million to acquire Carolco. That channel's movie studio, Creator/{{StudioCanal}}, now owns the rights to virtually all of Carolco's library; with the exceptions of ''Showgirls'' (Creator/UnitedArtists and Creator/{{Pathe}}), ''Film/{{Stargate}}'' (the film is owned by [=StudioCanal=] as they co-produced, but Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer owns the rest of [[Franchise/{{Stargate}} the franchise]]), ''Film/{{Cliffhanger}}'' ([=TriStar=]), and ''Film/LastOfTheDogmen'' (producer Joel B. Michaels). Creator/{{Paramount}} owns American TV distribution to most of the Carolco library (thanks to acquiring Worldvision Enterprises in 1999, which had a deal with Carolco struck in 1991; strangely despite having their TV division taken away by Creator/{{CBS}} in 2005 with the CBS/Viacom split Paramount continues to hold TV rights, with Trifecta Entertainment and Media handling distribution), with Creator/{{Sony}} and Rialto Pictures handling theatrical re-releases. Video releases are frequently handled by Creator/{{Lionsgate}} due to having acquired [[Creator/InternationalVideoEntertainment Artisan Entertainment]], which had a close relationship with Carolco in the early 90s (indeed, Carolco owned a stake in Artisan's predecessors, IVE and Live Entertainment)
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Despite their success, the high costs and the company's spending sprees (they also broke into television production, home UsefulNotes/{{home video distribution distribut|ors}}ion and owned a studio formerly owned by Dino de Laurentiis in North Carolina) caught up with the company. Vajna left to start his own production company, Cinergi, and Kassar began to spend more to make more. Two 1995 productions, ''Film/{{Showgirls}}'' and ''Film/CutthroatIsland'', sealed the company's fate as both films cost a combined $140 million and grossed just a combined $30 million. While ''Showgirls'' [[VindicatedByVideo turned a major profit on home video]], Carolco had sold the film's rights in pre-production.
In 1996, the French broadcaster [=Canal+=] paid $58 million to acquire Carolco. That channel's movie studio, Creator/{{StudioCanal}}, now owns the rights to virtually all of Carolco's library; with the exceptions of ''Showgirls'' (Creator/UnitedArtists and Creator/{{Pathe}}), ''Film/{{Stargate}}'' (the film is owned by [=StudioCanal=] as they co-produced, but Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer owns the rest of [[Franchise/{{Stargate}} the franchise]]), ''Film/{{Cliffhanger}}'' ([=TriStar=]), and ''Film/LastOfTheDogmen'' (producer Joel B. Michaels). Creator/{{Paramount}} owns American TV distribution to most of the Carolco library (thanks to acquiring Worldvision Enterprises in 1999, which had a deal with Carolco struck in 1991; strangely despite having their TV division taken away by Creator/{{CBS}} in 2005 with the CBS/Viacom split Paramount continues to hold TV rights, with Trifecta Entertainment and Media handling distribution), with Creator/{{Sony}} and Rialto Pictures handling theatrical re-releases. Video releases are frequently handled by Creator/{{Lionsgate}} due to having acquired[[Creator/InternationalVideoEntertainment Artisan Entertainment]], Entertainment, which had a close relationship with Carolco in the early 90s (indeed, Carolco owned a stake in Artisan's predecessors, IVE and Live Entertainment)
In 1996, the French broadcaster [=Canal+=] paid $58 million to acquire Carolco. That channel's movie studio, Creator/{{StudioCanal}}, now owns the rights to virtually all of Carolco's library; with the exceptions of ''Showgirls'' (Creator/UnitedArtists and Creator/{{Pathe}}), ''Film/{{Stargate}}'' (the film is owned by [=StudioCanal=] as they co-produced, but Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer owns the rest of [[Franchise/{{Stargate}} the franchise]]), ''Film/{{Cliffhanger}}'' ([=TriStar=]), and ''Film/LastOfTheDogmen'' (producer Joel B. Michaels). Creator/{{Paramount}} owns American TV distribution to most of the Carolco library (thanks to acquiring Worldvision Enterprises in 1999, which had a deal with Carolco struck in 1991; strangely despite having their TV division taken away by Creator/{{CBS}} in 2005 with the CBS/Viacom split Paramount continues to hold TV rights, with Trifecta Entertainment and Media handling distribution), with Creator/{{Sony}} and Rialto Pictures handling theatrical re-releases. Video releases are frequently handled by Creator/{{Lionsgate}} due to having acquired
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Carolco Pictures is a production company started by Mario Kassar and Andrew G. Vajna back in the late 1970's. Beginning in producing a couple of [[Creator/AmericanInternationalPictures AIP]] films (such as the 1976 science fiction thriller ''Film/{{Futureworld}}'') in addition to a bunch of ITC Entertainment films (such as the 1977 thriller ''Film/TheDominoPrinciple'') and Canadian films (such as the 1979 comedy ''Film/TheSilentPartner''), they eventually worked their way up by producing ''Film/FirstBlood'' in 1982. Financing their productions through international sales, they created a model in which their films often had high budgets and gave the actors a handsome sum for their services. A few of their movies even broke records for the highest budgeted movies ever (1985's ''Film/RamboFirstBloodPartII'' cost $44 million, 1988's ''Film/RamboIII'' cost $63 million and 1991's ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' cost $102 million, the first film to break that mark). They also had a limited television presence, via the occasional TV-movie, as well as ownership of syndication firm Orbis Communications, which distributed both the 1990 incarnation of ''Series/TheJokersWild'' and the John Davidson version of ''[[Series/{{Pyramid}} The $100,000 Pyramid]]''; they sold Orbis to Multimedia Entertainment (the people who brought us ''Donahue'' and ''Series/JerrySpringer''); that company was subsequently acquired by Creator/{{Universal}} in 1996 (and thus dooming ''Joker'' and ''Pyramid'' to legal limbo, as the other versions of those shows are owned by Creator/SonyPicturesTelevision). They also distributed the Hemdale library on television. In 1990 they established a short-lived joint venture with Creator/NewLineCinema called ''Seven Arts'', which mostly distributed Carolco's lower-budget films and some art-house pictures.
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Carolco Pictures is a production company started by Mario Kassar and Andrew G. Vajna back in the late 1970's. Beginning in producing a couple of [[Creator/AmericanInternationalPictures AIP]] films (such as the 1976 science fiction thriller ''Film/{{Futureworld}}'') in addition to a bunch of ITC Entertainment Creator/ITCEntertainment films (such as the 1977 thriller ''Film/TheDominoPrinciple'') and Canadian films (such as the 1979 comedy ''Film/TheSilentPartner''), they eventually worked their way up by producing ''Film/FirstBlood'' in 1982. Financing their productions through international sales, they created a model in which their films often had high budgets and gave the actors a handsome sum for their services. A few of their movies even broke records for the highest budgeted movies ever (1985's ''Film/RamboFirstBloodPartII'' cost $44 million, 1988's ''Film/RamboIII'' cost $63 million and 1991's ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' cost $102 million, the first film to break that mark). They also had a limited television presence, via the occasional TV-movie, as well as ownership of syndication firm Orbis Communications, which distributed both the 1990 incarnation of ''Series/TheJokersWild'' and the John Davidson version of ''[[Series/{{Pyramid}} The $100,000 Pyramid]]''; they sold Orbis to Multimedia Entertainment (the people who brought us ''Donahue'' and ''Series/JerrySpringer''); that company was subsequently acquired by Creator/{{Universal}} in 1996 (and thus dooming ''Joker'' and ''Pyramid'' to legal limbo, as the other versions of those shows are owned by Creator/SonyPicturesTelevision). They also distributed the Hemdale library on television. In 1990 they established a short-lived joint venture with Creator/NewLineCinema called ''Seven Arts'', which mostly distributed Carolco's lower-budget films and some art-house pictures.
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* ''Film/{{The Punisher|1989}}'' - North American distributor, distributed internationally by New World Pictures
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In 1996, the French broadcaster [=Canal+=] paid $58 million to acquire Carolco. That channel's movie studio, Creator/{{StudioCanal}}, now owns the rights to virtually all of Carolco's library; with the exceptions of ''Showgirls'' (Creator/UnitedArtists and Creator/{{Pathe}}), ''Film/{{Stargate}}'' (the film is owned by [=StudioCanal=] as they co-produced, but Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer owns the rest of [[Franchise/{{Stargate}} the franchise]]), ''Film/{{Cliffhanger}}'' ([=TriStar=]), and ''Film/LastOfTheDogmen'' (Creator/FocusFeatures by way of Creator/SavoyPictures). Creator/{{Paramount}} owns American TV distribution to most of the Carolco library (thanks to acquiring Worldvision Enterprises in 1999, which had a deal with Carolco struck in 1991; strangely despite having their TV division taken away by Creator/{{CBS}} in 2005 with the CBS/Viacom split Paramount continues to hold TV rights, with Trifecta Entertainment and Media handling distribution), with Creator/{{Sony}} and Rialto Pictures handling theatrical re-releases. Video releases are frequently handled by Creator/{{Lionsgate}} due to having acquired [[Creator/InternationalVideoEntertainment Artisan Entertainment]], which had a close relationship with Carolco in the early 90s (indeed, Carolco owned a stake in Artisan's predecessors, IVE and Live Entertainment)
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In 1996, the French broadcaster [=Canal+=] paid $58 million to acquire Carolco. That channel's movie studio, Creator/{{StudioCanal}}, now owns the rights to virtually all of Carolco's library; with the exceptions of ''Showgirls'' (Creator/UnitedArtists and Creator/{{Pathe}}), ''Film/{{Stargate}}'' (the film is owned by [=StudioCanal=] as they co-produced, but Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer owns the rest of [[Franchise/{{Stargate}} the franchise]]), ''Film/{{Cliffhanger}}'' ([=TriStar=]), and ''Film/LastOfTheDogmen'' (Creator/FocusFeatures by way of Creator/SavoyPictures).(producer Joel B. Michaels). Creator/{{Paramount}} owns American TV distribution to most of the Carolco library (thanks to acquiring Worldvision Enterprises in 1999, which had a deal with Carolco struck in 1991; strangely despite having their TV division taken away by Creator/{{CBS}} in 2005 with the CBS/Viacom split Paramount continues to hold TV rights, with Trifecta Entertainment and Media handling distribution), with Creator/{{Sony}} and Rialto Pictures handling theatrical re-releases. Video releases are frequently handled by Creator/{{Lionsgate}} due to having acquired [[Creator/InternationalVideoEntertainment Artisan Entertainment]], which had a close relationship with Carolco in the early 90s (indeed, Carolco owned a stake in Artisan's predecessors, IVE and Live Entertainment)
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Carolco Pictures is a production company started by Mario Kassar and Andrew G. Vajna back in the late 1970's. Beginning in producing a couple of [[Creator/AmericanInternationalPictures AIP]] films (such as the 1976 science fiction thriller ''Film/{{Futureworld}}'') in addition to a bunch of ITC Entertainment films (such as the 1977 thriller ''Film/TheDominoPrinciple'') and Canadian films (such as the 1979 comedy ''Film/TheSilentPartner''), they eventually worked their way up by producing ''Film/FirstBlood'' in 1982. Financing their productions through international sales, they created a model in which their films often had high budgets and gave the actors a handsome sum for their services. A few of their movies even broke records for the highest budgeted movies ever (1985's ''Film/RamboFirstBloodPartII'' cost $44 million, 1988's ''Film/RamboIII'' cost $63 million and 1991's ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' cost $102 million, the first film to break that mark). They also had a limited television presence, via the occasional TV-movie, as well as ownership of syndication firm Orbis Communications, which distributed both the 1990 incarnation of ''Series/TheJokersWild'' and the John Davidson version of ''[[Series/{{Pyramid}} The $100,000 Pyramid]]''; they sold Orbis to Multimedia Entertainment (the people who brought us ''Donahue'' and ''Series/JerrySpringer''); that company was subsequently acquired by Creator/{{Universal}} in 1996 (and thus dooming ''Joker'' and ''Pyramid'' to legal limbo, as the other versions of those shows are owned by Creator/SonyPicturesTelevision). They also distributed the Hemdale library on television.
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Carolco Pictures is a production company started by Mario Kassar and Andrew G. Vajna back in the late 1970's. Beginning in producing a couple of [[Creator/AmericanInternationalPictures AIP]] films (such as the 1976 science fiction thriller ''Film/{{Futureworld}}'') in addition to a bunch of ITC Entertainment films (such as the 1977 thriller ''Film/TheDominoPrinciple'') and Canadian films (such as the 1979 comedy ''Film/TheSilentPartner''), they eventually worked their way up by producing ''Film/FirstBlood'' in 1982. Financing their productions through international sales, they created a model in which their films often had high budgets and gave the actors a handsome sum for their services. A few of their movies even broke records for the highest budgeted movies ever (1985's ''Film/RamboFirstBloodPartII'' cost $44 million, 1988's ''Film/RamboIII'' cost $63 million and 1991's ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' cost $102 million, the first film to break that mark). They also had a limited television presence, via the occasional TV-movie, as well as ownership of syndication firm Orbis Communications, which distributed both the 1990 incarnation of ''Series/TheJokersWild'' and the John Davidson version of ''[[Series/{{Pyramid}} The $100,000 Pyramid]]''; they sold Orbis to Multimedia Entertainment (the people who brought us ''Donahue'' and ''Series/JerrySpringer''); that company was subsequently acquired by Creator/{{Universal}} in 1996 (and thus dooming ''Joker'' and ''Pyramid'' to legal limbo, as the other versions of those shows are owned by Creator/SonyPicturesTelevision). They also distributed the Hemdale library on television.
television. In 1990 they established a short-lived joint venture with Creator/NewLineCinema called ''Seven Arts'', which mostly distributed Carolco's lower-budget films and some art-house pictures.
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* ''Film/UniversalSoldier''''Film/UniversalSoldier1992''
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In 1996, the French broadcaster [=Canal+=] paid $58 million to acquire Carolco. That channel's movie studio, Creator/{{StudioCanal}}, now owns the rights to virtually all of Carolco's library; with the exceptions of ''Showgirls'' (Creator/UnitedArtists and Creator/{{Pathe}}), ''Film/{{Stargate}}'' (the film is owned by [=StudioCanal=] as they co-produced, but Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer owns the rest of [[Franchise/{{Stargate}} the franchise]]), ''Film/{{Cliffhanger}}'' ([=TriStar=]), and ''Film/LastOfTheDogmen'' (Creator/FocusFeatures by way of Creator/SavoyPictures). Creator/{{Paramount}} owns American TV distribution to most of the Carolco library (thanks to acquiring Worldvision Enterprises in 1999, which had a deal with Carolco struck in 1991; strangely despite having their TV division taken away by Creator/{{CBS}} in 2005 with the CBS/Viacom split Paramount continues to hold TV rights, with Trifecta Entertainment and Media handling distribution), with Creator/{{Sony}} and Rialto Pictures handling theatrical re-releases. Video releases are frequently handled by Creator/{{Lionsgate}} due to having acquired Artisan Entertainment, which had a close relationship with Carolco in the early 90s (indeed, Carolco owned a stake in Artisan's predecessors, IVE and Live Entertainment)
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In 1996, the French broadcaster [=Canal+=] paid $58 million to acquire Carolco. That channel's movie studio, Creator/{{StudioCanal}}, now owns the rights to virtually all of Carolco's library; with the exceptions of ''Showgirls'' (Creator/UnitedArtists and Creator/{{Pathe}}), ''Film/{{Stargate}}'' (the film is owned by [=StudioCanal=] as they co-produced, but Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer owns the rest of [[Franchise/{{Stargate}} the franchise]]), ''Film/{{Cliffhanger}}'' ([=TriStar=]), and ''Film/LastOfTheDogmen'' (Creator/FocusFeatures by way of Creator/SavoyPictures). Creator/{{Paramount}} owns American TV distribution to most of the Carolco library (thanks to acquiring Worldvision Enterprises in 1999, which had a deal with Carolco struck in 1991; strangely despite having their TV division taken away by Creator/{{CBS}} in 2005 with the CBS/Viacom split Paramount continues to hold TV rights, with Trifecta Entertainment and Media handling distribution), with Creator/{{Sony}} and Rialto Pictures handling theatrical re-releases. Video releases are frequently handled by Creator/{{Lionsgate}} due to having acquired [[Creator/InternationalVideoEntertainment Artisan Entertainment, Entertainment]], which had a close relationship with Carolco in the early 90s (indeed, Carolco owned a stake in Artisan's predecessors, IVE and Live Entertainment)
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Carolco Pictures is a production company started by Mario Kassar and Andrew G. Vajna back in the late 1970's. Beginning in producing a couple of [[Creator/AmericanInternationalPictures AIP]] films (such as the 1976 science fiction thriller ''Film/{{Futureworld}}'') in addition to a bunch of ITC Entertainment films (such as the 1977 thriller ''Film/TheDominoPrinciple'') and Canadian films (such as the 1979 comedy ''Film/TheSilentPartner''), they eventually worked their way up by producing ''Film/FirstBlood'' in 1982. Financing their productions through international sales, they created a model in which their films often had high budgets and gave the actors a handsome sum for their services. A few of their movies even broke records for the highest budgeted movies ever (1985's ''Film/RamboFirstBloodPartII'' cost $44 million, 1988's ''Film/RamboIII'' cost $63 million and 1991's ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' cost $102 million, the first film to break that mark). They also had a limited television presence, via the occasional TV-movie, as well as ownership of syndication firm Orbis Communications, which distributed both the 1990 incarnation of ''Series/TheJokersWild'' and the John Davidson version of ''[[Series/{{Pyramid}} The $100,000 Pyramid]]''; they sold Orbis to Multimedia Entertainment (the people who brought us ''Donahue'' and ''Series/JerrySpringer''); that company was subsequently acquired by Creator/{{Universal}} in 1996 (and thus dooming ''Joker'' and ''Pyramid'' to legal limbo, as the other versions of those shows are owned by Creator/SonyPicturesTelevision).
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Carolco Pictures is a production company started by Mario Kassar and Andrew G. Vajna back in the late 1970's. Beginning in producing a couple of [[Creator/AmericanInternationalPictures AIP]] films (such as the 1976 science fiction thriller ''Film/{{Futureworld}}'') in addition to a bunch of ITC Entertainment films (such as the 1977 thriller ''Film/TheDominoPrinciple'') and Canadian films (such as the 1979 comedy ''Film/TheSilentPartner''), they eventually worked their way up by producing ''Film/FirstBlood'' in 1982. Financing their productions through international sales, they created a model in which their films often had high budgets and gave the actors a handsome sum for their services. A few of their movies even broke records for the highest budgeted movies ever (1985's ''Film/RamboFirstBloodPartII'' cost $44 million, 1988's ''Film/RamboIII'' cost $63 million and 1991's ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' cost $102 million, the first film to break that mark). They also had a limited television presence, via the occasional TV-movie, as well as ownership of syndication firm Orbis Communications, which distributed both the 1990 incarnation of ''Series/TheJokersWild'' and the John Davidson version of ''[[Series/{{Pyramid}} The $100,000 Pyramid]]''; they sold Orbis to Multimedia Entertainment (the people who brought us ''Donahue'' and ''Series/JerrySpringer''); that company was subsequently acquired by Creator/{{Universal}} in 1996 (and thus dooming ''Joker'' and ''Pyramid'' to legal limbo, as the other versions of those shows are owned by Creator/SonyPicturesTelevision).
Creator/SonyPicturesTelevision). They also distributed the Hemdale library on television.
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In 1996, the French broadcaster [=Canal+=] paid $58 million to acquire Carolco. That channel's movie studio, Creator/{{StudioCanal}}, now owns the rights to virtually all of Carolco's library; with the exceptions of ''Showgirls'' (Creator/UnitedArtists and Creator/{{Pathe}}), ''Stargate'' (the film is owned by [=StudioCanal=], but Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer owns the rest of the franchise), ''Film/{{Cliffhanger}}'' ([=TriStar=]), and ''Film/LastOfTheDogmen'' (Creator/FocusFeatures by way of Creator/SavoyPictures). Creator/{{Paramount}} owns American TV distribution to most of the Carolco library (thanks to acquiring Worldvision Enterprises in 1999, which had a deal with Carolco struck in 1991; strangely despite having their TV division taken away by Creator/{{CBS}} in 2005 with the CBS/Viacom split Paramount continues to hold TV rights, with Trifecta Entertainment and Media handling distribution), with Creator/{{Sony}} and Rialto Pictures handling theatrical re-releases.
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In 1996, the French broadcaster [=Canal+=] paid $58 million to acquire Carolco. That channel's movie studio, Creator/{{StudioCanal}}, now owns the rights to virtually all of Carolco's library; with the exceptions of ''Showgirls'' (Creator/UnitedArtists and Creator/{{Pathe}}), ''Stargate'' ''Film/{{Stargate}}'' (the film is owned by [=StudioCanal=], [=StudioCanal=] as they co-produced, but Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer owns the rest of [[Franchise/{{Stargate}} the franchise), franchise]]), ''Film/{{Cliffhanger}}'' ([=TriStar=]), and ''Film/LastOfTheDogmen'' (Creator/FocusFeatures by way of Creator/SavoyPictures). Creator/{{Paramount}} owns American TV distribution to most of the Carolco library (thanks to acquiring Worldvision Enterprises in 1999, which had a deal with Carolco struck in 1991; strangely despite having their TV division taken away by Creator/{{CBS}} in 2005 with the CBS/Viacom split Paramount continues to hold TV rights, with Trifecta Entertainment and Media handling distribution), with Creator/{{Sony}} and Rialto Pictures handling theatrical re-releases.
re-releases. Video releases are frequently handled by Creator/{{Lionsgate}} due to having acquired Artisan Entertainment, which had a close relationship with Carolco in the early 90s (indeed, Carolco owned a stake in Artisan's predecessors, IVE and Live Entertainment)
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In 1996, the French broadcaster [=CANAL+=] paid $58 million to acquire Carolco. That channel's movie studio, Creator/{{StudioCanal}}, now owns the rights to virtually all of Carolco's library; with the exceptions of ''Showgirls'' (Creator/UnitedArtists and Creator/{{Pathe}}), ''Stargate'' (the film is owned by [=StudioCanal=], but Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer owns the rest of the franchise), ''Film/{{Cliffhanger}}'' ([=TriStar=]), and ''Film/LastOfTheDogmen'' (Creator/FocusFeatures by way of Creator/SavoyPictures). Creator/{{Paramount}} owns American TV distribution to most of the Carolco library, with Creator/{{Sony}} and Rialto Pictures handling theatrical re-releases.
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In 1996, the French broadcaster [=CANAL+=] [=Canal+=] paid $58 million to acquire Carolco. That channel's movie studio, Creator/{{StudioCanal}}, now owns the rights to virtually all of Carolco's library; with the exceptions of ''Showgirls'' (Creator/UnitedArtists and Creator/{{Pathe}}), ''Stargate'' (the film is owned by [=StudioCanal=], but Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer owns the rest of the franchise), ''Film/{{Cliffhanger}}'' ([=TriStar=]), and ''Film/LastOfTheDogmen'' (Creator/FocusFeatures by way of Creator/SavoyPictures). Creator/{{Paramount}} owns American TV distribution to most of the Carolco library, library (thanks to acquiring Worldvision Enterprises in 1999, which had a deal with Carolco struck in 1991; strangely despite having their TV division taken away by Creator/{{CBS}} in 2005 with the CBS/Viacom split Paramount continues to hold TV rights, with Trifecta Entertainment and Media handling distribution), with Creator/{{Sony}} and Rialto Pictures handling theatrical re-releases.
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Despite their success, the high costs and the company's spending sprees (they also broke into television production, home video distribution and owned a studio formerly owned by Dino de Laurentiis in North Carolina) caught up with the company. Vajna left to start his own production company, Cinergi, and Kassar began to spend more to make more. Two 1995 productions, ''Film/{{Showgirls}}'' and ''Film/CutthroatIsland'', sealed the company's fate as both films cost a combined $140 million and grossed just a combined $30 million. While ''Showgirls'' [[VindicatedByCable turned a major profit on home video]], Carolco had sold the film's rights in pre-production.
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Despite their success, the high costs and the company's spending sprees (they also broke into television production, home video distribution and owned a studio formerly owned by Dino de Laurentiis in North Carolina) caught up with the company. Vajna left to start his own production company, Cinergi, and Kassar began to spend more to make more. Two 1995 productions, ''Film/{{Showgirls}}'' and ''Film/CutthroatIsland'', sealed the company's fate as both films cost a combined $140 million and grossed just a combined $30 million. While ''Showgirls'' [[VindicatedByCable [[VindicatedByVideo turned a major profit on home video]], Carolco had sold the film's rights in pre-production.
